Assoc. Prof. A.Y.M. Atiquil Islam

East China Normal University, China

Bio: Assoc. Prof. A.Y.M. Atiquil Islam is the Director of the International Graduate Program in Educational Technology at the Department of Education Information Technology of East China Normal University. He is also a Guest Professor at the School of Teacher Education of Jiangsu University. He obtained a multidimensional PhD degree by combining two faculties, namely, Education and Computer Science & Information Technology at the Institute of Graduate Studies, University of Malaya. In his field of specialization, he developed and validated three models, namely, the Technology Adoption and Gratification (TAG) Model, the Technology Satisfaction Model (TSM), and the Online Database Adoption and Satisfaction (ODAS) Model.

Dr. Islam has had almost 20 years of experience in academia, industry, and business. Furthermore, he has presented many papers at international conferences (Japan, Singapore, China, Indonesia, and Malaysia) and published journal articles, books, and chapters. One of his articles was listed as a “Highly Cited Paper” in Essential Science Indicators (ESI) in 2022 & 2023. He has also delivered keynote addresses, speeches, and guest lectures many times in the past five years. Dr. Islam has published in the British Journal of Educational Technology, Instructional Science, Educational Technology Research and Development, Journal of Information Science, Educational Psychology, Interactive Learning Environments, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Online Information Review, and International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction. He serves as the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator of local and international research grants totaling over a million yuan.

Dr. Islam has international collaboration with the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bangladesh, and Nigeria. He is an Editorial Board Member of the British Journal of Educational Technology (Q1, SSCI, 2022 IF=6.6), Executive Editor of the International Journal of Smart Technology and Learning, Editor of Cogent Education (ESCI & Scopus), and Article Editor of SAGE Open (Q2, SSCI, 2021 IF=2.032). His research interests include Assessment of Educational Technology, ICT in Higher Education, Quantitative Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, STEM Education, Human Computer Interaction, Information Science, Digital Library Sciences, Metaverse, and Virtual Reality.