ISLS 2026 Agenda

Thursday, June 18 · 7 sessions

8:00 AM

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Short Paper · ALP 1110

Co-design, creative methods art-based approaches

Six papers explore co-design and creative methods, from tangible classroom models and arts-based climate storytelling to liberatory computational making with Black boys and trust-building in design-based research teams. Threads include reconceptualizing imagination as social practice and using network analysis to improve co-designed online graduate courses.

★James D. Slotta

Learning Analytics & Educational Data Mining in a talk

6 talks

Long Paper · ALP 1700

Argumentation, Discourse, and Agency

Papers examine argumentation, discourse, and agency across settings, from learner feedback agency and laypeople's evaluation of online health information to thinking routines in EFL film discussions. Additional talks address facilitation dilemmas in teacher video clubs and learner engagement in LLM-supported complex-systems simulations.

★Clark A. Chinn

Learning Analytics & Educational Data Mining in a talk

5 talks

Short Paper · ALP 2500

Group Dynamics and Processes

A short-paper session on group dynamics in collaborative learning, examining how active participation, role enactment, and disciplinary engagement unfold over time. Methods include implicit-scripts analysis, physiological synchrony, AR-based inquiry, and socially shared regulation in STEM.

★Susan A. Yoon

Learning Analytics & Educational Data Mining in a talk

5 talks

Short Paper · ALP 2700

VR/AR/MR/XR and immersive learning

A short-paper session on immersive learning across VR, AR, and mixed reality, addressing how to assess learning processes with multimodal and log data rather than pre-post tests alone. Studies span AR multispecies inquiry with bees, instructional sequencing in VR, career exploration, and mobile AR for adult language learning.

★Kristiina Kumpulainen

Learning Analytics & Educational Data Mining in a talk

5 talks

10:00 AM

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Short Paper · ALP 2200

Collaborative STEM Inquiry

Short papers on collaborative STEM inquiry span engineering notebooks scaffolding middle school robotics, multi-user immersive VR for science learning, and collaboration quality in computational modeling. Threads also include teacher knowledge building via KNILT minicourses and ordered-network-analysis-supported reflective assessment.

★Jianwei Zhang

Learning Analytics & Educational Data Mining in a talk

5 talks

Short Paper · ALP 3600

Strategies and frameworks for learning analytics at multiple scales

Short papers present strategies and frameworks for learning analytics at multiple scales, including latent profile analysis of math anxiety in game-based learning and teacher engagement in micro-credential PD. Other talks compare small versus large language models for generating math problems and examine self-regulated learning with GenAI.

Learning Analytics & Educational Data Mining in a talk

6 talks

2:30 PM

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Short Paper · Barclay

Co-Design, Community-based education, sociocultural learning

Six short papers examine co-design and community-engaged education across undergraduate science, minority-owned small businesses, and intergenerational environmental-justice programs. Threads include enacting solidarity in community partnerships, collaborative data co-analysis, and culturally sustaining pedagogy through game redesign.

★Kylie Peppler, June Ahn

Learning Analytics & Educational Data Mining in a talk

6 talks