WALS 2026 Online

Conference Date: 2 – 4 Nov, 2026
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Theme: Connecting Lesson Study Around the World

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WALS Webinar

AI-Assisted Teacher Professional Learning: Implications for Lesson Study

Professor Heather Hill of Harvard University will share her recent research on AI-Assisted Professional Learning, which focuses on using AI to transcribe and summarize lessons, detect lesson characteristics, and create student participation profiles.

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Date: 16 September 2026

Time:
1300 – 1400 UTC
0600 – 0700 San Francisco, CA, USA
0800 – 0900 Chicago, IL, USA
1400 – 1500 London, United Kingdom
1500 – 1600 Amsterdam, Netherlands | Stockholm, Sweden | Zürich, Switzerland
2100 – 2200 Singapore
2200 – 2300 Tokyo, Japan

WALS Webinar

Using Variation Theory to Teach Story Writing: Results from a Learning Study

During the webinar, Associate Professor Anja Thorsten will present findings from a Learning Study focusing on how to teach 9–10-year-old students to use descriptions in story writing in ways that evoke emotions and create suspense for the reader. The study is based on a phenomenographic analysis of qualitatively different ways of experiencing the object of learning, resulting in five categories of description and six critical aspects. I will also illustrate how these critical aspects guided the instructional design.

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Date: 17 September 2026

Time:
1130 – 1300 UTC
0430 – 0600 San Francisco, CA, USA
0630 – 0800 Chicago, IL, USA
1230 – 1400 London, United Kingdom
1330 – 1500 Amsterdam, Netherlands | Stockholm, Sweden | Zürich, Switzerland
1930 – 2100 Singapore
2030 – 2200 Tokyo, Japan

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  • WALS 2026 Online Conference: 2 – 4 Nov, 2026

    WALS 2026 Conference will be held online from November 2-4, 2026. The conference theme is Connecting Lesson Study Around the World. Registration is open now!

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  • Using Variation Theory to Teach Story Writing: Results from a Learning Study

    During the webinar, Associate Professor Anja Thorsten will present findings from a Learning Study focusing on how to teach 9–10-year-old students to use descriptions in story writing in ways that evoke emotions and create suspense for the reader. The study…

    Read more: Using Variation Theory to Teach Story Writing: Results from a Learning Study

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