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ILSSA Committee
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The International Learning Sciences Student Association specializes in struggling in solidarity together as students and postdocs in the international society of learning sciences!

🐦 @ISLS_ILSSA 🦋 @islsilssa.bsky.social 🌐 https://bit.ly/ILSSA
Important update re: lodging for #ISLS2026 at Irvine!

🚨TLDR🚨 If you are even "most likely / maybe" attending ISLS in Irvine, you should reserve a hotel room ASAP!

Nothing will be charged & reservations can be cancelled until June 🙌

See details at bit.ly/ILSSA
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🔥 The ISLS deadline is almost upon us! 🔥 🚒 Don't panic ~ ILSSA is here to help get you to the finish line 🫶

Scholarly Scribbles is a supportive virtual co-writing space as we count down to the ISLS submission deadline

Write with us over the next 3 Fridays in Discord! Join via bit.ly/join-ILSSA
September 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
To close out our board intros, meet our ✨ Co-Chairs! ✨
🔁 @morganavickery.bsky.social (standing) & 🆕 John Louis-Strakes Lopez (incoming)
Ready to lead ILSSA in 2025–2026—stay tuned for what’s next!🎉👀
September 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Next up, give a warm welcome to our 🌎 Central/South America Regional Representatives! 🌎
🌟 Breneil Malcolm & 🌟 Santiago Ojeda-Ramirez @santiagojedar.bsky.social
We’re thrilled to have them representing ILSSA across the Americas!
September 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🌟 Meet our new Regional Representatives! 🌟

🇪🇺 FAUSTINE WAWAK – EU/UK
🌏 RANI PRASAD – Asia-Pacific
🌊 YOOJIN BAE – Asia-Pacific
We’re thrilled to have them representing ILSSA across the globe and helping strengthen our international community! ✨
September 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🎉 Introducing our newly elected ILSSA Board for 2025–2026! 🎉

Meet our Membership & Outreach team 👇

🌱 ASHITA BAWANKULE – Membership/Outreach Chair
🤝 SETH VAN DOREN – Membership/Outreach

We’re so excited to have them on board connecting and growing our ILSSA community!✨
September 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Next up, let's give a warm welcome to our 🌍 Africa + Middle East Regional Representatives! 🌍

🏵️ YETUNDE MABADEJE-OLADAPO
& 🌀 BLESSED MHUNGU
September 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🥁 annnnddddd we're back! 🥁

It's that time of year to introduce your newly-elected ILSSA board members! First up -

📑 JINHO KIM as secretary
🪙 AMAN DESAI as treasurer &
☎️ YISHA ZHAO as communications chair

Welcome to the ILSSA team!!
August 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
📢 Shoutout to Mary DiCioccio for winning ISLS-Helsinki bingo!

Mary is a PhD Candidate at UBuffalo working on her dissertation on math + music integration at a summer jazz camp ~

Check out instagram.com/math.musician for her music and MaryDiCioccio.com to follow her academic work!
August 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you're in Helsinki, come by the Thirsty Scholar TONIGHT at 19:00! Free 🍕 + 🍺 available for purchase!

⚠️ Every drink sold means more money that can be given to waitlisted applicants of the ILSSA Annual Meeting Assistance Scholarship ⚠️
June 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you're in Helsinki, come by the Thirsty Scholar TONIGHT at 19:00! Free 🍕+🍺 available for purchase! #isls2025 #isls25

⚠️ Every drink sold means more money that can be given to waitlisted applicants of the ILSSA Annual Meeting Assistance Scholarship! ⚠️
June 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
📣 We are officially looking for nominations to join the ILSSA Board! 📣

Interested in supporting a global network of LS junior scholars? Want to get a 'behind the scenes' peek into ISLS operations?

Full call/form for nominations (due June 24th): mailchi.mp/3cb58f5d38c9...
June 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Come hang out at our ANNUAL ILSSA SOCIAL on Thursday, June 12th, 19:00-22:00 at 🍻 The Thirsty Scholar 🍻

🍕 Free pizza available & drinks available for purchase 🍕

Add us on Whova, join the Discord via bit.ly/ILSSA, and share with your travel buddies! See you soon!
June 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In the Asia-Pacific region? Want to learn about the learning sciences community?

Register for our "Getting into the Learning Sciences: A Student Gathering Event in the Asia-Pacific Region"

🗓️ May 9th, 2025 at 7–9 PM (HKT)
🔥 Featuring Dr. Carol Kwai Kuen Chan

Sign-Up: forms.gle/1qHqS5wBjimm...
May 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
We're excited to announce the launch of our 🪩 ILSSA Mentorship Program! 🪩

Learn more & apply at bit.ly/ILSSA
January 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#GetToKnowILSSA Today, we're introducing Ali Blake #AliBlake, who is starting a 2-year term as ILSSA Co-Chair:
November 13, 2024 at 5:19 AM
And Morgan is one of the hosts of our current series Friday Scholarly Scribbles, which will continue for the next Friday as we approach the #ISLS2025proposal submission due date. Request an invite to the Discord server to join us here: bit.ly/ilssadiscordsi…!
November 11, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Hi everyone!

Over the next few weeks we'll be introducing the ILSSA committee for 2024-2025! #GetToKnowILSSA To start, we're introducing Morgan Vickery, who is starting a 2-year term as Co-Chair:
November 11, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Join us and Prof Chen Wenli this Friday, May 3, for the final talk in the ILSSA Exploring Learning Sciences in the Asia-Pacific series -- "Designing Computer-Supported Collaborative Argumentation in Authentic Classrooms"! Register here: tinyurl.com/295cvfbm
April 29, 2024 at 3:27 PM
This Saturday, April 20th, is the next talk in the ILSSA Exploring Learning Sciences in the Asia-Pacific series! Join us for "Making Based Learning for Middle School and Undergraduate Engineering Students" with Prof Aditi Kothiyal of IIT Gandhinagar. Register here: forms.gle/ubi7m8iQ15qq...
April 15, 2024 at 4:47 PM
In one week we start off the series "Exploring Learning Sciences in the Asia-Pacific". Join us Monday, March 18th for "Nurturing STEM Interest Among Filipino Learners Using Minecraft" with Prof Maria Mercedes T. Rodrigo of Ateneo de Manila University. Register by March 16: forms.gle/Y5Vuvk62pRkm...
March 11, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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December 20, 2023 at 2:16 PM
It's happening! we are looking forward to seeing students of ISLS this summer and reading the work this community has been committing our efforts toward!
November 16, 2023 at 5:45 PM
Tomorrow's the last day of the submission grace period; we wish all who are refining submissions well and invite you to work in Discord if you'd like to be with fellow writers. We can't wait to connect with y'all this summer!
November 15, 2023 at 5:54 PM
If you're working on an ISLS2024 submission in the next few days and would like company, we welcome you to hop into the writing space in Discord! Join us on Discord here: bit.ly/ilssadiscordsignupform
November 14, 2023 at 4:55 PM