Webinar: ‘From chalkboards to chatbots: Educating adults in the AI era'
3 September 2025, 13:00 - 14:30
You are warmly invited to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning's Webinar: ‘From chalkboards to chatbots: Educating adults in the AI era’ on 3 September 2025. Taking place during 2025 Digital Learning Week, this event is part of our global webinar series, ‘Unlocking the power of lifelong learning’, bringing together stakeholders from across the globe on the first and third Wednesday of every month.
The webinar will focus on the role of artificial intelligence in adult learning and education. It will examine how AI is transforming educational practices, while also raising important ethical, social and pedagogical considerations. The session will highlight inclusive and human-centred approaches to using AI in adult education. During this webinar, we will also launch the new online course Digital Empowerment for Adult Educators in the Age of AI and Other Emerging Technologies. This course is designed to empower adult educators around the world to effectively and responsibly integrate AI into their teaching.
Programme
13:00- 13:15 - Opening Remarks
Moderator: Ms Sofia Chatzigianni, Assistant Programme Specialist, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
- Ms Isabell Kempf, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
13:15- 14:25 - Session: Digital Empowerment for Adult Educators in the AI Age
Moderator: Ms Annapurna Ayyappan, Programme Specialist, Digital Learning, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
- Artificial intelligence (AI), conversational agents, and generative AI: implications for adult education practice and research
- Ms Marcella Milana, Associate Professor (Dipartimento di Scienze Umane) Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
- Inclusive Adult Learning in the AI Era: Confronting Inequality, Fostering Critical andAnalytical Skills, and Empowering the Marginalised
- Ms Rashidat Ibrahim, Doctoral Student, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
- Responsible Artificial Intelligence in education
- Ms Caitlin Bentley, Senior Lecturer in AI Education, King’s College London, UK and Deputy Chair of the Responsible AI Skills Pillar, and UIL consultant
- How can AI empower education from a lifelong learning perspective
- Mr Jun Xiao, Director of Digital Learning, Shanghai Open University, China
- Reaching youth with disability and refugees and migrants in East Africa through AI-enabled digital content delivery
- Ms Claire Mongeau, Co-Founder and Director, M-Shule, Kenya
- Moderated QA and Course Launch
14:25- 14:30 - Closing remarks
- Ms Rakhat Zholdoshalieva, Team Leader, UIL
Further information
Cost
FreeUpcoming events
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Presenter: Ms. Eleonore Ouedraogo
Date: October 28, 2025
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM GMT (Mali and Togo Time)
Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/53IRrjpZRByIGMcMd4bmyw
Webinar: 'Exploring learning through culture: Leveraging the arts to empower cities'
You are warmly invited to the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities' Webinar: ‘Exploring learning through culture: Leveraging the arts to empower cities’ on 15 October 2025. This event is part of our global webinar series, ‘Unlocking the power of lifelong learning’, bringing together stakeholders from across the globe on the first and third Wednesday of every month.
This webinar will focus on culture and the arts as powerful vehicles for promoting lifelong learning in cities. Creative processes, whether they are related to the visual arts, music, dance or theatre, can foster new ways of thinking, personal growth and self-expression. These activities not only enhance cognitive abilities but also inspire individuals to see the world in a different way, encouraging innovative and outside-the-box thinking. Artistic interventions in urban spaces can transform city environments, offering opportunities to reconnect with local cultural heritage and forge stronger community bonds.
This webinar will delve into the potential of culture and artistic practices to shape urban learning experiences. Speakers will consider how cultural institutions and public art initiatives make culture-based learning accessible to diverse audiences. They will discuss strategies for integrating the arts into urban education policies. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how cultural initiatives can be designed to enhance educational inclusion, engagement and empowerment across diverse communities.
Time
15 October 2025, 13:00 to 14:00 (CEST)