Connectionists: First Call for Papers - AI for Education at AAAI 2026

[Zitao Liu]

*The 7th International Workshop on AI for Education at AAAI 2026*

** Call for Papers ** - AAAI2026 AI for Education - On Opportunities and
Challenges of Large Multimodal Models in Education

*https://ai4ed.cc/workshops/aaai2026 <https://ai4ed.cc/workshops/aaai2026>*

In the era of rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, multimodal AI
systems — from large foundational models to efficient, task-specific agents
- are reshaping how machines understand and generate human-like
interactions across text, vision, audio, and beyond. While Large Language
Model (LLM) and Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) offer unprecedented
capabilities for personalization and automation in education, emerging
paradigms such as Agentic AI and compact, efficient models are
demonstrating remarkable efficacy in targeted educational tasks — often
with greater deployability, interpretability, and alignment with real-world
constraints.

As these diverse AI approaches begin to permeate the educational landscape,
they offer complementary pathways to enhance personalized learning, support
diverse learner needs, and automate complex instructional tasks — while
also raising critical questions about equity, transparency, and pedagogical
alignment.

This workshop seeks to bring together leading researchers, practitioners,
and policymakers to explore the multifaceted potentials and pressing
challenges of applying multimodal and agentic AI systems — ranging from
large foundational models to efficient, task-oriented agents — in
education. By fostering dialogue across disciplines, the event aims to
chart a roadmap for responsible innovation, ensuring that the deployment of
these diverse AI approaches not only advances educational outcomes but also
aligns with core human values in teaching and learning — including equity,
accessibility, and sustainability.


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Workshop Description
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In this workshop, we will invite AIED enthusiasts and critics as well as
AIED designers, providers and practitioners from all around the world
through the following two different channels:

First, we will invite established researchers in the AIED community to give
a keynote talk that (1) describes a vision for bridging AIED communities;
(2) summarizes a well-developed AIED research area; or (3) presents
promising ideas and visions for new AIED research directions.

Second, we will call for regular workshop paper submissions related to a
broad range of AI domains for education.

Through these initiatives, we aim to provide a common ground for
researchers to share their cutting-edge insights on AIED and encourage the
development of practical and large-scale AIED methods of lasting impact.

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Workshop Paper Submission
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We invite high-quality paper submissions of a theoretical and experimental
nature on generative AI topics including, but not limited to, the following:


   - Emerging technologies in education
   - Evaluation of education technologies
   - Immersive learning and multimedia applications
   - Self-adaptive learning
   - Individual and personalized education
   - Intelligent learning systems
   - Intelligent tutoring and monitoring systems
   - Automatic grading and assessment
   - Automated feedback and recommendations
   - Big data analytics for education
   - Analysis of communities of learning
   - Course development techniques
   - Data analytics & big data in education
   - and web mining in education
   - Learning tools experiences and cases of study
   - Social media in education
   - Smart education
   - Digital libraries for learning
   - Knowledge management for learning
   - Learning technology for lifelong learning
   - Tracking learning activities
   - Wearable computing technology in e-learning
   - Smart classroom
   - Dropout prediction
   - Knowledge tracing
   - Multimodal Representation Learning for Education
   - Prompt Engineering and Instruction Tuning for Educational Tasks
   - Personalized and Adaptive Learning with Generative AI
   - Automated Curriculum, Lesson, and Assessment Design
   - Conversational and Interactive Educational Agents (e.g., AI Tutors,
   Virtual Classrooms)
   - Agentic Generative AI and Education
   - Vision-Language Applications in STEM, Humanities, and Language
   Education
   - Synthetic Data Generation and Simulation for Education Research
   - Cross-lingual, Cross-cultural, and Inclusive Educational Generation
   - Bias, Fairness, Robustness, and Equity in Generative Educational
   Systems
   - Explainability, Interpretability, and Trust in LMM Outputs for
   Educators and Learners
   - Evaluation Frameworks, Metrics, and Benchmarks for Educational LMMs
   - Human-AI Co-Creation and Collaboration in Teaching & Learning
   - Ethical, Legal, Societal, and Policy Implications of LMMs in Education
   - Teacher Augmentation, Professional Development, and Workflow
   Integration
   - Hallucination Mitigation and Pedagogical Alignment in AI-Generated
   Content



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Submission Website
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The workshop solicits 5-7 pages double-blind paper submissions (with
unlimited references) from participants. Submissions of the following
flavors will be sought: (1) research ideas, (2) case studies (or deployed
projects), (3) review papers, (4) best practice papers, and (5) lessons
learned. The format is the standard double-column AAAI Proceedings Style.
The style files can be found at https://aaai.org/authorkit26-1/. All
submissions will be peer-reviewed. Some will be selected for spotlight
talks, and some for the poster session.

Reviewing will be double-blind, so please do not include any
self-identifying information in the submission. Double submission is
allowed, as the workshop is non-archival.

Submission Link:
https://openreview.net/group?id=AAAI.org/2026/Workshop/AI4EDU

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Important Dates
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Note: All deadlines are anywhere on earth (AOE)

September 10, 2025: Open Review submission site opens for paper submission
October 15, 2025: Abstracts due at 11:59 PM
October 22, 2025: Full papers due at 11:59 PM
November 13, 2025: Notification of final acceptance or rejection
December 13, 2025: Submission of camera-ready files
January 26-27, 2026: AI4EDU Workshop

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Organizers
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Zitao Liu, Guangdong Institute of Smart Education, Jinan University, China
Yu Lu, Beijing Normal University, China
Emmanuel G. Blanchard, University of Le Mans, France
Tianqiao Liu, TAL Education Group, China


Best Regards,

The AI4EDU workshop organizing committees (Zitao, Yu, Emmanuel and Tianqiao)


Dean of Guangdong Institute of Smart Education at Jinan University | Zitao
Liu | http://www.zitaoliu.com
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