ISLS 2026 Agenda

8:00 AM

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Long Paper · ALP 1700

Culturally Responsive Design

These papers show how culturally responsive and sustaining design supports learning and identity, from leveraging students' cultural resources in university physics to a robotic Punjabi Dhol for embodied music learning. Further talks examine Diné digital storytelling and relational, culturally sustaining computing with Tibetan diaspora girls.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices in a talk

4 talks

Long Paper · ALP 2600

Affect and Learning

Papers explore the affective and emotional dimensions of learning, from elementary students' embodied, lived experiences with data to configuring emotions while studying Japanese American forced incarceration. The session also addresses meta-affective goals that activate self-regulated learning and the role of affect in experts' attention to student thinking.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices in a talk

4 talks

Long Paper · ALP 3610

Supporting Learner Autonomy

Spanning methods and contexts, these papers examine how to support learner autonomy and student-centered learning, including non-linear modeling of SCL challenges and a meta-analysis of school-based ADHD interventions. Additional talks study math environments where students feel safe to be wrong, primary-source projects via network analysis, and neurodiversity-affirming responses to uncertainty.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices in a talk

5 talks

10:00 AM

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Long Paper · ALP 2100

Peer-feedback and Assessment

Four long papers address peer feedback and assessment in collaborative settings, including an item response theory model for multiple resubmissions and how pre-service teachers integrate multiple feedback messages. Further work examines peer feedback in interdisciplinary collaboration and a design space for dialogic assessment in CSCL.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices in a talk

4 talks