Papers
Call for Papers
We invite three types of paper submissions:
- Research Paper: Share novel research on or about HCI education.
- Provocation/Unsolved Challenge: Present a new, controversial, inspiring, unsolved, or thought-provoking perspective about HCI education.
- Teachable Moment: Describe or demonstrate a useful or innovative teaching method, curricular approach, or other pedagogical tool for HCI educators.
If you’d like to contribute to EduCHI 2026 but are unable to prepare a full paper, we invite you to submit a Lightning Talk instead.
Submit your paper via the EduCHI 2026 submission site: educhi2026.hotcrp.com
Accepted papers will be archived in the ACM Digital Library through ACM’s International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS). More details are provided below.
Important Dates
All times are in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone. For each date below, the last time to submit is when the date ends AoE. Check your local time in AoE.
| Deadline | Date (Anywhere on Earth) |
|---|---|
| PC Meeting | 17 March 2026 |
| Decision notification | 20 March 2026 |
| Publication-ready upload | 17 April 2026 |
ACM International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS)
Important note to authors about the new ACM open access publishing model:
ACM has introduced a new open access publishing model for the International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS). Authors based at institutions that are not yet part of the ACM Open program and do not qualify for a full geographic waiver will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC) to publish their ICPS article in the ACM Digital Library. To determine whether or not an APC will be applicable to your article, please follow the detailed guidance here: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/author-guidance.
Further information may be found on the ACM website, as follows:
- Full details of the new ICPS publishing model: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/faq
- Full details of the ACM Open program: https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess
Please direct all questions about the new model to [email protected].
Preparing Your Paper Submission
Please follow the guidelines below when preparing your paper for submission:
Paper Length
While there is no page limit for paper submissions, we expect:
- Research papers to be roughly 5,000-8,000 words
- Provocations/Unsolved Challenges to be roughly 3,000-6,000 words
- Teachable Moments to be roughly 3,000-6,000 words
However, these are just general guidelines; authors are encouraged to submit papers with a length proportional to their expected contribution(s). Submissions under 2,000 words or over 10,000 words are likely to be rejected.
Formatting and Paper Templates
Authors should prepare a manuscript using the ACM Primary Article Submission template, available for Microsoft Word and LaTeX. Submissions may also be prepared in Overleaf using the ACM Conference Proceedings Primary Article template.
Authors should prepare their manuscript in the designated ACM single-column format using LaTeX or Microsoft Word, then submit a PDF via HotCRP. All PDFs should be made accessible to the fullest extent possible to avoid delays in the reviewing process. Papers should follow the SIGCHI Accessibility Guide. LaTeX users should use \documentclass[manuscript, review]{acmart}. For an anonymous submission, use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} to automatically replace the authors with “ANONYMOUS AUTHOR(S).” Reviewers will review the papers in the single-column format.
Please note that there is a short window between receiving the acceptance notification and uploading the publication-ready papers. Therefore, authors should ensure their papers are correctly formatted before submission. Members of the organizing committee can help with a limited set of issues, but we ask authors to familiarize themselves with the guidance provided by ACM before requesting assistance.
Anonymization Policy
All paper submissions should be anonymized for review. Generally, this means removing author and institutional identities from the title and header areas of the paper and in the document’s metadata, ensuring that no description makes authors’ names or institutional identities easily identifiable, and omitting any identifying details from the acknowledgments section. Any further suppression of identity in the body of the submission is left to the authors’ discretion.
Submission Process
Papers must be submitted via educhi2026.hotcrp.com.
Selection Process
All submissions will undergo a rigorous, double-blind peer review process, with three primary review criteria: the paper’s overall quality, its originality and novelty to the HCI education community, and its potential to engage attendees in thoughtful discussions.
The Technical Program Chairs will oversee the review process, including establishing a program committee (PC) of past EduCHI authors and those with expertise in the topic, selecting a minimum of three knowledgeable reviewers for each paper (at least one of which will be a member of the PC), and forming an initial recommendation for conditional paper acceptance or rejection based on the resulting reviews at a formal committee meeting with PC members.
Upon Acceptance of Your Paper
Following a conditional acceptance, participants will be asked to prepare the final camera-ready version of their submission as well as a brief summary of changes and clarifications in response to reviewers’ feedback.
The TPCs will review the camera-ready versions and summaries of changes to approve and formally accept the paper.
Authors of formally accepted papers will also be given the option of creating a captioned pre-recorded presentation and other supplemental content about their submission (slides, video, etc.) to be published on the symposium website and distributed to attendees prior to the event.
At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the symposium.
Questions?
Please direct any questions about paper submissions to the technical program chairs:
- Craig MacDonald, [email protected]
- Raelin Musuraca, [email protected]