This research article by Ronghuai Huang, Ying Chen and Ahmed Tlili appeared in China Modern Educational Equipment, issue 1 of 2024, and principally discusses material from 2022–2023. Its full scope is retained, with editorial corrections and research-context notes below. The original journal English abstract is separately archived.
China’s Ministry of Education, the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government jointly held the 2024 World Digital Education Conference in Shanghai from 29 to 31 January 2024.
The 2024 World Digital Education Conference took place in Shanghai on 30–31 January 2024. At its closing ceremony, Qin Changwei, Secretary-General of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, released the Compilation of International Digital Education Cases.
On 31 January 2024, a parallel meeting on the digitalization of education governance and governance of digital education took place in Shanghai during the 2024 World Digital Education Conference. Guided by the Secretariat of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, it was jointly hosted by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange, Donghua University, UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning and its Institute for Information Technologies in Education. The Teacher Education Centre under the auspices of UNESCO and UNESCO Chair on AI in Education organized the meeting. Chen Jie, China’s Vice Minister of Education and Chair of the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, attended and delivered remarks.
Fengchun Miao’s article appeared in Open Education Research, volume 30, issue 1 of 2024, as the second interpretation of UNESCO’s Guidance for generative AI in education and research. This edition follows the original full-text scope, including three figures, twenty-seven references and the original English metadata, with structured sections and accessible text tables. Technical judgments, statistics and policy analysis are read in the context of writing in 2023; corrections to names, figures and legal descriptions are documented in the editorial notes.
On the afternoon of 11 January 2024, Beijing Normal University held the forum on typical school applications and challenges of AI-generated content (AIGC) during its Ninth Smart Learning Academic Week. Hosted by BNU and organized by its Smart Learning Institute and National Engineering Research Center of Cyberlearning and Intelligent Technology, the hybrid forum comprised an opening, academic presentations, industry presentations and discussion. Domestic and international guests explored school applications, challenges and comprehensive, evidence-informed assessment of educational impacts, offering suggestions for future education. BNU postdoctoral researcher Ying Chen chaired the event.
Beijing Normal University’s Ninth Smart Learning Academic Week ran from 8 to 12 January 2024 under the theme “Design and the Future of Education”, exploring design across key educational settings. This page preserves the historical announcement for the forum on typical school applications and challenges of AI-generated content (AIGC), with the poster programme transcribed into accessible, translatable text. The event has ended; meeting details and QR codes on the old poster are archival material.
Fengchun Miao’s “Technical Principles of Generative AI and an Examination of Its Educational Applicability” appeared in Modern Educational Technology, issue 11 of 2023, as the first in a series interpreting UNESCO’s Guidance for generative AI in education and research. The following introduces the abstract’s analysis of technical principles and educational suitability.
This page preserves the editorial and excerpts from seven articles in The UNESCO Courier, issue 4 of 2023, “Education in the age of artificial intelligence”, with consistent sections and author credits. Project figures, policy timelines and technological assessments reflect the reporting context of 2023. The original site archive date, 15 November 2023, is retained.
As AI develops, collaboration between teachers and machines in educational tasks has become a research concern. The iSTAR paper, published in the Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching in 2023, argues for a framework aligned with contemporary technological capabilities to understand how human teachers and machines can team up and design safe, responsible and ethical learning opportunities.
