ISLS 2026 Agenda

Wednesday, June 17 · 12 sessions

8:00 AM

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Short Paper · ALP 1100

Maker educations

These maker-education papers examine identity, literacy, and collaboration across making contexts, including crafting and engineering identities, collaborative lore-building between marginalized girls, and computational literacies in an agricultural class. Additional talks probe what multimodal AI sees versus facilitator expertise, reflection quality and self-efficacy, and sustainable 3D clay printing.

Maker Education & Constructionism 6 talks

Short Paper · ALP 1110

Math education and teachers learning

Short papers address mathematics education and teacher learning, from participatory co-analysis of clinical interviews to the affective dynamics of whiteness in professional learning conversations. Other talks examine undergraduate conceptions of technology, mathematical values in algebra problem-solving, teacher sensemaking, and co-learning toward equity-oriented instruction.

Mathematics Education 6 talks

Short Paper · ALP 1120

AI tools, Teacher Learning

Short papers map how teachers learn to use and reason about AI, from archetypes in designing multi-agent instructional workflows to STEM educators' confidence and knowledge of AI. Others weigh teachers' hopes and concerns about AI image generation and analyze instructor attitudes toward cheating with AI.

AI in Education 4 talks

Short Paper · ALP 2200

Collaborative Learning Processes

Five short papers analyze how collaborative learning unfolds, using methods like Epistemic Network Analysis to model collaborative initiative in STEM simulations and multimodal interactions across jigsaw tasks. Topics range from combining intelligent tutors with concept maps and teachable agents to GenAI-supported interdisciplinary teams and age differences in older-adult learners.

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 5 talks

Short Paper · ALP 2500

Socio-Emotional & Group Dynamics

Five short papers examine the emotional and social side of collaboration, from team functioning and leadership in pediatric medical simulations to regulating epistemic emotions in higher- versus lower-performing CSCL groups. Other talks cover teacher learning on WhatsApp, a fifth-grade SEL digital curriculum, and boundary-crossing STEM competencies in global informal programs.

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 5 talks

Short Paper · ALP 2700

Teachers learning and agency

These papers explore teacher learning, agency, and positioning, including reinterpreting project-based learning in Kazakhstan and how inclusive 'we' discourse shapes belonging in science. Further talks treat customization dilemmas, teacher positioning during student game redesign, resistance as a professional resource, and autonomy in informal learning.

Teacher Learning & Professional Development 6 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.

Inquiry-Based Learning & Productive Failure 5 talks

10:00 AM

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Short Paper · ALP 1110

Place and land-based learning and education across various modalities

Six short papers explore place- and land-based learning across modalities, including spatial typologies for active-learning classrooms and syncretic game designs interweaving virtual and natural worlds. Others address youth climate storytelling, multispecies discomfort in a STEAM program, identity play through creek science, and scientific practice in an archaeological apprenticeship.

Climate & Environmental Education 6 talks

Short Paper · ALP 1120

Assessment in STEM education

Six short papers tackle STEM assessment, from evaluating the MathByExample worked-example intervention to object detection for analyzing students' drawn scientific models. Topics include NGSS-aligned assessments of first graders' reasoning, conversation-based assessment with AI agents, STEAM integration measures, and fine-grained scoring in chemistry.

Assessment, Feedback & Formative Practices 6 talks

Short Paper · ALP 2200

Collaborative Learning Research Methods

Five short papers advance methods for studying collaborative learning, from reframing social annotation as a text-embedded analytics ecology to AI-powered knowledge graphs that make Knowledge Forum discourse visible. Other contributions theorize transitional space across individual and collective levels, formalize inquiry scripting, and review GenAI tools for collaboration.

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 5 talks

Short Paper · ALP 2500

Role of AI in CSCL

Five short papers interrogate AI's evolving roles in collaborative knowledge work, including students' experience of AI as a creative collaborator and a typological framework for AI's epistemic authority in Knowledge Building. Additional talks examine children's epistemic agency in AI science eBooks, activity theory for human-AI teaming, and a three-year cross-community design study.

Human-AI Collaboration & Teaming 5 talks

Short Paper · ALP 2700

Design based research and instructional design to support learning

Six short papers report design-based research and instructional design work, including comic cons for scientific literacy and redesigning a graduate program toward learning design. Additional talks cover game-based planning for disability transition services, teacher agency in co-design, hybrid conference history, and boundary tools bridging home and classroom.

Teacher Learning & Professional Development 6 talks