Ethical, safe and inclusive XR & AI technologies in TEL: the way forward

Ethical, safe and inclusive XR & AI technologies in TEL: the way forward

📅 Monday 18/05 16:00-17:30h

📍 Main Hall

🔎 Needs Analysis

The emerging technologies such as XR, Metaverse and AI are going to disrupt the educational landscape and the field of TEL in the years to come. According to the strategic documents issued by the EU Commission, e.g. communication on WEB 4.0 and virtual worlds, Europe will need virtual world & AI specialists to enable this transformation. The ethical challenges associated with integrating these technologies into educational practices are many and not very well understood. PhD candidates need to be able to address such challenges as a part of their TEL research career.

📒 Session Description

The workshop is based on the results of Horizon CSA XR4HUMAN project (https://xr4human.eu/). The goal of the project was to create a European roadmap and Code of Conduct for ethical, safe and inclusive XR development and use. The workshop with start with a presentation of existing ethical, privacy and inclusivity challenges associated with development and use of XR and AI technologies and XR4HUMAN Code of Conduct, followed by a discussion on ethical dilemmas. The participants will get a demo of educational XR applications with added accessibility features, developed in accordance with Code of Conduct to enpower vulnerable groups such as young unemployed. The participants will then work in groups to create ‘mini-roadmaps’ for ethical and inclusive use XR & AI technologies in their own fields.

💡 Learning Objectives

The main learning outcome is the increased awareness of the existing and future ethical and privacy challenges associated with the use and development of educational XR and AI technologies