Paper Publication Opportunity

Paper Publication Opportunity for Course Registrants

The Learning Ideas Conference 2026’s Summer Course, “AI, Teaching, and Learning,” is partnering with The Learning Ideas Conference 2026, our annual conference held in New York and online, to offer course registrants the opportunity to submit a paper for publication in the conference proceedings book, and also to present their work, if they’d like, during the Summer Course’s poster session.

All course registrants may choose to submit a paper; this is completely optional and is up to the course registrant.

All papers which are submitted by the deadline will be reviewed and, if accepted, published in the official proceedings of The Learning Ideas Conference 2026. The conference proceedings will be published as a book/ebook by Springer. The proceedings book/ebook is planned to be indexed by SCOPUS, DBLP, EI Compendex, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), and SCImago, and submitted for consideration in Web of Science. Papers will also be eligible for expansion into a journal article for iJAC, the International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning.

Submission Details

Registration for the Summer Course “AI, Teaching, and Learning” is required for a paper to be considered.

Please register by March 9, 2026 in order for us to be able to review your paper submission.

Key Dates

Papers Due for Initial Review:
March 9, 2026

Initial Notification to Authors:
April 13, 2026

Revised Papers Due
(for Final Review and Approval):
April 27, 2026

Paper Format

Papers may be either “Full papers” (10-12 pages in length) or “Short papers” (6-9 pages).

All papers must be created using the conference template document from our publishing partner, Springer, available in both PC Word format and Mac Word format.

Papers that are submitted but do not use the template cannot be considered.

Also, if you are submitting a paper, please be sure to review the Author Guidelines document as well as our Publication Ethics document.

Suggested Topics

Potential proposal topic areas include, but are not at all limited to, the following: 

  • Innovative learning experiences: Case studies and demos

  • Uses of artificial intelligence, including generative AI, ChatGPT, and any other uses of AI, in higher education or workplace learning

  • Participatory/hands-on sessions relating to AI, learning design, or other areas

  • New technologies in learning and performance: AR, VR, the Metaverse, holograms, adaptive learning methods, and more

  • Learning analytics

  • Learning methodologies: Collaborative learning/communities of practice, simulations, MOOCs, informal learning, performance support, many more

  • Studies of the effectiveness of learning experiences

  • Teaching decision-making and critical thinking skills

  • Learning experiences to prepare people for the workforce

  • Organizational learning strategies

  • Lifelong learning

  • Learning and (and in) the metaverse

  • Digital transformation of the classroom

  • Museum exhibit design and development

  • Hybrid (online/in-person) approaches to learning

  • Accessible and inclusive learning and technology

  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion in learning

  • Content creation, authoring tools, and platforms

  • Video creation:  scripting, production, and related areas

  • Evaluation of learning experiences

  • Online learning strategies for organizations and universities

  • Educational research

  • Cognitive science research

  • Specific research studies

  • Related areas:  user experience design, new technologies, learning cultures, online learning project management, talent development, and others!