Event Documentation AI

AI in Adult Education

01.07.-02.07.2024 | Online

AI in Adult Ecuation: Understanding and shaping AI: European perspectives and concrete areas of application for adult education

Please find here the translation of the Event Documentation by Manfred Kasper

On 1-2 July 2024, the National Coordination Point of the European Agenda for Adult Learning together with the Bavarian Adult Education Association (Bayerischer Volkshochschulverband e.V.) held a virtual conference on "Understanding and shaping AI: European perspectives and concrete areas of application for adult education".The event highlighted AI from a national and european perspective with contributions from education policy, science and practice. A particular focus was placed on the legal and ethical framework conditions and specific fields of application for the use of AI in adult education.

Important input on the AI system and its use in adult and basic education came from:

On the second day, ten different workshops discussed how educational institutions can use AI to optimise learning processes, design personalised learning opportunities and develop innovative teaching methods. In some workshops, AI applications and offers for educational practice from national and european Erasmus+ projects were presented. In other workshops, experts presented possibilities and important framework conditions for the use of AI in adult education:

  • Sascha Dowidat, Project "Alpha-Kooperativ Transfer" 
  • Barbara Saring, Peter Westebbe, Bavarian Adult Education Association (Bayerischer Volkshochschulverband)
  • Gabi Netz, The German Adult Edutcation Association (Deutscher Volkshochschulverband)
  • Dr. Mareike Kholin,German Institute for Adult Education (Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung) 
  • Martina Engels, LAG KEFB in NRW 
  • Veerle Ponnet, Europass Teacher Academy „AI in Education: Transformative Tools”
  • Mark McGuigan “Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence”
  • Martin Glewe, EMCRA 
  • Yasmin Stegemann, ZWW der University of Mainz 
  • Lisa Meyne, Ludger Deitmer, Christine Siemer, Frieda Klaus, University of Bremen 

Please note that only the linked presentations are availabel in english.