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10:00 AM12:00 PM

Launch of the 2026 Digital Education Outlook

The OECD Digital Education Outlook is the OECD’s flagship publication presenting our latest analysis of emerging digital technologies in education. This 2026 edition synthesises evidence and expert...

OECD Digital Education Conference: Exploring Effective Use of Generative AI in Education

After the launch of the OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026: Exploring Effective Uses of Generative AI in Education, the OECD “Smart Data and Digital Technology in Education” project team organises...

Perspectives on AI in K 12 Implications of New Global Research Webinar

Two Global Voices on the Future of AI in K–12 Education Two of the world’s most influential education policy leaders come together for a timely, unscripted conversation on what AI means for...

12:30 PM1:30 PM

Using AI to Support Student Creativity: What Do We Know So Far?

16 April 12:30-13:30 CEST As AI tools advance, educators and policymakers are grappling with key questions: can these tools be used to support student’s creative thinking, or do they risk limiting...

Webinar: Battling AI bias in the classroom

Artificial intelligence is being heralded by many for its transformative potential in education, offering personalised learning experiences and more efficient school administration. But as AI use...

Webinar: User-centred AI education tools and resources: co-creation models

16 October 2024 13:00-14:00 CET Many digital tools and resources in the education sector were initially developed for other sectors. As a result, practitioners sometimes struggle to embed them in...

OECD Digital Education Conference: Towards an Effective and Equitable Digital Education System

The global digital transformation continues to shape the educational landscape, offering enhanced methods for classroom learning, streamlined education management systems, and innovative delivery...

Launch of the Digital Education Outlook 2023

This session will launch the Digital Education Outlook 2023 with a speech by OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, a discussion with Estonian Minister of Education Kristina Kallas and a general...

The OECD PILA Project: A Discussion on Leveraging Technology to Improve Student Learning and...

How can we use digital technologies to better support student learning of 21st century skills? The OECD’s Platform for Innovative Learning Assessments (PILA) is a new open-source platform that...

Digital Education Outlook: Roundtables

This session will be conversational in nature and focus on two roundtables. The first one will discuss the "Opportunities, Guidelines and Guardrails for effective and equitable use of AI in...

Algorithmic bias, equity and data protection

The emergence of AI in education raises new equity and data protection issues. This session will discuss the research about algorithmic bias and present the related chapter of the Digital Education...

Teacher Digital Competencies

Teachers (and other educational staff) are crucial for any digital transformation to happen. They need to have the confidence and competence to use digital tools and resources as part of their...

Collaborating with Edtech companies: the ways forward

The education technology (Edtech) industry is a key actor for the digital transformation. They have the competences to develop and market new digital tools. It is thus crucial for governments and...

10:00 AM11:00 AM

The Digital Transformation Collaborative: Mobilizing coordinated, cooperative partnerships to...

This session will explore the challenges and opportunities to advance digital transformation in education across the Digital Transformation Collaborative’s (DTC) 5 Cs framework: coordination, cost,...

11:00 AM12:00 PM

Digital assessment

Most countries have now embarked on the digitalisation of some of their national and central assessments, in particular those that carry low stakes for individual students. However, only a few...

12:00 PM1:00 PM

Comprehensive digital ecosystem

Countries are at different stages of shaping their digital education ecosystem. This session will explore how different countries are trying to establish a "comprehensive" infrastructure and...

Generative AI in education

This session will bring together researchers and developers to discuss different possibles uses of generative AI in education, from the use in the classroom by teachers through to the integration...

Support Organisations

Most countries have developed a digital strategy, a key step towards a digital transformation. As a way to implement these strategies, countries have often established different models of "support...

Discussion on global North-South collaboration on digital education

This session will bring together leaders from different international organisations (OECD, UNESCO, World Bank) to discuss how the digital transformation can play out at the global scale and how...

Co-Creation with multiple stakeholders for better and more responsible digital resources

This session will discuss new models of "innovation labs" that can help develop more responsible and useful AI tools for education. Many attempt to bring together different stakeholders, including...

Digital education for a strong recovery: A forward look

Digitalisation is transforming societies, providing new opportunities to improve education in the classroom, enhance the management of education systems, but also to consider innovative models of...

12:00 PM2:00 PM

Opening: digital education outlook

At the start of the conference the OECD's new report ‘Digital Education Outlook: Pushing the Frontiers with AI, Blockchain, and Robots’ will be launched. The presentation provides an overview of...

Building a framework for research on digital education worldwide

The application of new technologies for teaching and learning have far outstripped our evidence-based knowledge of what digital innovations and methodologies enable learning, why, and for whom. This...

Digital Education Policy: Perspectives from Chile, France, and the United States

The digitalisation of education is high on the agenda of many countries worldwide. Policy makers take a keen interest in the opportunities that digital technologies offer for education, and at the...

Views from EdTech: trends and opportunities

The industry for educational technology (EdTech) has been on the rise for a longer time and experienced a boom during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the EdTech sessions on Tuesday and Thursday,...

Q&A with Melanie Mitchell

This session will allow to understand better the promises and limitations of artificial intelligence, as well as what the big questions of the field currently are. An interview with Melanie...

9:00 AM10:00 AM

Digital Education Policy: Perspectives from Belgium, Hungary and Korea

The digitalisation of education is high on the agenda of many countries worldwide. Policy makers take a keen interest in the opportunities that digital technologies offer for education, and at the...

10:00 AM11:00 AM

Robots in Education: where are we at?

Social robots offer benefits to education that computer-based solutions do not. Their physical nature lends them to have real-world interactions with learners, and their increased social presence...

12:00 PM1:00 PM

Digital Education Policy: ministerial perspectives

This session contains a panel discussion with three (former) education ministers that are known for their keen interest and engagement in the digital agenda in education.

Q&A with Ryan Baker

This session will allow to discuss the big questions of digital technology in education with the scientific advisor and co-author of the publication “Digital Education Outlook”.