This book compiles research and insights gleaned from the proceedings of The 6th International Conference on Education Development and Studies 2025 (ICEDS 2025). With a specific focus on digital transformation in education, the book covers a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from e-learning and virtual innovations to learning and teaching methodologies, assessment in the digital context, technology integration in education, and innovative pedagogies tailored for the digital classroom. It caters not only to educators but also to researchers, policymakers, and other key stakeholders in the education landscape, equipping them with invaluable insights and fresh perspectives on prevalent trends and challenges within the discipline.
Professor Alan Garfield is Head of Computer Graphics and Interactive Media at the University of Dubuque, the United States of America. He has over 30 years of teaching in higher education, both in the United States and in Europe. He started the first undergraduate computer graphics program in the United States in the 1980s. His area of expertise involves digital photography, the electronic patient record, 2D (two-dimensional) and 3D (three-dimensional) animation, and web development. His recent publications include papers on Beat Poetry in Ireland, Holocaust study, 19th century French art theory, and graphic design curriculum reform.
Professor Kelum Gamage is a Full Professor in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom), and was a winner of the University of Glasgow Teaching Excellence Individual Award (2020/21). He is the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Officer of the College of Science and Engineering, and the Co-Director of the Centre for Educational Development and Innovation. He is the co-founder and co-lead of the Community of Practice for Sustainability in Learning and Teaching at the University of Glasgow, and is also the lead of the Advance HE (higher education) Sustainability in the Learning and Teaching network. He is a member of the University Academic Standards Committee (ASC) and the University Sustainability Working Group (SWG), and also holds the position of Visiting Professor at Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC). He received his Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in Electrical Engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka) in 2007, and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the Engineering Department, Lancaster University (United Kingdom) in 2011.
Dr. Neil Gordon is a Professor in Computer Science at the University of Hull (United Kingdom). After a joint degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, he completed a PhD in Applied Mathematics (Finite Geometry and Computer Algebra, with Applications). His research interests are at the interface of mathematics with computer science, particularly in the areas of finite geometry and its applications, and in formal approaches. Professor Gordon is an advocate for the effective development and use of technology for teaching, especially in higher education, and has worked on a number of projects with the Advance HE (higher education).
