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March 11, 2020

X5GON

Successful AI and OER hackathon using the X5GON platform

We are proud of our final hackathon at the British Embassy in Paris using the X5GON platform to make OER based education more accessible everywhere. We would like to thank our great colleagues without whom this hackathon couldn’t have happened Sahan Bulathwela, John Shawe-Taylor, Colin de la Higuera, Davor Orlic, Kristijan Perčič and colleagues from UCLIC Sheena Visram and UCL Computer Science Dr Dean Mohamedally and of course all the Osnabruck, Nantes, UCL and JSI students competing.

X5GON final hackathon, British Embassy in Paris
X5GON final hackathon, British Embassy in Paris
X5GON final hackathon, British Embassy in Paris
X5GON final hackathon, British Embassy in Paris
X5GON final hackathon, British Embassy in Paris

November 28, 2019

X5GON

Keynote and In-depth Dialogue on Teaching and Learning in the AI Era

The participants of the conference Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and AI: The Role and Readiness of Teachers in Tokyo, Japan were briefed about the basics of AI and especially its connection with education via our findings in the X5GON project. The double keynote featured two K4A trustees, both UNESCO Chairs in AI and OER.

15th ASEF Classroom Network Conference, Teaching and Learning in the AI era, 28 November 2019, Tokyo, Japan
15th ASEF Classroom Network Conference, Teaching and Learning in the AI era, 28 November 2019, Tokyo, Japan
15th ASEF Classroom Network Conference, Teaching and Learning in the AI era, 28 November 2019, Tokyo, Japan
15th ASEF Classroom Network Conference, Workshop on Teaching in a world where Artificial Intelligence will have made an impact, 28 November 2019, Tokyo, Japan
15th ASEF Classroom Network Conference, Teaching and Learning in the AI era, 28 November 2019, Tokyo, Japan

October 28, 2019

X5GON

Join us in our Hackathon on Open Education and Artificial Intelligence

AI for the Common Good: F’AI’R Education Hackathon

K4A is facilitating a  hackathon supported by the UK Science and Innovation Network at the British Embassy in Paris, the United Nations ANCSSC, and H2020 project X5GON to allow students at several international universities to take part in an early requirements capture process, leading to design and build stage to develop a working prototype that supports Open Education with AI. Join us in this endeavor and see here for more details.

March 9, 2019

General, UNESCO, X5GON

Using Artificial Intelligence and Open Educational Resurces data

The X5GON project was welcomed with enthusiastic feedback at this year’s Mobile Learning Week at UNESCO. The project was presented in its basic structure and how it can help institutions make sense of their OER materials and create organic growth ouside their repositories.

Workshop on using AI and OER data – convergence among OER platforms offers unprecedented opportunities
Workshop on using AI and OER data – convergence among OER platforms offers unprecedented opportunities
Workshop on using AI and OER data – convergence among OER platforms offers unprecedented opportunities

March 7, 2019

General, UNESCO, X5GON

Debate on AI in Education Readiness Index

During the 2019 Mobile Learning Week at UNESCO we were asked to discuss the creation of the AI in Education Readiness Index. The idea was to assess the feasibility of an annual Global Index and explore the creation of a multi-donor platform to support its full development. Partners include Microsoft, ITU, ProFuturo Foundation, Apple and Baidu.

Fengchun Miao, Chief, ICT in Education Unit, UNESCO – Strategy Lab ‘AI in Education Readiness Index’ during Mobile Learning Week 2019.
Alexa Joyce, Director, Education System Leaders, Microsoft – Strategy Lab ‘AI in Education Readiness Index’ during Mobile Learning Week 2019.
Strategy Lab ‘AI in Education Readiness Index’ during Mobile Learning Week 2019.

December 10, 2018

General, X5GON

Artificial Intelligence in Education @ Online Educa Berlin

Last week we were among the 300+ international speakers and project presenters at the 2018 edition of Online Educa Berlin. Our role was to present AI and Open Educational Resources at the panel Algorithms, Analytics, AI and Personalisation,  with the presentation X5GON Project on AI and OER Building a Netflix for Open Education.

Online Educa Berlin 2018:Panel: Algorithms, Analytics, AI and Personalisation”, presenting X5GON “X5GON Project on AI and OER Building a Netflix for Open Education”.
Online Educa Berlin 2018:Panel: Algorithms, Analytics, AI and Personalisation”, presenting X5GON “X5GON Project on AI and OER Building a Netflix for Open Education”.
Online Educa Berlin 2018:Panel: Algorithms, Analytics, AI and Personalisation”, presenting X5GON “X5GON Project on AI and OER Building a Netflix for Open Education”.
Online Educa Berlin 2018:Panel: Algorithms, Analytics, AI and Personalisation”, presenting X5GON “X5GON Project on AI and OER Building a Netflix for Open Education”.
Online Educa Berlin 2018:Panel: Algorithms, Analytics, AI and Personalisation”, presenting X5GON “X5GON Project on AI and OER Building a Netflix for Open Education”.
Online Educa Berlin 2018:Panel: Algorithms, Analytics, AI and Personalisation”, presenting X5GON “X5GON Project on AI and OER Building a Netflix for Open Education”.

November 6, 2018

General, X5GON

Successful review @ European Commission

The first official review of the X5GON project at the European Commission in Brussels was successful. The project delivering an Artificial Intelligence platform for Open Educational Resources was pronounced as highly innovative and its platform one with great potential. X5GON can help us make a case for the role of OER in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4.

We shared the idea of opening the platform and its APIs to the OER community and start-ups, and invite them to use our data and tools. This pleased the reviewers who suggested we should think about it as “…like you’re digging a tunnel into a mountain, not knowing what’s behind it – until you let them come to you. It’s a case of letting the community open your eyes to the possibilities.” Congrats to our partners!

X5GON project review in Brussels, 2018
X5GON project review in Brussels, 2018
X5GON project review in Brussels, 2018
X5GON project review in Brussels, 2018

April 21, 2018

General, X5GON

Presentation on machine translation for open content @ Creative Commons Summit

We sucessfully presented our machine translation platform TransLexy and the “MT 4 Education” initiative to crack the language barrier for education in developing countries that have “fragmentary” or “weak/no” machine translation support, at the Creative Commons Summit 2018.

This is an annual meeting that celebrates the culture of sharing, and provides a space for open communities to collectively grow a vibrant, usable commons, powered by collaboration and gratitude. The 2018 CC Global Summit took place April 13 – 15, 2018, in Toronto and follows the theme “On Common Ground: Collaborate and Participate”.

Slides by Katherine Maher who is the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation
Slides by Katherine Maher who is the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation
Creative Commons Summit 2018
Creative Commons Summit 2018
Creative Commons Summit 2018

March 27, 2018

General, UNESCO, X5GON

Presenting Artificial Intelligence tools for SDG4 at UNESCO

We presented the notion of AI in education and Machine Translation tools at the Mobile Learning Week, UNESCO’s flagship ICT in education event. The 2018 edition, under the theme “Skills for a connected world”, examined the types of skills needed in and for a connected economy and society, with a focus on digital skills and competencies. It also reviewed strategies and ways in which these skills can be delivered and assessed within the context of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4).

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