A New AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education

Cover of the AI Literacy Framework titled 'Empowering Learners for the Age of AI,' co-developed by the European Commission, OECD, and Code.org

Recently the European Commission and the OECD with support from Code.Org released a draft new AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education. This is response to the rapid growth of AI in society and is seen as a starting point to “equip learners and educators to understand both the risks and the opportunities that AI presents, and to make meaningful and ethical decisions about its use…

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Mar 10 2025

New EU STEM Education Strategic Plan

By Pat Brennan

On March 5th, the European Commission announced the adoption of the STEM Education Strategic Plan, a key part of the Union of Skills strategy. This initiative aims to Invest in upskilling across the EU, making it more competitive globally. The STEM Education Strategic Plan dovetails with the Action Plan on Basic Skills, together forming a

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Feb 22 2024

#12 AI4T Conference Podcast

By TeachNet Admin

In our latest TeachNet learning podcast , Dr Michael Hallissy is joined by Dr Deirdre Butler of Dublin City University (DCU) IOE and Declan Qualter, practice placement supervisor for the new Bachelor of Education program at the UCD School of Education to discuss the final AI4T Conference held in Luxembourg last month and more broadly about

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Feb 22 2024

#12 AI4T Conference Podcast

By Pat Brennan

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Oct 2 2023

EU #CodeWeek 2023

By Pat Brennan

EU Code Week (Or fortnight🤔) is back this month, October 7th – 22nd as it continues the mission to mainstream coding, computational thinking, and digital literacy among young people across Europe and beyond. From humble beginnings in 2013 this annual event has grown exponentially with last years 10th iteration seeing 78 thousand events registered and

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Sep 29 2022

Informatics education at school in Europe

By Michael Hallissy

The European Commission / EACEA / Eurydice report, Informatics education at school in Europe, was published in recent days and it provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of informatics education, as a distinct discipline, in primary and general secondary education in 2020/2021 in 39 education systems. The research is associated with Action 10 in the Digital

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Oct 7 2021

SELFIEforTEACHERS launch

By Michael Hallissy

A new self-reflection online tool to support teachers to further develop their digital competence was launched on October 5th, World Teachers’ Day. SELFIEforTEACHERS has been designed by the European Commission working with experts from across Europe. The tool gives primary and secondary teachers an opportunity to reflect on how they are using digital tools and

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Mar 22 2021

Blended Learning – What is Your Unique Blend?

By Michael Hallissy

We recently passed the 1 year anniversary when education moved online. During the past 12 months schools, further education and training organizations and higher education has moved to a remote instruction model. With learners, of all ages, now returning to education it is time to look ahead and consider what comes next, After Covid. While

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Mar 22 2018

Digital Education Action Plan

By Michael Hallissy

In January the European Commission launched their Digital Education Action Plan. The plan has 3 main priorities, which are outlined below: Making better use of digital technology for teaching and learning Developing relevant digital competences and skills for the digital transformation Improving education through better data analysis and foresight The Commission recognises that there is

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