ISLS 2026 Agenda

8:00 AM

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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.

Teacher Learning & Professional Development in a talk

4 talks

10:00 AM

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Long Paper · ALP 1700

Speculative Education

Four long papers reimagine educational futures, including how middle school Black girls reframe surveillance through critical machine learning design and Black futures sensemaking in a future-educator course. Others derive design principles for speculative teacher imagination and examine learning at rogue conference poster sessions.

Teacher Learning & Professional Development in a talk

4 talks

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.

Teacher Learning & Professional Development in a talk

4 talks

Long Paper · ALP 3610

Research Practice Partnerships and Design

Four long papers examine research-practice partnerships and design, including the value of scaling science teaching slowly and a Reverse Translation framework that repositions practice as a source of knowledge. Other talks study computing education in refugee support organizations and navigating boundaries when integrating CS in elementary schools.

Teacher Learning & Professional Development in a talk

4 talks