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Webinar: ‘From chalkboards to chatbots: Educating adults in the AI era'
You are warmly invited to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning's Webinar: ‘From chalkboards to chatbots: Educating adults in the AI era’ on 3 September 2025. Taking place during 2025 Digital Learning Week, this event is part of our global webinar series, ‘Unlocking the power of lifelong learning’, bringing together stakeholders from across the globe on the first and third Wednesday of every month.
The webinar will focus on the role of artificial intelligence in adult learning and education. It will examine how AI is transforming educational practices, while also raising important ethical, social and pedagogical considerations. The session will highlight inclusive and human-centred approaches to using AI in adult education. During this webinar, we will also launch the new online course Digital Empowerment for Adult Educators in the Age of AI and Other Emerging Technologies. This course is designed to empower adult educators around the world to effectively and responsibly integrate AI into their teaching.
Programme
13:00- 13:15 - Opening Remarks
Moderator: Ms Sofia Chatzigianni, Assistant Programme Specialist, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
- Ms Isabell Kempf, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
13:15- 14:25 - Session: Digital Empowerment for Adult Educators in the AI Age
Moderator: Ms Annapurna Ayyappan, Programme Specialist, Digital Learning, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
- Artificial intelligence (AI), conversational agents, and generative AI: implications for adult education practice and research
- Ms Marcella Milana, Associate Professor (Dipartimento di Scienze Umane) Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
- Inclusive Adult Learning in the AI Era: Confronting Inequality, Fostering Critical andAnalytical Skills, and Empowering the Marginalised
- Ms Rashidat Ibrahim, Doctoral Student, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
- Responsible Artificial Intelligence in education
- Ms Caitlin Bentley, Senior Lecturer in AI Education, King’s College London, UK and Deputy Chair of the Responsible AI Skills Pillar, and UIL consultant
- How can AI empower education from a lifelong learning perspective
- Mr Jun Xiao, Director of Digital Learning, Shanghai Open University, China
- Reaching youth with disability and refugees and migrants in East Africa through AI-enabled digital content delivery
- Ms Claire Mongeau, Co-Founder and Director, M-Shule, Kenya
- Moderated QA and Course Launch
14:25- 14:30 - Closing remarks
- Ms Rakhat Zholdoshalieva, Team Leader, UIL
Further information
Webinaire: Approches traditionnelles de l’apprentissage et de l’éducation des adultes (AEA) en Afrique, cas de la République du Bénin
| Afrique de l'Ouest
Traduction français/anglais
Participez au prochain webinaire de Moja au cours duquel, nous explorerons les approches traditionnelles de l'éducation des adultes en Afrique en mettant en lumière ses perspectives historiques, didactiques et tournées vers l'avenir.
Intervenant : Vincent Houessou, linguiste-communicateur, spécialiste de l’enseignement des langues et cultures, professeur à l’Université d’Abomey-Calavi – République du Bénin, Afrique de l’Ouest.
Date : 21 août 2025
Heure : 13h00-14h30 (SAST) / 11h00-12h30 (GMT)
Sustainable Livelihoods and Skills Development - Southern and East Africa Regional Meeting
Join us for the upcoming Academic Meeting on Skills Development and Sustainable Livelihoods, hosted by Kenya, as part of our regional series grounded in Socially Engaged Scholarship. This webinar will explore innovative and practical approaches to youth livelihoods beyond the formal sector, and teaching financial literacy in Community Learning Centres (CLCs). These discussions form part of a broader collaborative agenda set by countries in East and Southern Africa, focusing on three regional priority areas.
Who should attend?
This session is ideal for educators, researchers, policy-makers, community development practitioners, and anyone committed to advancing inclusive, community-based learning and sustainable development.
Date: 14 August 2025
Time: 14:00 – 15:30 (SAST) / 15:00 - 16:30 (EAT)
Transforming Knowledge Webinar
| Afrique du Sud
THE POLYCRISIS OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMY, ITS CRITIQUE AND ALTERNATIVES
South Africa faces a complex, interlinked crisis that touches nearly every part of society. From deepening inequality and unemployment to the erosion of democratic institutions and ecological collapse, the effects are far-reaching. These challenges are not unique. They reflect broader global patterns shaped by decades of neoliberal policies, corporate-driven globalisation, and the weakening of state capacity in favour of market-led agendas. There is a growing body of critique that connects these issues to rising poverty, hunger, social and psychological distress, and the increasing use of militarised and authoritarian responses by powerful states. But there is also resistance. Across the country and worldwide,
communities and social movements are building alternatives rooted in care, solidarity, and justice. These efforts point to new forms of education, political organisation, and collective consciousness that can help us reimagine the future. This webinar builds on discussions from previous events and focuses on these alternatives within the broader conversation on transforming knowledge for sustainable futures.
See the advertisement attached for the booking link.
WEBINAIRE: Restitution de l’intervention de DVV International dans le cadre de l’accord avec la FAO – Programme conjoint pour l'autonomisation économique des femmes en milieu rural (JP RWEE)
| Afrique du Nord
Rejoignez-nous pour ce webinaire, où nos intervenant·es partageront des informations sur le projet, ses résultats et sa méthodologie, et présenteront « Apprendre autrement : L’andragogie au service des femmes en milieu rural».
- Intervenants: Monia Manai (Experte principale du projet), Kaouther Rassaa (Experte en Apprentissage et Education des Adultes)
- Date: 24 Juillet 2025
- Heure: 14:00 -15:30 (SAST) / 12:00 – 13:30 (UTC)
anglais / français
Call for applications to join the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC)
| Africa Atelier
Call for applications to join the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC): 15 May to 15 June 2025
As the call for applications to join the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) is now open from 15 May to 15 June 2025, we invite cities/communities committed to promoting lifelong learning to seize this opportunity and become part of a vibrant global community dedicated to inclusive, sustainable, and innovative learning.
To support finalizing your application we invite you to an online Q&A session (for 35 min) next week on 5 June 2025 at 12 EAT (at 11h Germany time). We would appreciate if you could share this invitation within your network.
Please register here: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/o9r94IA-R3atlfVimyon1Q
All application details are available on our UIL website.
Should you not be available on that date and time, please inform Ms Angela Owusu-Boampong at a.owusu-boampong@unesco.org and Learning Cities learningcities@unesco.org for an alternative session opportunity.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
GNLC Coordination Team
WEBINAR: Abordagens no campo da Educação de Adultos e Jovens
| Africa
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Apresentações de webinars
- REFLECT no Contexto Angolano - Associação Angolana para Educação de Adultos (AAEA) – Angola
- Alfabetização e Empoderamento das Mulheres - Tenderness And Love (TAL) - Moçambique
Data: 22 de maio de 2025
Tempo: 14h00 (Horário da África do Sul) / 13:00 – 14:30 (WAT)
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WEBINAIRE : Qu’est-ce que c’est le Curriculum managerALE ?
ANGLAIS / FRANÇAIS
Rejoignez-nous pour en savoir plus sur le Curriculum managerALE et découvrir comment il vise à doter les responsables de l’apprentissage des adultes de compétences pratiques pour diriger efficacement, s’adapter à des contextes divers et renforcer les institutions en accord avec les besoins locaux et les normes mondiales de l’AEA.
PRÉSENTATEURS : DR JOHANN HEILMANN, DIRECTEUR RÉGIONAL, DVV International, AFRIQUE AUSTRALE
DATE : 16 AVRIL 2026
HEURE : 14h00 - 15h30 (SAST) / 12h00 - 13h30 (UTC)
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WEBINAIRE LE JOURNAL MOJA: Le rôle de l’éducation des adultes dans l’autonomisation des femmes
Lors de ce webinaire, deux auteurs de la revue numéro 3 examinent comment l’éducation des adultes renforce les moyens de subsistance, construit des communautés de pratique et favorise l’autonomisation des femmes ainsi que le développement communautaire au Mali et en Afrique du Sud.
INTERVENANTES :
- Madame Sylla Fatoumata Cisse, Directrice Nationale de L’education Non Formelle et Des Langues Nationales- Ministere De L’education Nationale- Mali
- Docteure Kaylianne Aploon-Zokufa, Professeure, a L’universite du Cape Occidental
DATE : 12 MARS 2026
HEURE : 14 :00 -15 :30 (SAST) / 12 :00 – 13 :30 (Temps Universel)
LANGUES : ANGLAIS / FRANÇAIS
Webinar: Digital Skills Unleashed - Launch of new global multi-lingual course for literacy educators
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On 18 February 2026, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), together with Huawei, associate member of the Global Alliance for Literacy (GAL), will unveil a new global, multi-lingual course designed to strengthen the digital skills of literacy educators worldwide.
Literacy educators are at the heart of inclusive, equitable and high‑quality education. Their work empowers learners, supports communities and drives social transformation. Yet, despite their vital role, many continue to face persistent challenges: limited access to professional development, precarious working conditions, and insufficient policy recognition. The rapid pace of digital change and the COVID‑19 pandemic have intensified these pressures, underscoring the urgent need for digital, learner‑centred approaches to adult learning and education. In low-resource, remote or crisis‑affected settings, educators often lack continuous training opportunities, digital tools and strong professional support networks – barriers that hinder their ability to meet the evolving needs of their learners.
To help bridge these gaps, UIL, with the support of GAL and Huawei, has developed a free, open-access, multilingual course - available in English, French, Arabic and Spanish - and hosted on the UIL Learning Hub.
Grounded in UNESCO’s Recommendation on Adult Learning and Education (RALE), the Marrakech Framework for Action and the Digital Empowerment for Lifelong Learning and Transformative Andragogy (DELTA) framework, this new course offers a flexible learning pathway to advance the professionalisation of literacy educators and enhance the quality of literacy provision globally. Upon completion, participants will receive a certificate supporting their ongoing professional growth and recognition.
The global launch webinar will officially introduce the new course, explore the evolving role of literacy educators in digitally transforming learning environments, and highlight regional perspectives on capacity‑building priorities. It will also encourage governments, civil society organisations and regional networks to champion the use and contextual adaptation of the course.
Languages
Arabic, English, French and Spanish
Programme
13:30–13:40: Opening Remarks
Moderator: Ms Samah Shalaby, Programme Specialist, UIL
- Ms Isabell Kempf, Director, UIL
- N.N., Huawei (tbc)
13:40–14:35
Panel session: Empowering literacy educators in the digital age: Regional and national perspectives (3 rounds)
Moderator: Ms Madina Bolly, Senior Programme Specialist, UIL
Speakers:
- Mr John Edeh Onimisi, Director of Literacy and Development, National Mass Education Commission (NMEC), Nigeria
- Mr Lazare Golo, Directeur de l'Alphabétisation et de laPromotion des langues nationales, Ministère de l'Education nationale et de la Promotion Civique, Tchad
- Mr Rajiv Kumar Singh, Director (Academic), National Institute for Open Schooling, India
- Mr Batjargal Batkhuyag, Capacity Support and Advocacy Adviser (CSAA), ASPBAE – Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education
- Mr Mauricio Velasco, Regional Project Coordinator, DVV International (Latin America)
- ANLCA Representative, Kingdom of Morocco (TBC)
Panel synthesis: Ms Rakhat Zholdoshalieva, Team Leader, UIL
14:35- 15:00: Course overview and launch
Ms Annapurna Ayyappan, Programme Specialist, UIL
Testimonial:
- Ms Blessing Anyikwa, Professor, Adult Basic Education, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Supported by HUAWEI