2023 EdTech Taiwan

Taiwan’s largest and only education technology expo, EdTech Taiwan, was held

EdTech Taiwan, the largest and only education technology exhibition in Taiwan, was held November 9 (Thu) to November 12 (Sun), 2023 at Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1. Besides bringing together more than 100 companies in teaching software, hardware, and integrated applications, the exhibition showed the value and results of bringing education technology into schools in Taiwan and abroad. This year’s core theme was “Let’s Play! Exploring a New Chapter in Education,” and the themed zones were organized around each exhibit’s features, so that all visitors could fully experience Taiwan’s largest education playground.

Annual theme pavilion—exploring a new chapter in education

The pavilion described the state of education in the second year of the “Every Student with a Tablet” policy and its outlook for the future. A “theme talks” stage was set up on site, where vendors among this year’s exhibitors that were shortlisted for the “Digital Content Purchase List” took turns sharing product highlights and design philosophies. This gave educators and companies valuable opportunities for insight and interaction as they explored new prospects for education together.

Joint education zone—technology education that builds learning power

The zone gathered the Ministry of Education, the Taipei City Government Department of Education, the New Taipei City Government Department of Education, the Kaohsiung City Government Education Bureau, the Pingtung County Government Education Department, the Yilan County Government Education Department, FabLab-University, the Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation, the ewant Open Education Platform, and the Taiwan OpenCourseWare Consortium, along with innovative and diverse lesson plan results from schools across Taiwan. It gave teachers and students a stage to present, showed the new energy of education technology in Taiwan, and allowed exchange and mutual learning with all sectors.

Flagship brands hall—leading education technology brands from Taiwan and abroad

The hall gathered leading companies in digital content, classroom hardware, and mobile devices from Taiwan and abroad, all important education partners in the “Every Class Online, Every Student with a Tablet” policy. It brought together the education technology that teaching settings need, so that teachers could gain a fuller sense of education technology through the demonstrations and hands-on experiences offered by the major brands.

AI education hall—redefining teaching and learning for the future

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes part of daily life, it will also bring impact and change to future education. In step with the global trend, EdTech Taiwan set up an AI-themed zone for the first time, gathering teaching applications and software vendors built around AI. The AI Education Hall covered assessing student learning levels, grading tests, checking originality, and inspiring creative ideas.

Smart classrooms and accessories—unboxing the front line of the future campus

Good equipment and resources are the first step into digital learning. Vendors of teaching hardware—large touchscreens, recording and video equipment, styluses, and tablet accessories—helped teachers lower the barrier to adopting education technology and build confidence in technology that serves education.

Campus cloud platforms—digital learning tools for teachers and students

Diverse digital content combined with complete integrated systems sped up the pace of digital learning, built more efficient parent-teacher communication, and made once-complicated administrative work easy. The campus cloud platform zone gathered digital school administration, digital learning, and a variety of online course platforms, so that teachers and students could carry their school in the cloud and get better results in teaching and learning.

STEAM play classroom—cross-disciplinary creation and hands-on fun with daily life

STEAM education, whose learning spirit is “cross-disciplinary,” “hands-on,” “real-life application,” “problem solving,” and “five-senses learning,” has become popular in recent years. EdTech Taiwan invited leading brands focused on STEAM education so that children could learn by doing and “play” while learning, developing students’ independent thinking and creativity and reshaping education and learning for the next generation.

Boot up languages—digital language learning

As digital learning and international education become trends, learning different “languages” is the first step toward becoming a global talent. EdTech Taiwan invited digital content service providers for “Chinese,” “English,” and “programming languages,” and for the first time brought together international certification bodies such as ICDL, GRE, and TOEFL. In the era of a tablet for every student, students could “boot up” to learn languages and connect with the world through technology.

Education metaverse—moving the classroom into the metaverse

In the post-pandemic era, the “education metaverse,” which integrates digital teaching with applications such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), is gradually taking shape. The Education Metaverse zone at EdTech Taiwan showed how future education can cross the limits of time and space, create a new “immersive” form of learning and the most realistic teaching experience, and explore the endless possibilities of metaverse education, offering a glimpse of a new look for digital teaching.

Besides the rich themed zones, the expo also held more than 100 forums and lectures, along with a stamp rally and prize drawings. Planned prizes included an iPhone 15 Pro Max (market value NT$44,900) and an iPad Air (5th generation) (market value NT$19,900), for a total value of more than NT$800,000. Organizers hoped that visiting teachers would gain new technology knowledge at EdTech Taiwan and might also win prizes.

To learn more about EdTech Taiwan events, follow the EdTech Taiwan Facebook page or check the EdTech Taiwan official website.

Group tour reservations: https://www.edtech.tw/tour

EdTech Taiwan official website: https://www.edtech.tw/

EdTech Taiwan Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EdTechTW