Public Hearing on 'AI Ethics Principles in Education' to be Held on the 12th

Gathering Opinions from Students, Parents, Teachers, Industry, and Experts

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Ministry of Education will hold a public hearing online from the 12th to establish the 'Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education.'

This public hearing is being conducted to gather opinions from students, parents, teachers, education technology (Edutech) industry officials, and experts regarding the 'Ethical Principles for AI in Education' announced by the Ministry of Education on the 27th of last month.

You can participate by accessing the AI Convergence Education Research Support Center link from 11:20 AM on the 12th.

The entire public hearing process will be live-streamed on YouTube in connection with the 9th AI Convergence Education Open Forum.

The draft Ethical Principles for AI in Education contain key principles that the education sector and related industries must follow to use AI safely and ethically in educational settings.

With the overarching principle of 'AI that supports human growth,' it presents nine detailed principles necessary to enhance learner autonomy, respect instructor professionalism, and improve the purposiveness of technology.

To ensure the ethical principles are stably established and spread in the field, policy and technical action tasks such as strengthening AI ethics education, supporting academic research, and developing safety assessment tools are also proposed.

The Ministry of Education plans to review the opinions collected during this public hearing to supplement the ethical principles and prepare the final version within the year through ongoing opinion gathering and field communication.

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