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What is the problem to be solved?
What is the problem to be solved?
The ability to recognise and deal with ethical and human rights aspects of emerging digital technologies (such as AI) depends on awareness and understanding which is currently lacking throughout the educational system.
Who should act?
Who should act?
European Commission, Councel of Europe, National education bodies, any bodies involved in designing curricula,
What is the recommendation?
What is the recommendation?
Teaching of digital competence needs to be coupled with teaching of its ethical and human rights aspects.
Update current technology-oriented curricula to ensure that ethical and human rights aspects of AI and related technologies are clearly covered. Specific curricula should include
Formal education
Primary education
Secondary education
Relevant undergraduate and postgraduate courses
Non formal education
Key considerations
Key considerations
In creating and/or implementing the education of ethics and digital technolgies, key considerations are that it is complementary with the following initiatives:
Policy and investment recommendations of the HLEG on AI
Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027
The relevance of education pathways is also shown by SHERPA work with regards to:
Training of AI ethics officer
Overview of the education pathways by the European Agency
SHERPA contribution
SHERPA contribution
The importance of education was brought up by the SHERPA stakeholder board and was investigated further in the Online Survey and the Delphi Study.
SHERPA has provided
Accounts of ethical and human rights issues of AI as part of its case study research.
Likely future issues as discussed in the SHERPA scenarios.
An analysis of the Human rights aspects. LINK?
Two sets of guidelines for operationalisation of ethics by design for developers and for users of smart information systems.
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