Call for Papers:

Nineteenth International Conference on e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies
Special Focus: Human-Centered AI Transformations
April 16-17, 2026
University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece and Online (Asynchronous Content)
https://ubi-learn.com/2026-conference

Early Proposal Deadline: September 16, 2025
Regular Proposal Deadline: January 16, 2026
Late Proposal Deadline: March 16, 2026

The Nineteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies features research addressing the following annual themes and special focus:

Theme 1: CONSIDERING DIGITAL PEDAGOGIES
Theme 2: NEW DIGITAL INSTITUTIONS AND SPACES
Theme 3: TECHNOLOGIES OF MEDIATION
Theme 4: DESIGNING SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS

Special Focus: HUMAN-CENTERED AI TRANSFORMATIONS:
This year’s annual focus, Human-Centered AI Transformations, spotlights AI as a transformative but also deeply human endeavor. We welcome proposals that rethink AI not as a replacement for human expertise, but as a collaborative partner in meaning-making, teaching, learning, and knowledge-sharing. How might AI-powered tools personalize education, expand inclusivity, and foster new forms of participatory culture without succumbing to bias or widening social inequities? What does it look like to design AI systems that honor local contexts, uphold ethical values, and nurture ecological sustainability? Through diverse interdisciplinary perspectives, we seek to imagine futures in which AI augments human potential rather than automating it away. We invite papers, panels, workshops, and creative presentations that critically engage these themes, offering fresh insights into the interplay of technology, knowledge, and society, and forging pathways toward more equitable, human-centered technological epochs.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

• William Cope, Professor, University of Illinois, USA
• Mary Kalantzis, Professor, University of Illinois, USA
• Chryssi Vitsilaki, Professor Emerita and former Rector, University of the Aegean, Greece
• Spyridoula Stamouli, Specialized Scientific Personnel in Language Technology, Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) of the Athena Research Center, Greece
• Vassilis Katsouros, Research Director, Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP) of the Athena Research Center, Greece
• Yannis Mastrogeorgiou, Special Secretary for Strategic Foresight, Government of the Hellenic Republic; Coordinator of Greek Advisory Committee on AI, Greece

UBIQUITOUS LEARNING: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

Exploring the affordances for innovative and transformative forms of learning offered by the new information and communications technologies. (See https://ubi-learn.com/journal)

2026 IMPORTANT DATES

We welcome the submission of proposals at any time of the year. The dates below serve as a guideline for proposal submission based on our corresponding registration deadlines. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission.

Proposal & Registration Dates:

Proposal Deadlines:
Advance Proposal Deadline: 16 June 2025
Early Proposal Deadline: 16 September 2025
Regular Proposal Deadline: 16 January 2026
Late Proposal Deadline: 16 March 2026

Registration Deadlines:
Advance Registration Deadline: 16 July 2025
Early Registration Deadline: 16 October 2025
Regular Registration Deadline: 16 Match 2026
Late Registration Deadline: 16 April 2026

ABOUT US

Founded in 2006, the e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies Research Network is brought together around a common concern for new technologies in learning and an interest to explore possibilities for innovative pedagogies. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary geographic and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

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