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

Happy Friday! We’re LIVE writing our #ISLS26 submissions together in the ILSSA Discord (bit.ly/join-ILSSA) for the next 4 hours! Not in the mood to talk? Thats okay! We have a pomodoro timer going, so feel free to jump in as you're able or just send good vibes in the chat from afar 🕊️

Getting reasonable accommodations for ISLS has never been easier! Don't let this deter you from submitting and presenting your work at #ISLS26 in Irvine! Learn more here:

🔥 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

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!🎉👀

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!

🌟 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! ✨

🎉 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!✨

Next up, let's give a warm welcome to our 🌍 Africa + Middle East Regional Representatives! 🌍 🏵️ YETUNDE MABADEJE-OLADAPO & 🌀 BLESSED MHUNGU

🥁 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!!

📢 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!

TODAY is the deadline to vote in ILSSA elections! All students affiliated with @islsnews.bsky.social / @islsilssa.bsky.social are eligible to vote...so vote! 🗳️ Ballots can be accessed via your email (for ISLS members), the ILSSA Discord, or by emailing [email protected] 🗳️

🗳️ ITS TIME TO VOTE for your 2025-26 ILSSA Board! 🗳️ All students affiliated with @islsnews.bsky.social / @islsilssa.bsky.social are eligible to vote...so vote! 😎 Ballots can be accessed via your email, the Discord, or by emailing 📨 [email protected]

⏰ FINAL CALL for nominations to join the 2025-2026 ILSSA Board! ⏰ Our members advocate for student interests, organize initiatives, and broaden participation of/for students. Plus, collaborate with @islsnews.bsky.social members & list your service on your CV! Visit bit.ly/ILSSA for details!

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 ⚠️

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! ⚠️

📣 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/i…

Share your Helsinki ISLS journey via #isls2025!

📣 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...

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!

ISLS Board Election ends June！ check your email for subject: *BALLOT: ISLS Board Member Election 2025* (from ISLS Executive Officer, [email protected]). only currently registered members can vote -- if you are a member & did not recieve it, reach out to [email protected]!

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...

@everyone __🪩**CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO ILSSA Annual-Meeting Assistance Scholarships***__ > Any *students, candidates, and recent graduates* are eligible to apply! ***Review of applications will begin on April 20th*** **Application form: **[Applications](forms.gle/KLqYGcNmSYYm...)

✨Call for Virtual Hosts & Hybrid 'Ambassadors'✨ This year, we are expecting more virtual participants than ever at ISLS, & we want to ensure that marginalization doesnt limit who can contribute ✊ Want to help us make it happen? Apply to be a VIRTUAL HOST / HYBRID AMBASSADOR! @islsnews.bsky.social

Hey students & recent grads! 👋 Check out the ISLS Call for Equity Travel Assistance (financial aid)! 🗓️ Due April 20th

🪩CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 🪩 ILSSA Annual-Meeting Assistance Scholarships ILSSA is dedicating a pool of funding to support students, candidates, and recent graduates in attending this year's ISLS annual meeting! See the full call & application here! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We've extended our deadline for MENTORS to Fri, Feb 28th! PhD candidates, postdocs, and junior faculty are encouraged to apply! Apply here! bit.ly/ilssa_mentor...

Join part 2 of our online series on Queerness & Learning hosted by the Network of the Learning Sciences in Canada. Register for our informal Reading Group on February 21st, from 12-1:30pm EST at bit.ly/NLSCQT2. Recommended readings are listed in the attached poster and registration link.

We've started an ILSSA Student Community starter pack! Are you a Learning Sciences student, candidate, post-doc, or community member? DM us so we can add you! go.bsky.app/9whz77Y

We're excited to announce the launch of our 🪩 ILSSA Mentorship Program! 🪩 Learn more & apply at bit.ly/ILSSA

Important announcement from the 2025 ISLS Annual Meeting Team: The new deadline for ICLS and CSCL submissions is Wednesday, November 27 at 11:59pm AOE. Click this link to view this time in your local timezone. 2025.isls.org/submitting-t...

#GetToKnowILSSA Today, we're introducing Ali Blake #AliBlake, who is starting a 2-year term as ILSSA Co-Chair:

ANNOUNCEMENT: Deadline Extension - ISLS 2025 The deadline for submissions has been extended to November 22, 2024; 11:59PM AOE

What's up? We organize online (and during the ISLS annual meeting also in person) events! To join any upcoming online event, please join our Discord server to register. sites.google.com/view/ilssa/e...

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…!

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:

Last day for ILSSA elections! If you are an ISLS student member and would like the link, please let me know!

There's still time to vote through Wednesday, July 24th!

📣 Calling all ISLS student members 📣 It's time to vote in ILSSA elections for next year's committee! Check your email for the link to vote through July 24th!

We're extending nominations through July 8th!

ISLS student members, are you interested in joining ILSSA for the 2024-2025 academic year?! Nominations are OPEN through July 1st, 2024! More info about the various roles, as well as the nomination and upcoming election processes, are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

To everyone who helped at ISLS 2024 this year...THANK YOU! A special thank you goes out to all the ILSSA committee folks. SO PROUD of everything we have worked on this past year. @islsilssa.bsky.social

Join us for First Cup Connections: Online Socials with ILSSA via Zoom on June 10, 9:00 AM, EDT (8:00AM, CDT, 3:00PM CEST, 6:30PM Delhi, 9:00PM Manila, 10:00 PM Tokyo). Please register through bit.ly/ILSSA-Online... so we can send you the Zoom link to the event! #studentsofisls #isls2024

Connect virtually to kick off #ISLS2024 #StudentsOfISLS !

Conference time has arrived!! We're wishing everyone attending in person safe travels to #ISLS2024! Share your conference adventures with us using the hashtag #StudentsOfISLS!

All students and postdocs at the ISLS annual meeting, you are welcome to a free dinner Monday evening at Big Ditch! @islsilssa.bsky.social #isls2024

There's a pre-ISLS virtual social TODAY at 12pm ET for folks interested in connecting, whether you're registered for the conference or not! Links sent via email or DM us! #StudentsOfISLS #ISLS2024

Have you checked out the pre-conference workshops for #ISLS2024 in Buffalo yet?! More info and registration here: 2024.isls.org/workshops-tu...

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