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Brain dump after two days in Paris at the #DLW - Digital Learning Week at UNESCO. Clearly, this is an event providing a great opportunity to glimpse where the institutional education agenda is going globally. The main subject this year is *AI green citizenship*: indeed it is a message that sounds a bit like an oxymoron, ie. that green and digital transitions need to collaborate, rather than conflict. These days also brought some hope for digital education. What I've learnt: - No more panic. The first news is - we are all committed to sustaining the digital (and green) transition, without tragedy (quite a success from last year). #Edtech was not mentioned as such; corporations were part of the talks, bringing specific experiences, not as a sector. - #Digital_learning currently equates to #AI_learning. AI remains the dominant topic in the education sector for now. UNESCO has shared various AI competency frameworks (for students and policy making, for higher education - soon to be published), policy makers from each continent shared timelines of adopted guidelines and frameworks, for AI education, AI ethics in learning, AI teachers training, and many to come. - Regulations. US and EU regulators are both intervening - that's the news - with somehow similar yet different approaches. The AI Act in the EU embraces the CE label, the executive order in the US advocates for a voluntary commitment. - Language standardization and erasure of local varieties. AI and biases go hand in hand; we know that. Many stories here refer to the efforts fighting inequalities created and maintained through language - think at the concepts of power and exploitation, control and resistance - and many examples were shared on how LLMs are unable to consider local knowledge. - AI pedagogy - Human atrophy: many brought the need for teachers and students agency, a codesign and cocreation role for teachers, and an alert on addiction and digital-free environments. New topic raised: human atrophy and apathy - AI initially acts as a tutor (scaffolding), but it doesn't stop there, and opens the door to surrender and lean on technology. All in all, being here is a privilege: it is inspiring, motivating, it reminds you why we work the way we do: to ensure technology serves as a tool for empowerment and growth, not just efficiency. Wonderful Education Future Education Modena Edtech Italia European Edtech Alliance
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