Program - JTELSS 2026

JTELSS 2026 program

The list of accepted sessions is available here.

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Sat 16/05

	Saturday 16/05
09:00	Arrival, hotel check-in and registration
09:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00
16:30
17:00
17:30
18:00	Registration desk
18:30
19:00
19:30	Dinner
20:00
20:30
21:00	Eurovision Song Contest 2026
21:30
22:00
22:30
23:00

	Saturday 16/05
18:00	Registration desk
18:30
19:00

	Saturday 16/05
19:30	Dinner
20:00
20:30

	Saturday 16/05
21:00	Eurovision Song Contest 2026
21:30
22:00
22:30
23:00

Sun 17/05

	Sunday 17/05
09:00	Transfer Departure from venue hotel at 9:00h
09:30
10:00
10:30	Walking Tour in Sozopol
11:00
11:30
12:00	Free Time in Sozopol
12:30
13:00	Lunch @ TBA
13:30
14:00
14:30	Transfer
15:00	Walking Tour in Nessebar
15:30
16:00
16:30	Free Time in Nessebar
17:00
17:30
18:00	Transfer Back to the venue hotel
18:30
19:00
19:30	Dinner
20:00
20:30
21:00	Get-to-know JTELSS Games Get to know each other and the event
21:30
22:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
09:00	Keynote 1: Title
09:30

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
10:30	Optimizing Research Processes and the GenAI-Assisted Workflow Ayala Lior
11:00
11:30

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
12:00	Relaxation Break
12:30
19:00	Relaxation Break

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
14:00	Chatbots as Learning Partners: Exploring Dialogue in AI-Enhanced Learning Lliron Levy-Nadav & Ina Blau
14:30
15:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
16:00	Ethical, safe and inclusive XR & AI technologies in TEL: the way forward Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, Hannah Svennungsen & Lucas Stephane
16:30
17:00

Program - JTELSS 2026

JTELSS 2026 program

Sat 16/05

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Fri 22/05

Sat 23/05

JTELSS 2026

EATEL

Activities

Events

Contact

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
17:30	Pecha kucha All participants introduce themselves on stage with one slide
18:00
18:30

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
10:30		Beyond Engagement: Designing TEL for Well-being and Human Potential Mónica Aresta & Luís Pedro
11:00
11:30

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
14:00		Designing for Autonomy: Navigating Cognitive Load and Privacy in AI-Mediated Learning Adrienn Toth & Luca M. Leisten
14:30
15:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
16:00		Research Design Strategies for Technology- Enhanced Learning in Higher Education: Insights from CORE F. Ribeiro, S. Gombert, G. Romano & L. Camus
16:30
17:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
10:30			Exploring AI Futures Through a Value-Driven Framework Alina Pees, Florence Kristin Lehnert & Maka Eradze
11:00
11:30

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
14:00			Memory Palaces in Virtual Reality: Exploring a Spatial Learning Method Paula Wiesemüller
14:30
15:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
16:00			Ambivalent Leadership in Technology- Enhanced Education Oranit Karmon
16:30
17:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
09:00	Keynote 3: Title
09:30
10:00	Coffee Break
10:30	Beyond Points and Badges: Designing Meaningful Gamification for School Learning Rossana Latronico	Immersive Learning Environments assisted by AI-generated Avatars Khaleel Asyraaf Mat Sanusi, Daniel Majonica, Melina Rose & Roland Klemke	Designing AI-Supported Personalized Learning Studies in TEL Meline Grigoryan
11:00
11:30
12:00	Relaxation Break
12:30
13:00	Lunch
13:30
14:00	Once upon a time… learning to present your research Jan Schneider	Selecting Measurement Instruments in TEL Research Daiana Rinja, Stella Kolarik & Florence Lehnert	Designing Language Learning with Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality Mikhail Fominykh
14:30
15:00
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Putting the AI in the ApprAIsal of Dialogue: AI-Based Analysis of Classroom and Online Discussions Noa Brandel & Baruch B. Schwarz	Navigating Learning Theories in TEL: From Selection to Application Volkan Yücepur, Daiana Rinja & Florence Lehnert	Robotics, games and books fostering opportunities for computational thinking and digital literacy N. Fanchamps, van Gool, Straus, Storm, Boonen & Gerger
16:30
17:00
17:30	Speed mentoring All senior instructors meet all PhD candidates
18:00
18:30
19:00	Relaxation Break
19:30	Dinner
20:00
20:30
21:00	Poster and Demo session PhD candidates can bring a poster and participate [optional]. Instructors can demonstrate their prototypes and tools
21:30
22:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
09:00	Keynote 4: Title
09:30
10:00	Coffee Break
10:30	Publish from Your PhD Thesis: Strategies for Early-Career Researchers Nashwa Ismail	Beyond Theory: Learning from Design-Based Research cycles in action E. Roldan Roa, K. Raave, J. C. J. R. Martinez, T. Colasante, H. Li, K. Raud, J. Eller, H. Tran	Co-Designing Smart Home Learning Environments Yara Youssef
11:00
11:30
12:00	From Ideas to SIGs: "EATEL SIG Incubator" Building New TEL Groups Maria Perifanou & Mikhail Fominykh
12:30
13:00	Lunch
13:30
14:00	Transfer to Burgas
14:30
15:00	Local session at Burgas University
15:30
16:00
16:30	Transfer to Burgas city center
17:00	Walking Tour in Burgas
17:30
18:00	Free Time in Burgas
18:30
19:00
19:30	Gala Dinner @ Primorets Hotel 5*
20:00
20:30
21:00
21:30
22:00
22:30	Transfer back to the hotel
23:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
09:00	Keynote 5: Title
09:30
10:00	Coffee Break
10:30	Show me the money: How to commercialize your research (Part I). Lasse Nielsen Langendorf & Ekaterina Veldyaeva	Research in an AI-Saturated Era: Elevating Quantitative TEL Research with Generative AI Eyal Rabin	Designing Culturally Responsive UI/UX for AI-Based Adaptive Learning Systems: Marginalised Learners I. F. Kamsin, M. F. Ch. A. Rani, A. Alias, S. A. Rahim & M. H. Zaini
11:00
11:30
12:00	Relaxation Break
12:30
13:00	Lunch
13:30
14:00	Show me the money: How to commercialize your research (Part II). Lasse Nielsen Langendorf & Ekaterina Veldyaeva	The Sandbox Student: Engineering Productive Friction for High-Stakes Relational Training K. Raave, E. Roldan Roa, J. C. J. Ramos Martinez, T. Colasante, H. Li, K. Raud, J. Eller & H. Tran	Advancing Research Excellence Through AI Tools Maria Perifanou & Ana Torres
14:30
15:00
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Computer and AI-assisted qualitative and quantitative analysis of qualitative data (Part I) Vilma Sukacke	Making Academic writing easy (Part I). Jan Schneider	Educational Natural Language Processing in Research and Practice (Part I) Sebastian Gombert, Amir Rajabi, Daniel Schiffner & Hendrik Drachsler
16:30
17:00
17:30	Computer and AI-assisted qualitative and quantitative analysis of qualitative data (Part II) Vilma Sukacke	Making Academic writing easy (Part II). Jan Schneider	Educational Natural Language Processing in Research and Practice (Part II) Sebastian Gombert, Amir Rajabi, Daniel Schiffner & Hendrik Drachsler
18:00
18:30
19:00	Relaxation Break
19:30	Dinner
20:00
20:30
21:00	Informal Networking Plenary Session All participants are invited to engage in professional networking in a welcoming and informal atmosphere
21:30
22:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
11:00	Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) Framework: Different perspectives Taibe Kulaksız
11:30
12:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
14:00	Designing Roles for AI in Education: From Tutors to Tools Stella Kolarik & Volkan Yücepur
14:30
15:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
16:00	Systematic Approaches to Literature Reviews Using GenAI (Part I) Md Saifuddin Khalid, Lasse Nielsen Langendorf & Troels Peter Mourits Jensen
16:30
17:00
17:30	Systematic Approaches to Literature Reviews Using GenAI (Part II) Md Saifuddin Khalid, Lasse Nielsen Langendorf & Troels Peter Mourits Jensen
18:00
18:30

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
11:00		Introduction to Statistics with R for TEL Ekaterina Soroka & Volkan Yücepur
11:30
12:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
14:00		Multimodal Learning Analytics for Serious Game Validation in Authentic Educational Settings Antonio Calvo-Morata & Baltasar Fernández-Manjón
14:30
15:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
16:00		Where did I read that again? Turning papers into knowledge that's easy to find with Obsidian+Zotero (Part I). Nina Mouhammad
16:30
17:00
17:30		Where did I read that again? Turning papers into knowledge that's easy to find with Obsidian+Zotero (Part II). Nina Mouhammad
18:00
18:30

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
11:00			Research in Edtech, just a Sisyphus TEL Jan Schneider, Bibeg Limbu, Natalie Kiesler & Bedour Alshaigy
11:30
12:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
14:00			Testing Learning Technologies and Digital Learning Objects for Neurodivergent and Visually Impaired Md Saifuddin & Nam Aghaee
14:30
15:00

	Main Hall	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
16:00			AI Qualitative Analysis in TEL: Peer-Reviewed Workflows with 90%+ Agreement (Part I) James Goh
16:30
17:00
17:30			AI Qualitative Analysis in TEL: Peer-Reviewed Workflows with 90%+ Agreement (Part II) James Goh
18:00
18:30

	Workshop Space A	Workshop Space B
09:00	European funding for Technology Enhanced Learning (Part I). Mikhail Fominykh	Using NVivo to Build and Link Literature Reviews: A Hands-on TEL Workshop (Part I). Nashwa Ismail
09:30
10:00
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	European funding for Technology Enhanced Learning (Part II). Mikhail Fominykh	Using NVivo to Build and Link Literature Reviews: A Hands-on TEL Workshop (Part II). Nashwa Ismail
11:30
12:00
12:30	Relaxation Break
13:00	Lunch
13:30
14:00	Time for meetings and networking
14:30
15:00
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Closing JTELSS26 and JTELSS27 by JTELSS general chairs M. Fominykh and M. Perifanou
16:30
17:00
17:30	Relaxation Break
18:00
18:30
19:00
19:30	Dinner
20:00
20:30
21:00	Role-Play-Game Night
21:30
22:00
22:30
23:00