Ethical AI can support digital education, says Commission’s director

 

This article is part of our special report DigiEduHack and the challenges of digital education.

“Ethical and non-discriminatory” artificial intelligence can support personalisation in digital education, a senior European Commission official told Euractiv in an interview, reflecting on the 2023’s edition of the DigiEduHack annual event.

“The Commission launched the Digital Education Hackathon back in 2019 and since then it has significantly grown and improved,” said Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva, director at the European Commission’s directorate-general for education, youth, sport and culture (DG EAC).

She said that in 2023, 39 local hackathons had taken place, “engaging more than 1,500 participants”.

Taking stock of “lessons learned and the feedback of participants from previous editions,” DG EAC decided to expand the “Digital Education Hackathon Days from two to eight, so that hosting organisations such as schools or universities can have flexibility in organising their local events”. (...)