Professor HE Kekang graduated in Radio Electronics from the Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, in 1963. An Honorary Professor of Northeast Normal University, he is currently the Director of Modern Educational Technology Research Institute of Beijing Normal University. In 1993, the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council approved him as China’s first Educational Technology Doctoral tutor. He has won the State Education Ministry and Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award six times, including four second prizes and two third prizes, as well as a Beijing International Invention Exhibition Gold Medal. In 2011, he has won the first prize of the 4th National Outstanding Achievement in Education Scientific Research and the Education Technology Outstanding Contribution Award issued by Chinese Education Technology AssociationProfessor He Kekang’s research interests include educational informatization engineering, primary and secondary school teaching reform, and educational innovation theory. He has not only developed a large number of leading domestic education information solutions and educational software products, but also pioneered and promoted the integration of information technology into various subject courses. At the same time, he has explored innovation education theory in the Internet era, gradually creating a new educational theory based on creative thinking theory, information technology and curriculum integration theory, children's thinking development theory, semantic perception theory (a new theory on children's language development), and constructivist teaching design theory.
