Webinar: ‘From chalkboards to chatbots: Educating adults in the AI era'
3 septembre 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
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Rejoignez-nous pour ce webinaire, au cours duquel nos contributeurs du Journal MOJA présenteront leurs articles :
« Agriculture urbaine : une révolution silencieuse »
et « De la quête du bien-être à une passion entrepreneuriale :
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- Présentateurs : Abdelhakim Zidi et Keltouma Adouane
- Date : 4 décembre 2025
- Heure : 14 h 00 - 15 h 30 (SAST) / 12 h 00 - 13 h 30 (UTC)
Anglais / français
Join UIL's November webinars!
14 November:
'Launch of the Greening Communities Guidance: Lifelong Learning for Climate and Sustainability Action'
Greening communities starts with learning!
By 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas, many already facing climate threats like extreme heat, flooding, and storms. Rural communities are also on the front lines, dealing with disrupted seasons and damaged ecosystems. The goodnews? Lifelong learning can empower communities everywhere to take climate action and build resilience.
Join us on 14 November 2025 for the launch of the Greening Communities Guidance publication, created by UIL and the World Organization of the Scout Movement under the Greening Education Partnership.
Discover core principles for green communities, minimum requirements and practical steps, tools and resources to turn learning into action.
Date and time
14 November 2025, 13:00 to 14:15 (CET)
19 November:
TVET Teachers and Lifelong Learning
Teachers are at the heart of lifelong learning systems. They not only enable individuals to reach their full potential, but also adapt to the rapid transformations of society, economies and labour markets. For Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teachers, this role is especially critical: by becoming lifelong learners and fostering lifelong learning capabilities, they prepare young people and adults alike to thrive in dynamic workplaces and to contribute to inclusive and sustainable societies.
To explore how policies and practices can support TVET teachers as both learners and facilitators of lifelong learning, join UIL and Shanghai Normal University for a webinar under the joint research project 'Teachers as Lifelong Learners'.
Date and time
19 November 2025, 13:00 to 14:00 (CET)
20 November:
The International Review of Education: 70 years of research in lifelong learning
The International Review of Education (IRE) is the longest-running journal of comparative education in the world. Founded in 1931 by Professor Friedrich Schneider of the University of Cologne, it has been published by UNESCO since 1955. In 2025, we mark 70 years of continuous publication.
IRE’s mission to foster understanding and cooperation in the field of education is more relevant than ever. It aims to publish the best new scholarship from around the world, while also influencing the development of policy and practice in the field of lifelong learning through evidence-based research.
Join us for this webinar as we celebrate the launch of the 70th anniversary special issue of the International Review of Education. This edition offers valuable insights into the evolution of lifelong learning and explores its significance for the future.
Date and Time
20 November 2025, 13:00 to 14:00 (CET)
Join the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning’s webinar series, where policymakers, experts and practitioners share insights and strategies to make lifelong learning a reality.