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 (13:00 to 18:00)

Saturday, 27th of June 2026

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).

The Workshop Programme as PDF

The Artificial Intelligence requires regulation symbolized by a woman

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.

We are looking forward to welcoming and discussing with you in Seoul!

Workshop background

This proposal is the continuation of the very successful workshops held at the AIED 2023 in Tokyo, Japan, AIED 2024 in Recife, Brazil and AIED 2025 in Palermo, Italy. We want to continue and allow ongoing updates and awareness raising on the important topic of ethical AI&ED as well as direct communication and discussions for contributions to the current Council of Europe (CoE)’s developments of an international AI regulation in education as binding law in Europe and design of comprehensive AI literacy tools.

Website of the Workshop 2023: http://aied2023.learning-innovations.eu

Website of the Workshop 2024: http://aied2024.learning-innovations.eu

Website of the Workshop 2025: http://aied2025.learning-innovations.eu