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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”.

Improving educational equity and inclusion with technology

Cutting edge technologies aim to support the development of children with special learning needs, and digital solutions for early warning systems for school dropout keep improving. This session...

Smart Classrooms: supporting teachers with data analytics

What does the classroom of the future look like? And what can data do for teachers? This session provides more insight on these questions and the possibilities of classroom analytics for real-time...

Towards a new generation of assessment

Educational games have a strong potential to improve the quality of testing, and will allow us to assess complex skills in the future. In this session participants learn more about how educational...

Teacher spotlight

In this session, teachers will share their experiences with the use of digital technologies in different educational contexts and their views on the future of technology for education.

Teacher Spotlight: Innovating music teaching with digital tools

In this session, teachers will talk about how digital technology can make music education more creative and engaging for students (and themselves).

12:00 AM1:00 AM

AI in society: Interdisciplinary perspectives from the OECD

The OECD is involved in several interesting projects with regard to the rise of digital technologies. Experts from different OECD directorates discuss their work and the importance of pushing the...

11:00 AM12:00 PM

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,...

Learning analytics at the organisation and system level

This session focuses on the opportunities and challenges of AI and learning analytics for specifically higher education. How can educational institutions successfully integrate learning analytics in...

Perspectives from the European Union, OECD, UNESCO, and the World Bank

This session contains a dialogue between high representatives of the OECD, UNESCO, World Bank, and European Union about the future of learning and the importance of digitalisation.

Personalisation of learning

Digital technologies hold a promise for the future of personalised learning, thanks to adaptive learning and intelligent tutoring systems, educational games and other applications, as well as for...

Blockchain and the new credential ecosystem

This session goes in-depth on the use of blockchain in education. Blockchain technology holds a promise to eliminate fraud with credentialing records, and to facilitate the movement of students and...

COVID-19: lessons for digital education

During the lockdown and the closing of schools, teachers, governments and other stakeholders worked hard to guarantee the continuity of education. This session brings together interesting lessons...

Connecting the dots – interoperability in educational technology

Education has seen a remarkable increase in the use of digital technologies and data. Investments in software can prove rewarding for schools, but educators still face the challenge of dealing with...

Intégrer la révolution numérique au service de l’éducation : Le Plan d’Action du Québec

Dans le cadre du projet « Données Intelligentes et Nouvelles Technologies en Éducation », l’OCDE a entamé en 2020 un dialogue avec ses pays membres au sujet de leurs priorités politiques en ce qui...

Q&A with Andrew Ng

This session will allow to discuss the big questions of digital technology in education with: • Andrew Ng, VP & Chief Scientist of Baidu; Co-Chairman and Co-Founder of Coursera; and an Adjunct...

Q&A with Nicol Turner Lee

This session will allow to understand better how to address possible biases of smart technologies, notably algorithmic bias. Interview with Nicol Turner Lee, Brookings Institution, United States.