FoL 2026
AIED

AIED's Unfinished Mission: Centering Agency and Motivation in the Age of Effortless Bypass

Thu Jul 2, 4:35 PM–5:00 PM · R1 (Auditorium Meeting 1)
★ Notable speakers
H. Chad Lane — Game-based learning, narrative-centered environments, intelligent tutoring systems, informal STEM learning; Director of the NSF INVITE AI Institute at UIUC

A call to refocus AIED on student agency and motivation, arguing that effortless AI bypass undermines the field's core mission of fostering genuine learning.

Authors

H. Chad Lane