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Artificial and Natural Intelligence to Support Responsibility and Wellbeing in Educational Planning

Artificial and Natural Intelligence to Support Responsibility and Wellbeing in Educational Planning
To investigate the potential for AI and data analytics to support enhanced educational design and planning, mindful of the ethical and social implications, and in a way that promotes the wellbeing of individuals and societies/ the-planet.

This project will advance the state of the art investigating the potential for AI and data analytics to support enhanced educational design and planning, mindful of the ethical and social implications, and in a way that promotes the wellbeing of individuals and societies/ the-planet. This aim is clearly interdisciplinary, as it requires a deep knowledge about ICT, educational research and practice (different facets and in different disciplines), psychology, wellbeing, philosophy and ethics. The project will also design and develop an infrastructure that provides the means for artificial and data-driven systems to interact with educators when supporting planning for responsible and productive learning. The design of this infrastructure should also follow human-centred methodologies that engage the stakeholders so the systems designed are more responsive to community's needs and values.

  1. In terms of ethical implications of the technical properties, the project will focus on the need for robustness, consideration of biases, transparency, and nuanced understanding of the limitations.
  2. Regarding the societal implications, the project will seek a more responsible teaching evaluation and teaching action leading to more effective and socially-responsible learning, and which prepares students for a world with high degrees of uncertainty and a world with AI.
  3. With respect to the wellbeing of individuals, the project will follow recent developments in conceptual frameworks considering the Self-Determination Theory and digital wellbeing research in the design and study about how project developments promote (or undermine) teacher autonomy and agency, relatedness and competence when planning for learning.
  4. Regarding the wellbeing of societies/the-planet, the project will contribute to the 2030 global education agenda, by incorporating (intelligent/data-driven) technology support for educational planning (most effective learning methods) including the sustainable development goals (SDGs)

The project is led by a DTIC full professor and a team involving TIDE and WSSC researchers, and includes team members from CBC (DTIC) and the Humanities, Communication and MELIS Departments of UPF. Multiple individuals of the broader UPF community (researchers, practitioners and students) are also included in project activities.

This project is in the core of the research program of the PI, framed in its previous/current/future research activities. Thus, the PI/TIDE co-funds with available PIPF grants as well as time of the team members, including time from developer and PhD students.