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arxiv: 2604.25721 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-28 · 💻 cs.HC

Designing and Evaluating Next-Generation Learning Interfaces: Linking AI, HCI, and the Learning Sciences

Meng Xia , Yan Chen , Qiao Jin , Yang Shi , Paul Denny , Tiffany Barnes , Qingsong Wen , Vincent Aleven This is my paper

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The pith

This workshop brings together AI, HCI, and learning sciences researchers to design human-AI collaborative learning interfaces.

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The paper describes a workshop that convenes researchers and practitioners from artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, and the learning sciences. It targets the gap in creating interactive systems that effectively support learning. The event centers on human-AI collaborative learning interfaces that must be technically robust, focused on human users, and rooted in educational principles. Through cross-field discussions, the workshop intends to surface common problems, set out design guidelines, and chart next steps for advanced learning technologies.

Core claim

The central claim is that convening experts across AI, HCI, and the learning sciences will produce shared challenges, design principles, and research directions for next-generation learning technologies built around human-AI collaborative interfaces.

What carries the argument

Human-AI collaborative learning interfaces, defined as systems that integrate technical robustness with human-centered design and pedagogical grounding.

If this is right

  • Shared challenges across the three fields in building effective learning systems will be named.
  • Design principles for technically robust and pedagogically sound interfaces will be articulated.
  • Research directions for future human-AI learning technologies will be proposed.
  • Evaluation approaches that combine technical, usability, and learning-outcome measures will be considered.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The emphasis on human-AI collaboration may shift how educational tools are tested for both accuracy and learner engagement.
  • Principles emerging here could apply to other domains where AI and human expertise must align, such as medical decision support.
  • Regular workshops of this type might produce reusable evaluation frameworks that span technical performance and educational impact.

Load-bearing premise

That bringing the three groups into dialogue will yield identifiable shared challenges, usable design principles, and clear research directions.

What would settle it

A post-workshop report that lists no concrete shared challenges, design principles, or research directions emerging from the cross-field sessions.

read the original abstract

This workshop addresses this gap by bringing together researchers and practitioners from AI, HCI, and the learning sciences to explore how interactive systems can better support learning. We focus on the design and evaluation of human-AI collaborative learning interfaces that are technically robust, human-centered, and pedagogically grounded. By fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, the workshop aims to identify shared challenges, design principles, and research directions for next-generation learning technologies.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript is a workshop proposal that aims to address gaps in next-generation learning interfaces by convening researchers and practitioners from AI, HCI, and the learning sciences. It focuses on designing and evaluating human-AI collaborative systems that are technically robust, human-centered, and pedagogically grounded, with the goal of identifying shared challenges, design principles, and research directions through interdisciplinary dialogue.

Significance. If the workshop achieves its aims, it could meaningfully advance the integration of AI, HCI, and learning sciences by establishing common ground for developing more effective educational technologies. The proposal correctly identifies the need for interdisciplinary approaches but presents no empirical results, models, or evaluation frameworks, so its significance remains prospective and contingent on successful execution and dissemination of outcomes.

major comments (1)
  1. The proposal states that the workshop will 'identify shared challenges, design principles, and research directions' but provides no details on workshop structure, participant recruitment, session formats, or mechanisms for translating dialogue into actionable outputs (e.g., no mention of post-workshop synthesis, publications, or follow-up studies). This absence is load-bearing for evaluating whether the stated goals are achievable.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive feedback and for recognizing the potential significance of our workshop proposal. We have carefully considered the major comment and will revise the manuscript accordingly to provide the requested details.

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  1. Referee: The proposal states that the workshop will 'identify shared challenges, design principles, and research directions' but provides no details on workshop structure, participant recruitment, session formats, or mechanisms for translating dialogue into actionable outputs (e.g., no mention of post-workshop synthesis, publications, or follow-up studies). This absence is load-bearing for evaluating whether the stated goals are achievable.

    Authors: We agree with the referee that the current proposal lacks sufficient detail on these aspects, which is important for assessing the achievability of the goals. In the revised version, we will add a dedicated section outlining the workshop structure, including a mix of invited talks, panel discussions, interactive breakout sessions focused on design challenges, and collaborative activities. We will describe participant recruitment through open calls, targeted invitations to key researchers in AI, HCI, and learning sciences, and affiliations with relevant communities and conferences. Additionally, we will specify mechanisms for actionable outputs, such as facilitated synthesis sessions at the end of the workshop, plans for a post-workshop report or white paper summarizing identified challenges and principles, potential for collaborative publications, and follow-up activities like a mailing list or virtual seminar series to continue the dialogue. These additions will demonstrate a clear path from dialogue to concrete research directions and outputs. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity

full rationale

The document is a workshop proposal whose purpose is to convene researchers across AI, HCI, and the learning sciences. It states aspirational goals (identify shared challenges, design principles, research directions) but advances no empirical results, derivations, equations, predictions, or models. No load-bearing steps exist that reduce by construction to fitted inputs or self-citations; the text is purely descriptive of a planned event and remains self-contained without circular logic.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The document contains no mathematical content, fitted parameters, axioms, or postulated entities; it is a high-level description of a planned interdisciplinary workshop.

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