This webinar marked the official start of the third season of the New Learning Club on Teaching with Artificial Intelligence, organized by the ETF Community of Innovative Educators in partnership with EPALE (European Platform for Adult Learning).
AI and Adult Learning Priorities
In his presentation, Alessandro Brolpito (ETF) explored the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in adult learning and the importance of lifelong learning in a rapidly changing society. He highlighted how adult education supports continuous personal and professional development while helping individuals adapt to major societal transformations, particularly the digital and green transitions. He also outlined several key priorities for adult learning:
- Promoting inclusion: ensuring that vulnerable and underrepresented groups have equal access to learning opportunities.
- Supporting the digital and green transitions: equipping adults with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate and contribute to these transformations.
- Enhancing flexibility: offering accessible and adaptable learning opportunities that accommodate different needs and life circumstances.
- Recognising prior learning: valuing and validating skills and knowledge acquired through previous education, work experience, and informal learning.
Overall, the presentation highlighted the need for more inclusive, flexible, and personalised approaches to adult education, with AI offering new opportunities to support learning and respond to the diverse needs of adult learners. Find the presentation HERE.
EPALE Platform and AI Evolution
Sara Saleri, shared insights into how AI is being addressed within EPALE, Europe's largest online community for adult learning. Sara traced the evolution of discussions on AI within EPALE from 2020 to the present, illustrating how AI has shifted from being primarily viewed as a technological tool to a cross-cutting issue influencing all aspects of adult learning. Find the presentation HERE.
AI Education and Literacy Trends
The session then moved to the next practical presentation, introduced by Selçuk Yusuf Arslan (computer science teacher, AI Club leader) from Türkiye, who shared his experience delivering an AI literacy training programme in Sicily, highlighting the importance of making AI activities relevant to adult learners by building on their experiences, encouraging critical thinking, and promoting responsible use and creation of AI content. Find the presentation HERE.
Anna Nervo (Teacher, Ambassador Erasmus+ EDA) presented an initiative to create an e-book with refugee and migrant students, using AI tools for translation, voice typing, and image generation while valuing students' native languages and promoting plurilingualism. Find the presentation HERE.
Finally, Şahin İdil (one of the AI Club's leaders) shared research findings highlighting the rapid growth in AI education.
The webinar recording is available below for you to watch at your convenience.
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