Augmented Educators and AI:

Augmented Educators and AI: Mediating Conflicts through Agentic AI for Human–AI Harmony

This workshop explores how agentic AI can sense early signals of conflict in learning and collaboration, interpret them in transparent and equitable ways, and support explainable mediation. Education is a rich testbed: interactions leave multimodal traces (speech, text, gestures, logs) that enable timely detection and responsible interventions.

Our goals are to (a) co-develop a Learning-Conflict Taxonomy and a Signals-to-Sensemaking Playbook, and (b) chart an HCI research agenda for human-centered, accountable AI mediation across classrooms, teams, and civic dialogue.

Who should attend: HCI/CSCW, Learning Sciences/EdTech, Affective Computing, HRI, Responsible/Trustworthy AI, Social Computing, Policy & Civic Tech.

Format: Short position papers, lightning talks, collaborative mapping/design activities, plenary synthesis.

• Position paper due: February 12, 2026

• Notification Date: [TBD]

• Camera-ready deadline: [TBD]

• Workshop day (in-person at CHI 2026, Barcelona): Apr 13-17, 2026 (exact day TBD)

• Registration: CHI 2026 registration required; no separate workshop fee. (In-person only).

We welcome papers on how AI augments teaching and enhances education. Length: up to 6 pages (references excluded), using the single-column CHI Extended Abstracts format for submission; final publications will be standardized (two-column). 

Email submissions to augmented_educator_AI_2026@gmail.com by Feb 12, 2026 (EOD AOE). 

See the Call for Papers page for details.

Contact for inquiries (not for submission): Hye Ji Kim — kimhyejee923@seoultech.ac.kr