faced with the rapid development of technology worldwide and the challenges posed by china’s economic transformation and upgrading. our society has an urgent need for a large number of innovative talents with innovative thinking, entrepreneurial awareness and international vision. future education in 2030 must promote the reform and innovation of education system, personnel training mode, and the leaping development of education modernization. combined with the historical background and national development needs, the advanced innovation center for future education, beijing normal university (aicfe) has initiated the “future school 2030” research program aiming to explore the goals, curriculum implementation, teaching mode, learning methods, school management and other aspects of future school, and this lead the development of future education.
the first phase of “future school 2030” program was launched in june 2016, and involved 17 research teams all over the world. in the second phase of “future school 2030” program, aicfe aims to compile a series of books on the theme of “future education”, to predict, from the three perspectives of the educator, learner and educational influence, the changes in future education patterns and development trends, and explore the prospective solution.
in total, 20 projects are completed or in process. in phase ⅰ, 17 research teams engaged all over the world. in phase ⅱ, 3 projects are approved, compiling a series of books under the theme of ‘future education’, which will explore development trends in future education from perspectives of the educator, learner and educational influence.
for centuries, education has mostly followed the old traditional structure. however, the fast advancement of ai may provide disruptive technologies to revolutionize how pupils learn, how teachers teach, and how society drives forward learning in the future. given that education is the foundation which prepares people to pursue advancements in all the other fields, it has the potential to be the most influential field by ai.
supported by the beijing municipal government, the advanced innovation center for future education (aicfe) established a global research program called “artificial intelligence (ai) tutor”. this program is inviting renowned experts worldwide in all the ai-related and education-related fields. it encourages all types of contributions including theoretical, engineering and applied work. annual conferences would be held to discuss impactful research topics under the umbrella of the ai tutor research as well as the challenges and opportunities in ai-driven educational technology.
it is a call for book proposal submissions. bridging human and machine: future education with intelligence is a book series edited by prof. shengquan yu (beijing normal university, china) and professor ig ibert bittencourt (universidade federal de alagoas, brazil), published with the springer. we invite submissions of book proposals that fall into the scope of the series.
the vrp program is composed of young and middle aged researchers who have potential for and interest in academic research, including learning sciences, education resources, education technology, artificial intelligence, computer science and disciplinary measurement. vrps offer professional advice, initiate research programs and interact with other groups of influential people in their communities.
we regularly invite experts in relevant fields to conduct academic lectures or workshops at beijing normal university. first, to initiate in-depth discussion for further cooperation. second, to foster talents at aicfe and meet their demands of professional development. third, to nurture young talents at bnu and strengthen their link with academia.
