Our goal at the UNESCO Chair on AI in Education is to foster a comprehensive ecosystem of AI research, training, information, and documentation, focusing on its transformative potential in education.


UNESCO Chair on AI in Education

Overview


Beijing Normal University in cooperation with UNESCO established a UNESCO Chair on Artificial Intelligence in Education (hereinafter referred to as "the Chair") in Feb. 2023.

Priority Purpose

The purpose of the Chair is to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation on artificial intelligence in education. It will facilitate collaboration between high-level, internationally-recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in China, as well as elsewhere in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and in other regions of the world.

01
Capacity Building

Develop capacities of education managers and teachers on ethical and effective use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education through the provision of training platforms and training programmes, establishment of training centers, pilot settings of typical scenarios of AI in education as well as organization of training of trainers or master teachers in the target least developed countries with Sub-Saharan countries as priority.

02
Policy Dialogue

Facilitate international policy dialogue with thematic focuses on AI in education and leveraging AI to enable digital transformation of education through organizing or supporting the organization of annual international forums on AI and education annually, building and maintaining an inter-sectoral community of policymakers, researchers, practitioners in the field of AI in education.

03
Technological Innovation

Facilitate the technological innovation on trustworthy, safe, transparent, explainable, and robust AI algorithms, AI tools, and evidence-based effective models of using AI in education through supporting interdisciplinary projects and knowledge sharing among different institutions and countries.

04
Talents and Courses

Promote the development of AI talents and high-level graduates of higher education institutions through building a database of high-quality courses, facilitating the development of programmes, and exchanges of scholars.

05
Cooperation with Global Partners

Cooperate closely and actively with concerned entities of UNESCO, and existing Chairs and Networks of UNESCO on relevant programmes and activities.

Work Strands

Digital Resources Hub for AIED

In line with SDG4, promote the popularization and equity of AI in education, cultivate AI talents, and facilitate the innovation of artificial intelligence in education. Serves the AI education practitioners and K12 students and teachers. Cooperate with international institutions, resource platform universities, primary and secondary schools to provide AI education resource index services. Design and develop the resource hub.

Teachers CoP on AIED

Provide artificial intelligence and application skills training for primary and secondary school teachers in Southeast Asian countries; conduct training of Trainers for Teacher Capacity, and building on Artificial Intelligence and Application in the Sub-Saharan African Countries; Launch a collection campaign for outstanding youth achievements in AI in more than 10 countries worldwide and release the case set; Establish the teacher community of practice, and organize winter and summer camps providing a platform for young people around the world to communicate, share, and learn from each other.

International Workshops on AIED Social Experiments

The target audience includes practitioners, researchers, policy makers who are interested in investigating the effectiveness and influence of the application of intelligent technologies in education. The target audience will master the knowledge and skills needed to design and conduct social experiment to examine the influence of AI application on education. Prepare learning resources for the workshop, collaborate national experiment bases for intelligent society governance in China and deliver the workshop. Develop learning handouts, workshops, and international community of inquiry.

International joint research on Collaborative Teaching with Educational Robots for Multilingual Learning and Inclusive Education

Analyze influential academic articles presenting state-of-the-art of educational robot researches and identify thematic topics where educational robotics have been applied to facilitate teaching and learning. Utilize AIGC technology to facilitate multilingual study and inclusive education; Focus on collaborative teaching between human and machine in different scenarios.

Visiting Scholars & Cooperation with Global Partners

Promote the AI talents cultivation and exchange of international scholars in AI and education by launching the talents cultivation project. Visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows, focusing on AIED related topics, will be recruited worldwide. organize the Summer School for middle school students from all over the world. Students will be selected to come to China to participate in the summer school of design, computing and innovative thinking.

Team Members

黄荣怀 / Huang Ronghuai

UNESCO Chair on AI in Education

The chair holder Huang Ronghuai is a Professor of Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University (BNU) and holds multiple prestigious roles in the field. He is currently the Co-Dean of BNU's Smart Learning Institute, the Director of the National Engineering Research Center of Cyberlearning and Intelligent Technology, and the Director of the Educational Informatization Strategy Research Base in Beijing, under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.

Engaged primarily in research in the fields of educational informatization, intelligent learning environments, innovative teaching models with technological support, artificial intelligence, and education. Received awards including the National Teaching Achievement Award, Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award of Higher Education Institutions, National Excellent Achievement Award in Educational Science Research, National Excellent Course, National Excellent Shared Resource Course, National Planned Textbook, Beijing Outstanding Teaching Team, Beijing Teaching Master, and Beijing Outstanding Teacher. Undertook over 100 vertical and horizontal research projects at national and provincial levels, published more than 40 books in Chinese and English, and authored over 300 academic papers in Chinese and English.

杨俊锋 / Yang Junfeng
Yang Junfeng

Professor

Hangzhou Normal University

张进宝 / Zhang Jinbao
Zhang Jinbao

Associate Professor

Beijing Normal University

Ahmed Tlili
Ahmed Tlili

Associate Professor

Beijing Normal University

王欢欢 / Wang Huanhuan
Wang Huanhuan

Assistant Professor

Beijing Normal University

陈莺 / Chen Ying
Chen Ying

Research Fellow

Beijing Normal University

姚有杰 / Yao Youjie
Yao Youjie

Engineer

Beijing Normal University

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