Professor Xiaoyong Hu is a doctoral supervisor who currently serves as the director of the Center for Faculty Development and the executive vice dean of the Institute for Educational Artificial Intelligence at South China Normal University, as well as the director of the Guangdong Teacher Training Center.
He holds several key positions, including:
· The executive secretary of the Subcommittee on Educational Technology Teaching Guidance in Higher Education, Ministry of Education
· Expert of Ministry of the Industry-Academia Collaborative Education Program, Ministry of Education
· Expert of Virtual Teacher Development Research Program, Ministry of Education
· Member of Guangdong Province's Digital Education Expert Advisory Committee
· Director of Research Center of Innovative Application of Digital Intelligence in Education for Greater Bay Area
Prof. Hu focuses on the theories and policies of information technology in education, artificial intelligence in education, and innovative teaching methods using information technology. He is the principal investigator of several national-level research projects, such as those awarded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China and the National Social Science Foundation.
He leads several educational research and reform projects of Ministry of Education, such as the Virtual Professional Development Research Program of Teachers' Intelligent Education Literacy, a New Liberal Arts Educational Reform Project, and an Industry-Academia Collaboration Project. He developed "The Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Education", a nation-class online course, and has been awarded a National Teaching Achievement Second-prize Award for his contributions to education.