Top left & right: Before and after impact. 5th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor, Sensei Hiroshi Nishioka, of Osaka’s Nishioka Dojo practices Tameshiwari ice breaking during the Plenary Session at The Seventh Asian Conference on Education 2015 (ACE2015) in Kobe, Japan. The Chito-Ryu Karate demonstration gave an exemplary illustration of the conference theme: “Power”. Below left: Professor Barbara Lockee takes questions from the audience during her Featured Presentation at ACE2015 in which she discussed “Empowering Learners as Designers – The Rise of the Maker Movement”. Dr. Lockee is Professor of Instructional Design and Technology at Virginia Tech, USA, where she is also Associate Director of the School of Education and Associate Director of Educational Research and Outreach. Below centre: Professor José McClanahan of Creighton University, USA and Dr.Yvonne Masters of University of New England, Australia talk to IAFOR’s Director of International Operations, Kiyoshi Mana at the ACE2015 Welcome Reception. Professor McClanahan was Conference Chair and Dr. Masters was a Featured Speaker of The ACE Undergraduate Research Symposium, which was held alongside ACE2015. Below right: Conference Chair for ACE2015, Professor Sue Jackson answers questions from delegates after her Welcome Address. Professor Jackson is Pro-Vice-Master (Vice-President) for Learning and Teaching, Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender and Director of Birkbeck Institute for Lifelong Learning at Birkbeck University of London, UK and the IAFOR International Programme Director for Education.
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