Art, Design, Languages, Education and Social Work: Innovations in Theory and Practice
International Scientific Conference
PROGRAMME
11 December 2025
Time (GMT+2) Activity Venue
9:30-10:00 Registration
Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22A,
4th Floor, Near Room 410
10:00-10:10 Conference Opening and
Welcome Speech Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22A,
Room 407
10:10-12:10 Plenary Session Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22A,
Room 407
12:10-13:30 Lunch Break
13:10-17:00 Panel Discussions Information is Available
Under Each Panel
| Time (GMT+2) | Activity | Venue |
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| 9:30-10:00 | Registration | Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22A, 4th Floor, Near Room 410 |
| 10:00-10:10 | Conference Opening and Welcome Speech | Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22A, Room 407 |
| 10:10-12:10 | Plenary Session | Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22A, Room 407 |
| 12:10-13:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:10-17:00 | Panel Discussions | Information is Available Under Each Panel |
PLENARY SESSION
| Chairpersons: Dr. Jeffrey Michael Taylor, Lina Abraitienė Venue: Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22A, 4th Floor, Room 407 |
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| 10:10-10:40 | Internationalisation at Home: Transforming Education Eveke de Louw The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Centre of Expertise Global & Inclusive Learning (Netherlands) |
| 10:40-11:10 | From Screen to Skill: Factors Driving Language Learning in AVT Contexts Dr. María Bobadilla-Pérez University of A Coruna, Department of Specific Didactics and Research Methods (Spain) |
| 11:10-11:40 | Futures Designed: Integrating Micro-Credentials into Art and Design Education – Innovations in Theory and Practice Dr. Anna Merry Frederick University, Department of Arts and Communication (Cyprus) |
| 11:40-12:10 | Restoring Liberal Values? Polish Culture after Eight Years of Right-Wing Rule Dr. Jakub Dąbrowski Faculty of Artistic Research and Curatorial Studies, the Academy of Fine Arts (Poland) |
PANELS
| Moderator – Dr. Tomas Butvilas Venue: Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22A, 4th Floor, Room 407 |
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| 13:30-13:50 | Developing the Teacher Reflective-Transgressive Development Questionnaire (MRTTK): A Multidimensional Model of Reflective Growth in Music Education Dr. Tomas Butvilas Kauno Kolegija Higher Education Institution (Lithuania) Maciej Kolodziejski Mazovian University in Plock (Poland) |
| 13:50-14:10 | From the Piano Room to the Cloud: The Application of Digital Tools in Piano Performance Instruction Dokt. Meiqi Zhang, Dr. Genutė Gedvilienė Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) |
| 14:10-14:30 | Integrating Digital Technologies into Fashion Design Education Practice llze Bodza, Silvija Mezinska Rezekne Academy of Riga Technical University (Latvia) |
| 14:30-14:50 | Fostering Creative Learning through an Online Escape Room: From Qualitative Insights to a Data-Driven Perspective Dr. Rasa Nedzinskaitė-Mačiūnienė, Dr. Eglė Stasiūnaitienė Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) |
| 14:50-15:00 | BREAK |
| 15:00-15:20 | Dataviz Challenge Dr. Haïfa Zargayouna Sorbonne Paris Nord University (France) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Įtrauki studijų praktika: kaip veikia Universalusis dizainas mokymuisi (in Lithuanian) Eglė Stasiūnaitienė, Dr. Eglė Stasiūnaitienė, Dr. Rasa Nedzinskaitė-Mačiūnienė Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) |
| 15:40-16:00 | Adaptyvumas kaip organizacinės kultūros bruožas Lietuvos bendrojo ugdymo mokyklose skaitmeninės transformacijos kontekste (in Lithuanian) (online) Dr. Jovita Starkutė Mykolas Romeris University, Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |
| 16:00-16:20 | Effective Posthuman Citizenship: Abilities to Develop Ida D. Povilaitė Kauno Kolegija Higher Education Institution (Lithuania) |
| 16:20-16:40 | Turinio rinkodaros taikymas mene: sutelktinių paslaugų aspektai (in Lithuanian) Dr. Mantas Dilys Kauno Kolegija Higher Education Institution (Lithuania) |
| 16:40-17:00 | Mediacija kaip konfliktų sprendimo įrankis akademinėje bendruomenėje (in Lithuanian) Dr. Laima Abromaitienė Kauno Kolegija Higher Education Institution (Lithuania) |
| Moderator – Vaida Misevičiūtė Venue: Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22, 4-26 |
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| 13:30-13:50 | Transforming Language Learning: The Role of Educational Strategies and Technology in Overcoming Linguistic Barriers Dr. Yuliia Vasylieva, Maija Ročāne, Santa Meļķe Riga Technical University Liepaja Academy (Latvia) |
| 13:50-14:10 | Exploring Digital Inclusion Concepts and Practices Among Master’s Students in Pedagogy Dr. Ieva Margeviča-Grinberga, Egija Laganovska University of Latvia (Latvia) |
| 14:10-14:30 | Influence of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Creativity of Future Teachers: a Case Study (online) Dr. Cristina Castillo-Rodríguez, Dr. Anna Grazyna Szczesniak University of Malaga (Spain) |
| 14:30-14:50 | Human Language Users (and Learners) in an Age of Artificial Intelligence Dr. Angela M. Dadak European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 14:50-15:00 | BREAK |
| 15:00-15:20 | Multimodal Resources for EFL Outside the Classroom: Experiences and Opinions of Lithuanian University Students (online) Dr. Aurelija Daukšaitė-Kolpakovienė Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Morphology, Context, and Vocabulary in Lexical Inference: Insights into Reading Development and Dyslexia for Inclusive Education (online) Dr. Ifigeneia Dosi Democritus University of Thrace (Greece) |
| 15:40-16:00 | Unequal Gains? Student Perspectives on AI in Language Learning Vaida Misevičiūtė Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |
| 16:00-16:20 | Generatyvinis tekstas kaip iššūkis kūrybai ir akademinei etikai (in Lithuanian) Giedrė Paurienė Mykolas Romeris University |
| Moderator – Dr. Audronė Raškauskienė Venue: Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22, 4-27 |
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| 13:30-13:50 | Developing English Academic Writing Skills with AI-Powered Tools (on-site and online) Dr. Audronė Raškauskienė Kauno Kolegija HEI (Lithuania) Dr. Roza Zhussupova L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan) |
| 13:50-14:10 | Trusting the Machine? Translator Visibility and Responsibility in AI-Generated Texts Lina Abraitienė Kauno Kolegija HEI, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) |
| 14:10-14:30 | Digital Code-Switching: The Case of English-Lithuanian Language Contact on Social Media Asta Pukienė Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |
| 14:30-14:50 | Apibrėžties samprata dirbtinio intelekto amžiuje (in Lithuanian) Dr. Aušra Rimkutė-Ganusauskienė Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |
| 14:50-15:00 | BREAK |
| 15:00-15:20 | Reading Between the Lines: Why Idioms Defy Artificial Intelligence (online) Dr. Rovena Vora University of Tirana (Albania) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Hedging in AI-Generated Academic Writing: A Corpus-Based Linguistic Analysis of Epistemic Modality in Retracted Articles (online) Dr. Doğan Baydal Ondokuz Mayıs University (Turkey) |
| 15:40-16:00 | Corpus Linguistics in the AI Era: Corpus Sense (online) Dr. Antonio Moreno-Ortiz University of Malaga (Spain) |
| Moderator – Ieva Brazauskaitė-Zubavičienė Venue: Online panel |
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| 13:30-13:50 | Digital Trends & Threats in Language & Translation Studies Anna Maria Vasili University of Tirana (Albania) |
| 13:50-14:10 | The Semantics of Silence: Challenges of Implicit Meaning in Machine Translation PhD candidate Amna Ben Khalifa University of Malaga (Spain) |
| 14:10-14:30 | Machine Translation of News Headlines on AI in Education: A Comparative Study of Google Translate and Yandex Translate Dr. Betül Özcan Dost, Muharrem Yüksel Ondokuz Mayıs University (Turkey) |
| 14:30-14:50 | Digital Privacy Awareness among English as a Foreign Language Learners Dr. Esen Genç, Şule Çakilcioglu Ondokuz Mayıs University (Turkey) |
| 14:50-15:00 | BREAK |
| 15:00-15:20 | Empathy in Translation: Translation Students’ Practices with Machine Translation Tools Dr. Esen Genç, Melike CİVİL Ondokuz Mayıs University (Turkey) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Post-Editing Competence as Productivity and Pedagogical Value: Insights from the GAMETRAPP Serious Video Game Cristina Toledo-Báez University of Malaga (Spain) |
| 15:40-16:00 | Beyond Accuracy: Comparing Human and AI Translation of Albanian-English Texts in Context and Meaning Doctoral student Stelina Ndreu University of Tirana (Albania) |
| Moderator – Dr. Salomėja Karasevičiūtė Vieta: Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22, 4-38 |
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| 13:30-13:50 | Empowering Refugees through Digital Transformation in Social Work: Insights from the M9C Platform Evaluation Dr. Valentina Demidenko Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) Dr. Bjorn Klefstad Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) Julita Piguliavičienė Head of Institute of Social Projects (Lithuania) |
| 13:50-14:10 | Digital Empowerment of the Elderly in Social Care Dr. Salomėja Karasevičiūtė Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |
| 14:10-14:30 | Social Mentor Support for Young Adults Leaving Out-Of-Home Care (online) Zanda Manfelde, Svetlana Lanka Riga Technical University Liepaja Academy (Latvia) |
| 14:30-14:50 | Materialising Digital Inclusion for Migrant Learners of Spanish in the Red Cross: A Case Study (online) Ariadna Serón-Navas University of Malaga (Spain) |
| 14:50-15:00 | BREAK |
| 15:00-15:20 | The Relevance of AI-Powered Plush Robots in the Social Rehabilitation of Children with ASD Dina Bethere, Santa Meļķe, Anete Hofmane, Inese Tīģere, Airisa Šteinberga, Undīne Gavriļenko, Aleksandrs Okss, Aleksejs Kataševs, and Aleksandrs Vališevskis Riga Technical University Liepaja Academy (Latvia) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Mindfulness ir sąmoninga komunikacija socialiniame darbe: psichologinio atsparumo ugdymas krizių pagalbos kontekste skaitmeninėje epochoje (in Lithuanian) Janina Sabaitė Melnikovienė Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |
| 15:40-16:00 | Socialinių darbuotojų patiriami profesiniai sunkumai ir supervizija kaip įrankis jiems spręsti (in Lithuanian) Kristina Škarnulienė Kauno kolegija HEI, Public Institution Alytus City Social Services Center (Lithuania) |
| 16:00-16:20 | Prescription of Criminal Sentence Enforcement (online) Dr. Ivas Konini, Dr. Enxhi Konini University of Tirana (Albania) |
| 16:20-16:40 | The Evolution of Criminological Theories: Tracing the Path from Classical to Contemporary Perspectives (online) Dr. Adela Bucpapaj University of Tirana (Albania) |
| Moderator – Laura Slavinskaitė Venue: Kaunas, Pramonės Avenue 22, 4-33 |
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| 13:30-13:50 | Skaitmenizacija ir 3D modeliavimas keramikos dizaine: menininko Remigijaus Sederevičiaus kūrybos atvejis (in Lithuanian) Dr. Raimonda Simanaitienė Kauno kolegija HEI, Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) |
| 13:50-14:10 | Nekilnojamojo kultūros paveldo pažinimo sklaidos ir atgaivinimo konkurso projektų galimybės aukštojo mokslo sektoriui: tarp tradicijos ir skaitmeninio mąstymo (in Lithuanian) Dr. Aistė Dičkalnytė Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |
| 14:10-14:30 | Skaitmeninės komunikacijos vaidmuo paveldo restauravimo edukacijose: nuo Prano Gudyno centro iki virtualaus muziejaus patirčių (in Lithuanian) Ingrida Bagočiūnienė Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |
| 14:30-14:50 | Autentiškumas ir technologija: kaip restauravimas formuoja skaitmeninį meno suvokimą (in Lithuanian) Silvija Lukošienė Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |
| 14:50-15:00 | BREAK |
| 15:00-15:20 | XX a. I p. lietuvių dainininkai – restauratoriai: atradimai ir praradimai (in Lithuanian) Doctoral student Eglė Aleknaitė Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Unikalus dvipusio paveikslo fenomenas: bažnytinės vėliavos iš Kretingos muziejaus ikonografija ir restauravimo praktika (in Lithuanian) Eglė Aleknaitė, Rolandas Vičys Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |
| 15:40-16:00 | Dvi kūrybos galvos: dirbtinio ir žmogaus intelekto dialogas dizaino procese (in Lithuanian) Kęstutis Vaikšnoras Kauno kolegija HEI (Lithuania) |