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The Chair Held the China-Africa Policy Dialogue Forum on AI in Education in Beijing

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).

Prof. HUANG Ronghuai was invited to attend the 16th ASEF Classroom Network Conference held in Slovenia.

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.

The UNESCO Courier | Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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.

Educational Futures of Intelligent Synergies between Humans, Digital Twins, Avatars, and Robots: The iSTAR Framework

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.

The Chair Participated in the China-Aid-Cambodia Project for Grade 10 ‘Information Technology’ Textbook Teacher Training

On 17 October 2023, Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House and the Information Technology Department of Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport launched teacher training for Cambodia’s Grade 10 Information Technology textbook at Russey Keo High School in Phnom Penh, with support from the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia and the Cambodian ministry.

China–Southeast Asia TVET Leaders Visit Chinese Technology Enterprises

The 2023 China–Southeast Asia TVET leadership workshop took place in Tianjin and Beijing. It was organised by the China Education Association for International Exchange, Beijing Normal University, Tianjin Municipal Education Commission and SEAMEO TED, and hosted by the UNESCO Chair on AI in Education and Tianjin Light Industry Vocational Technical College. This report focuses on its enterprise visits.

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