Welcome to Practitioner Research Idea Summit (PRISm) 2026

Interested in joining PRISm 2026?

Express your interest as a Learner or Research Buddy and be part of this transformative journey in educational technology research.

₹100 fee is applicable for the Learner if the application gets shortlisted.

Important Dates

Application Closes On: April 1, 2026

Candidate Notifications: April 4, 2026

Online Orientation: April 5, 2026 (Sunday)

Course Begins: April 5, 2026

Note: Participation is restricted to Etsy members only.

Eligibility Criteria

Learner:

• School or higher education teachers who do not have prior research experience in educational technology.
• The learners are preferred to have identified a Teaching-Learning Problem from their field OR have conducted an edtech-based intervention that they intend to document and share with the larger community.
  

Research Buddy:

• Individuals who have demonstrated expertise in publishing papers in reputed and peer-reviewed conferences or journals within the field of educational technology.
• Additionally, individuals who have previously published full or short papers in Technology 4 Education (T4E), International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE), Compute Conference, Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK) and other conferences of similar stature are highly recommended.

Roles and Responsibilities

Learner:

1. Attend regular virtual meetings with your assigned research buddy to discuss progress and receive guidance on your research work.
2. Work collaboratively with your research buddy to refine your research idea, design a study plan, and document your research process, including data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
3. Take responsibility for drafting your research paper, incorporating feedback from your research buddy, and preparing it for submission to peer-reviewed conferences or journals.
4. Actively participate in Discussion Forum activities to share insights, ask questions, and support fellow learners.
5. Ensure timely completion of assignments, including idea proposals, study plans, and the final research paper, adhering to the programme schedule.
6. After receiving conference or journal reviews, work with your research buddy to prepare the camera-ready version of the paper.

Research Buddy:

1. Review the learning materials in the LMS and become acquainted with the concepts presented.
2. Hold regular virtual meetings with assigned learners until the paper submission deadline.
3. Guide the learners to improve their idea proposal, design the study plan, collect, analyse and interpret data and write research papers.
4. Actively participate in Discussion Forum activities and keep track of learners’ progress, reporting to the coordination team as needed.
5. When needed, provide guidance and direct learners to additional learning resources.
6. Once the conference or journal reviews are out, research buddies should guide the mentees in preparing the camera-ready version.

Overall, research buddies will serve as supportive partners and mentors to the learners, who will likely be not so familiar with ET research. Their dedication and expertise will be recognized with a certificate of appreciation from the EdTech Society. Additionally, research buddies have the opportunity to be considered as co-authors on submitted papers, subject to meeting co-authorship criteria.

Certification and Authorship Opportunities

• Learners: Receive a Certificate of Completion from the EdTech Society upon successfully completing the workshop. Additionally, learners will have the opportunity to be first authors on their research papers.
• Research Buddies: Earn a Certificate of Appreciation from the EdTech Society for their mentorship efforts. Research buddies may also be considered as co-authors on submitted papers, provided they meet the following criteria.
• Learning Buddies: Earn a Certificate of Appreciation from the EdTech Society for their learning support efforts. Learning buddies will also have the opportunity to continue their own research, and explore potential collaborations.

Co-authorship criteria:

The co-authorship credit must be reserved for individuals who have met each of the following conditions:

• Made a significant intellectual contribution to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data associated with the work contained in the article; AND
• Contributed to drafting the article or reviewing and/or revising it for intellectual content; AND
• Approved the final version of the article as accepted for publication, including references.

Research buddies who do not meet all of the above criteria will be included in the Acknowledgment Section of the article. Additionally, at the outset, Research Buddies should discuss and establish their level of involvement with the assigned learners to ensure clear expectations and mutual understanding of roles and responsibilities in the research process.

The learners, research buddies and learning buddies must provide a Self-Declaration to the PRISm Orchestration Team, outlining their specific contributions to the paper before submission to any conference or journal. This ensures transparency and accountability in authorship.

Leadership

PRISm Programme Lead

• Dr. Alekh Velayudhan
• Rajashri Priyadarshini
  

PRISm Teaching Assistants

• Antony Prakash
• Meera Pawar

PRISm Consultant

• Dr. Rumana Pathan
• Dr. Nandan P.A.
• Amrit Pal Singh
• Alisha Sinha
• Spruha Satavlekar

PRISm Advisory Committee

• Prof. Sridhar Iyer
• Prof. Sahana Murthy
• Prof. Sameer Sahasrabudhe
• Dr. Jayakrishnan M.

For any queries, please write to us at: eventsetsociety@gmail.com