Archive report | The seminar took place at Beijing Normal University on 9 March 2024. Roles, annual plans and invitations to institutions are preserved in their 2024 context. Current participation arrangements should be checked with the organizers.
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.
The World Digital Education Conference 2024 opened in Shanghai on 30 January under the theme “Digital Education: Application, Sharing, and Innovation.” The World Digital Education
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.
The 31st International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2023), organised by the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE), took place in Matsue, Shimane, Japan, on 4–8 December 2023. Pre-conference activities occupied the first two days; the main conference began on 6 December.
On 27 November 2023, World Bank Senior Economist Salman Asim, Senior Education Specialist Liping Xiao and education consultant Hayeon Kim visited Beijing Normal University’s Smart Learning Institute to discuss digital-education cooperation. Dr Zhang Dingwen, assistant to the institute’s dean, and Yao Youjie, Director of its Educational Robotics Engineering Centre, participated.
On 21 November 2023, the UNESCO Chair on AI in Education and UNESCO’s Multisectoral Regional Office for Eastern Africa jointly held the China–Africa Policy Dialogue Forum on AI in Education at Beijing Normal University. Policymakers, researchers, teachers and industry representatives discussed how AI and other innovative technologies could support African educational transformation and initiated a China–Africa Community of Practice (CoP).
As interest in AI-powered education grows worldwide, particularly in Africa, effective use of technology, the right to education and global equity require shared attention.
The 16th ASEF Classroom Network Conference took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 12–16 November 2023 under the theme “Leading Change: Digital Transformation of Education in the Era of AI”. Professor Huang Ronghuai, holder of the UNESCO Chair on AI in Education and Co-Dean of Beijing Normal University’s Smart Learning Institute, attended by invitation. The conference developed awareness, capabilities and strategies for AI and education to support effective integration of AI innovation in Asian and European schools. ASEF organised it with the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), operating under UNESCO’s auspices at the Jožef Stefan Institute, with Slovenian support.
