On 8 December 2021, MFU Vice President and the Interim Director of MFU Learning Innovation Institute (MLii), Assoc. Prof. Dr.Nantana Gajaseni was invited to be a speaker for a topic of “Innovative T&L in the New Normal: Equality, Accessibility and Quality Are Mattered” in the 2021 International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications (DASA’21) via online platform.
This conference brought together three esteemed speakers including a professor at NEOMA BS, Rouen Campus, France, Dr. Fouad Ben Abdelaziz; Vice President of International Activities at INFORMS, USA, Ms. Sue Merchant; and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nantana Gajaseni.
In her speech, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nantana Gajaseni highlighted MFU’s implementation on how to transform and apply innovative technology in teaching and learning during the disruptive change. Dr.Gajaseni added that there are challenges that need to be considered especially in terms of equality, accessibility and quality of teaching and learning. Also, Dr.Gajaseni stated that the level of success in overcome those challenges varies due to the different factors of each university and each country. The maturity of digital technology development is playing the significant role in relation to hardware, software and humans.
The International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications was an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of recent developments and applications in the field of Decision Aid Sciences. This Conference aimed to disseminate recent models and techniques related to decision making and decision processes through researchers and practitioners from all over the world. Also, there were workshop for postgraduate students at the early stage of their dissertation research, a variety of parallel sessions as well as practical sessions on developing dissertation proposals, launching academic careers, and a meet-the-editor session. This year the conference was organised by the College of Business Administration at the University of Bahrain in collaboration with IEEE Bahrain Section and the INFORMS Bahrain International Group from 7 – 8 December 2021. Moreover, Mae Fah Luang University will host the International Conference on Decision Aid Sciences and Applications 2022 which is scheduled to be held in March 2022.
