ISLS 2026 Agenda

10:00 AM

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Hybrid Symposium · ALP 1600

Learning Sciences in the Global South: Dialogue for multiple ways of knowing and doing

This hybrid symposium argues for multiplicity in ways of knowing and doing, drawing on cases from Latin America, Africa, and South Asia where scholars adapt and expand conventional research. The stories foreground tensions and (in)visible privileges in Global South scholarship, with dialogue continuing during and after the conference.

Design-Based Research

Symposium · ALP 2300

Co-design as Transformative Pedagogical Spaces: what zooming out teaches us about learning to co-design together

This symposium gathers researchers and practitioners across participatory design, youth participatory action research, and research-practice partnerships to challenge how co-design is treated as brief, isolated activity. By zooming out temporally and analytically, the papers reveal co-design as relational, political, and ethical practice honed over longer timescales.

Design-Based Research

Symposium · ALP 2nd Floor Rear

Insights from International Partnerships on Infrastructuring for Maker Education

This structured poster symposium uses infrastructuring as a lens to examine the supports needed to integrate maker education into formal schooling. International research groups collaborating with local stakeholders share insights on the tensions between grassroots maker movements and established school systems.

Design-Based Research