Welcome to our Workshop:

„Ethical AI and Education: The need for international regulation to foster human rights, democracy and equity“

Join our interactive discussion and exchange in the

half-day workshop

at the International AIED Conference 2026 in Seoul, Korea!

Together with you, we want to discuss ethical questions around AI and Education (AI&ED) and the need for its regulation to guarantee human rights, democracy and equity!

It is the continuation of our three former successful events, the Workshop at the International AIED Conference 2023 that took place in Tokyo (Japan), the Workshop at the International AIED Conference 2024 that took place in Recife (Brazil) and the Workshop at the International AIED Conference 2025 that took place in Palermo (Italy).

Workshop objectives

The workshop is designed to help participants:

Think through what kinds of ethical and legal guidelines are necessary for the responsible use of AI in education and critically examine how these could be applied in real contexts

Discuss how AI might influence the future of education, learning design and assessment, including questions of trust, fairness, and responsibility, and bring together different perspectives to better understand the consequences

Work collaboratively to explore how rules and policies for ethical AI use can be created, focusing on what legal and institutional structures are needed and how they might be developed

Consider how to keep up with the rapid pace of AI development while still ensuring that regulation remains effective and meaningful over time

Workshop methodology

This half-day workshop will be run in an interactive, hybrid format, encouraging active participation throughout. It is divided into two parts, each building on the other.

The first part focuses on small group work, where participants will collaborate on four key questions:

What issues have to be addressed in AIED regulations by CoE and beyond?

What types of legal and institutional mechanisms are needed to uphold rights?

Which real-world examples best illustrate the risks and regulatory needs?

And how have learning design and assessment to change due to AI challenges?

In the second part, the workshop will use the World Café approach, where participants can choose from up to ten prepared questions and explore them in rotating group discussions. The discussions will be documented, synthesised, and structured into categories that reflect actionable regulatory needs.

More detailled information will follow soon!

Meet the Organizers

Christian M. Stracke, University of Bonn, Germany

Beth Havinga, European EdTech Alliance, Germany

Wayne Holmes, University College London, UK

Ron Salaj, University of Turin, Italy

Daniel Burgos, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, Spain

Jon Mason, Charles Darwin University, Australia

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