Humanizing AI: How AI Can Support Empathy and SEL | Transform.Ed Briefing #114
Inside the Briefing: From promoting integrity and AI readiness to navigating the possibility of AI exhibiting genuine emotions - discovering the potential and challenges of technological singularity
Quick Updates 🔔
🌍✨ AI for Social Learning
AI has made remarkable strides in replicating human intelligence, but can it truly learn from and adapt to social interactions, culture, and collaboration, the way humans do?
The 28th Educational Leadership Forum, focussing on 'AI for Social Learning', will dig deep into how AI can integrate and optimize social learning mechanisms to create more adaptive, interactive, and socially aware systems and it's implications for education and leadership.Join us from Mar 11-25, 2025, to shape the future of AI-driven learning. Register here
Big Ideas 💡
Role of Social-Emotional Learning in Staving Off Entropy
By David Adams | Global Citizenship Foundation
Artificial Intelligence and Social-Emotional Learning Are on a Collision Course
By Arianna Prothero| Education Week
Poll of the Week 📊
Poll Results from Last Week
In response to the question “What do you think is the most significant challenge in integrating AI into social-emotional learning (SEL) and empathy development?” The breakdown of results is as follows:
About 50 percent of participants opted for Bias in AI algorithm while the remaining 50 percent of respondents voted for Data Privacy and Ethical Concerns.
Would you like to discuss these results or share your thoughts in the community?
Policy Pulse 🏛
Research >> Teaching Empathy: How AI Can Support the Development of Soft Skills in Education
By Nor Shadira Jamaluddin, Mahani Mokhtar | International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
This review examines how AI technologies can foster empathy in education by enhancing both cognitive and non-cognitive skills. It explores AI-driven tools, their effectiveness in nurturing empathy, challenges, and future research directions.
Global Events for Your Calendar 🗓
Mar 11-25 | FREE ENTRY >> 28th Educational Leadership Forum: AI for Social Learning
This is an Online Event hosted by the Global Citizenship Foundation.
March 26 | FREE ENTRY >>Winning Support for Structured Literacy: How to Advocate for Change in Schools and Policy
This is an Online Event hosted by edWeb.
March 26 | FREE ENTRY >> AI Educator Brain
This is an Online Event hosted by Share My Lesson (via Eventbrite).
March 31 | FREE ENTRY >> Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism: Why Schools Can't Solve It Alone
This is an Online Event hosted by Harvard Graduate School of Education.
April 01 | FREE ENTRY >> Promoting Integrity and AI Readiness in High Schools
This is an Online Event hosted by Education Week.
Lights, Camera, Education 🎬
Film » A.I. Artificial Intelligence
In a future where robots possess real emotions, a "kid robot" longs for human love, raising questions about identity and emotional responsibility. The film explores the ethical implications of AI capable of genuine feelings.
Documentary » Singularity or Bust
Singularity or Bust explores the contrasting perspectives of two AI scientists on the inevitability of technological singularity - one viewing it as progress, the other as a threat. The documentary digs deep into artificial consciousness, raising questions about the future of AI and its impact on humanity.
Courses and Learning 🧑💻
Self-Paced Course » Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education for Teachers
By Macquarie University (via Coursera)
Books 📚
Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning
By José Antonio Bowen, C. Edward Watson
Community Connect 💭
How can AI help nurture empathy and social-emotional learning in the classroom, keeping human connections at the heart of education?
Share your ideas on our community post.
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Job Opportunities 📥
Academic and Research Positions (University Level)
🇨🇭 Professor (Slavic and General Literary Studies), University of Basel, Basel (Deadline: 02 Apr 2025)
🇭🇰 Senior Lecturer/Lecturer (Science Education), Faculty of Education, Hong Kong University (Deadline: 11 Apr 2025)
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INGO/NGO Positions (Global Organizations)
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School Leadership and Administrative Roles
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K-12 Teaching Opportunities
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🇳🇬 Teacher (History IGCSE), Howbury School, Lagos (Deadline: 17 Apr 2025)
🇨🇳 Primary Teacher (Science), Shanghai Shenghua Zizhu Bilingual School International, Shanghai (Deadline: 30 Jul 2025)
🇳🇬 Teacher (Physics, Multiple Positions), St. Francis Catholic Secondary School, Lagos (Deadline: 31 Jul 2025)
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The Global Citizenship Foundation is a leading specialist international organization based in South Asia (NCR Delhi, India) and the European Union (Tallinn, Estonia). Its principal mandate is to realize the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 4 and Target 4.7 (Education for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development). Since 2016, the GCF has impacted education in 70+ countries, striving to transform education for human and planetary flourishing.
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