Knowledge Building Summer Institute 2026

As education enters the era of generative artificial intelligence (AI) amid accelerating global, social, and technological change, educators worldwide face unprecedented challenges — not only in adapting classroom practices to AI‑driven designs and pedagogies, but also in redefining goals and re‑envisioning education and innovation.

Visit the KBSI2026 conference website for information
on registration, programming, and on-site accommodations.


March 24-25th – Invited talks, symposia, paper presentations
Host: Yi-bing Zhang, Nanjing Normal University.

March 26-17th – Classroom observations and virtual visits, practitioner workshops and sharing. 

Organizing Committee: Carol Chan, Chew Lee Teo, Seng Chee Tan, Jianwei Zhang, Bodong Chen.



ABOUT KNOWLEDGE BUILDING INTERNATIONAL

Knowledge Building International (KBI) was incorporated July 2012 as a non-for-profit membership-based corporation, with the intention to serve the knowledge building community of innovators and researchers, and dedicated to advancing research, practice, and public awareness of knowledge building. Goals of the collective include:

  • Promoting collaboration among practitioners, researchers, and engineers in the design of effective methods for building capacity for the creation of new knowledge;

  • Promoting application of the concepts of “knowledge creation” and “knowledge building” in educational and professional development contexts;

  • Supporting the engagement of learners of all kinds and levels in authentic knowledge creation;

  • Developing theory, pedagogy, and technology for assessing skills and abilities employed in knowledge creation;

  • Designating and collaborating closely with schools and other organizations in various countries to establish “hubs of innovation” in education for knowledge creation.