4th Industry Revolution: Emerging Issues & Research in Social Science by Prof Timothy Teo
Prof Timothy Teo speaking on 4th Industry Revolution: Emerging Issues & Research in Social Science.
The UTAR Department of General Studies (DGS) and Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Social and Policy Studies (TCLC) jointly organised a talk titled “4th Industry Revolution: Emerging Issues & Research in Social Science” by by Professor Timothy Teo (张庆元) from Murdoch University, Australia on 8 July 2019.
Present at the talk were UTAR Faculty of Creative Industries (FCI), Department of General Studies(DGS), Head of Programme (PhD Programme) Assistant Professor Dr Priscilla a/p Moses, Programme Coordinator Assistant Professor Dr Ngeow Yeok Meng, Chairperson of Centre for International Studies Assistant Professor Dr Ho Ying Chan and TCLC Chairperson Associate Professor Dr Chin Yee Mun.
There were some 20 attendees in the audience including UTAR
academic staff, students and members of the public.
The talk focused on the Industry Revolution 4(IR4), Prof Timothy shared the definition,
characteristics of it and the differences among IR1 till IR4, and how the IR4
influence the learning of the student in this era. In order to face the new
challenges that brought by the improvement of human technology, what kind of
mind set that should have for an educator is really important.
Prof Timothy is a renowned scholar
and speaker from Murdoch University. He has vast experience in the ICT in
Education, Educational Psychology, Educational and Social Measurement, Psychometrics
and other research areas.