ICSLE 2025 Program

Schedule

All times are in Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)

Day 1. October 16th 2025

8:15 Registration opens

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome message from the organizers & chairs

9:10 – 9:15 Opening remarks from IASLE’s president – Dr. Dejian Liu

9:15 – 9:45 Opening message – Vicerrector Laura Hirsto

9:45 – 10:45 Keynote speaker- Peter Reimann

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 Session A

  • Behind Schedule – Capturing the Effects and Side Effects of an Intervention on the Learning Process
    Sami Heikkinen, Henrik Bellhäuser, Esther van der Stappen and Mohammed Saqr
  • AssignKG: A conceptual framework of an Educational Knowledge Graph Based on e-textbooks problem sets in higher education
    Widad Benghachoua, Nadia Afifi, and Imane Hilal
  • Correction, Overcorrection or New Reality: AI Portrays Girls as Better Learners, Self-regulated, and on par with Boys in STEM Fields
    Mohammed Saqr, Kamila Misiejuk, Eduardo Oliveira, Carmen Saqr, Leonie V.D.E. Vogelsmeier, and Sonsoles López-Pernas

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:45 Session B

  • Generative AI for Web Accessibility Assessment: A Human-AI Comparative Study
    Fitsum Deriba and Mohamed Saqr
  • JTNA: A Desktop Software for Transition Network Analysis
    Sonsoles López-Pernas, Dylan Girault, Santtu Tikka, and Mohammed Saqr
  • Working with Generative AI: Longitudinal Evolution of Cognitive Effort and Critical Thinking across Time
    Aleya Nur Mohol Siddika, Sonsoles López-Pernas, Carlos Arriaga-Prieto, Chengxin Zhang, Wentao Wang, Ruotian Ren, Ram Prasad Gurung, Yishak Gebremichael, and Mohammed Saqr
  • High-Order MCQ Generation through Few-Shot and Chain-of-Thought for Formative Assessment
    Hongxin Yan, Farook Al-Shamali, and Fuhua Lin
  • How to Train Your Own Language Model in the Browser: Learning by Doing
    Nicolas Pope, Sonsoles López-Pernas, Mohammed Saqr, and Matti Tedre
  • Designing an Educational Escape Room in Biomedical Sciences using Text-to-Image Generative AI
    Sonsoles López-Pernas, Louisa Cheung, Leena Strauss, Ullamari Pesonen, Einari A. Niskanen, Jenny Isaksson, Irena Nedveckyte, Rachel Fisher, and Ramy Elmoazen
  • Exploring the Application and Power of Artificial Intelligence in Smart Learning Environments: A Systematic Review
    Wentao Wang, Chengxin Zhang, Sonsoles López-Pernas, and Mohammed Saqr

14:45 – 15:00 Coffee break

15:00- 16:30 Session C (Online)

  • A Process-oriented View of Human-AI Interactions: Comparing Argumentative vs. Creative Writing (Online)
    Sonsoles López-Pernas, Kamila Misiejuk, Inga Griskova-Bulanova, Mona Emara, Aleya Nur Mohol Siddika, and Mohammed Saqr
  • Bag of Seed: A Serious Game as an Educational Medium for Raising Awareness of Environmental Pollution Impact (Online)
    Muhammad Raihan Daffa Fadhila, Yahya Oliver Dominic, Mikael Danang Satrio, and Muhamad Fajar
  • From Smart Play to Smart Code: Adopting AI-Supported Learning through Gamifying In Robotics Programming (Online)
    Musa Adekunle Ayanwale, Christian Basil Omeh, Hillary Sunday Nnadi, and Abudullahi Abubakae Yunus
  • Self-Regulated Learning in AI-Supported Peer Feedback: Multi-Modal Case Study (Online)
    Ning Zhang
  • Exploring Idiographic Learning Analytics in Master’s Thesis Writing: A Transition Network Approach (Online)
    Hibiki Ito and Mohammed Saqr
  • Uncovering Dynamics of Programming Competency Dimensions: A Multi-channel Modeling in CS1 (Online)
    Bixuan Wang, Zhizezhang Gao, Haochen Yan, Huiya Wang, Mohammed Saqr, and Jun Feng

19:00 Dinner at Local Bistro (for those who registered for it)

Day 2. October 17th 2025

9:00 – 10:00 Keynote speaker – Henriikka Vartiainen

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break

10:15 – 12:00 Session D

  • Guiding inquiry without giving answers: Building a teacher-controlled pedagogical chatbot in teacher education
    Teemu Valtonen, Thomas Viik, Miikka Eriksson, Sirpa Kärkkäinen, Sini Kontkanen, and Laura Hirsto
  • Fairness and Inclusivity in AI Education: A Scoping Review of Socio-Pedagogical Challenges
    Fitsum Deriba and Mohamed Saqr
  • Scaffolding Learning with AI: Pre-service Teachers’ Experiences in Teacher Education
    Sini Kontkanen, Jari Kukkonen, Susanna Pöntinen, Henri Heiskanen, and Teemu Valtonen
  • Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Pedagogical AI Chatbots: Contextual Usefulness, Ease of Use and AI Anxiety
    Thomas Viik, Teemu Valtonen, Laura Hirsto, Miikka Eriksson, Sirpa Kärkkäinen, and Jari Kukkonen
  • Understanding Nigerian High School Students’ Creativity using Rubric Assessment
    Amos Oyelere Sunday
  • Assessing AI-Driven Learning Analytics Recommendations: Comparative Analysis of RAG and vanilla LLaMA
    Ramy Elmoazen, Sonsoles López-Pernas, Mona Emara, Ibrahim Belayachi, and Mohammed Saqr
  • No Gender Differences in Math Performance, Perception, Feeling of Difficulty, or the Interplay Between Them in Czech Kids
    Mohammed Saqr, Markus Wolfgang Hermann Spitzer, Ahmed Tlili, Carmen Saqr, and Sonsoles López-Pernas

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 15:15 Session E (Online)

  • Writing under pressure: How time-induced stress and cognitive load shape student writing style (Online)
    Eduardo Oliveira, Kamila Misiejuk, Sonsoles López-Pernas, Shubham Rawal, and Mohammed Saqr
  • Reframing AI Agency in Education: Teachers’ Perspectives on Epistemic, Functional, and Emotional Dimensions (Online)
    Yifan Zhang, Dong Yang, Ting Da, Ahmed Tlili, Huanhuan Wang, and Zilin Li
  • Emerging Learning Spaces for Sustainable Education: A Systematic Analysis and Delphi Study (Online)
    Mohamed Oubibi, Michael Agyemang Adarkwah, Ahmed Tlili, Manuel B. Garcia, Ayoub Oubibi, Ouidad Sabri, and Ronghuai Huang
  • Capturing the self-regulation process of students’ AI interactions while using formative assessment (Online)
    Carlos Arriaga, Sonsoles López-Pernas, Enrique Barra, Alvaro Alonso, Alejandro Pozo, and Mohammed Saqr
  • Student-AI interactions when Seeking Feedback on Programming Assignments (Online)
    Ömer Arpacık, Halil Kayaduman, Engin Kurşun, Sonsoles López-Pernas, and Mohammed Saqr
  • Assessing special educators’ readiness to use artificial intelligence: a TPACK-based self-assessment (Online)
    Salem Saaidia and Meïssa Ouerghi
  • GenAI as a Cognitive Partner in Adult Discovery Learning: Ethical and Technical Considerations (Online)
    Michael Adarkwah
  • Barrier-Based Inclusive Design in VR: Addressing DEI Challenges through the UDL 3.0 Framework (Online)
    Awais Ilyas Baig, Mehar Ali, and Sara Tariq Sheikh
  • AI-supported PLE in Vocational Training: from Literature to Requirements (Online)
    Glória Aplugi, Arnaldo Santos, and José Cravino

Location

📍Joensuu Aurora Building
or online