How Is AI Transforming Education?
A special issue of AI (ISSN 2673-2688). This special issue belongs to the section "AI Systems: Theory and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2026 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editor
Interests: AI in education; innovative pedagogy; cognitive science
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Dear Colleagues,
The development of 21st-century competences among learners, such as creativity, critical thinking, and digital literacy, has become a central goal of contemporary education. The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents both unprecedented opportunities and challenges to achieving this goal. As with previous technological revolutions, Artificial Intelligence is expected to transform the nature of work, knowledge production, and social interaction, thereby reshaping educational paradigms at all levels.
This Special Issue will explore how AI, and especially generative Artificial Intelligence (GEN-AI), is transforming education through pedagogically grounded applications, new models of learning design, and evidence-based research on its cognitive, social, and ethical implications. We welcome empirical, theoretical, and design-based studies that examine how AI (GEN-AI) can serve not merely as a digital tool, but as a co-creator of learning processes, enhancing personalisation, formative assessment, collaborative inquiry across formal and informal contexts, etc.
Our aim is to advance the current scholarly understanding of AI-enhanced pedagogy, going beyond technological enthusiasm and instead fostering critical reflection on the philosophical, pedagogical, and psychological foundations of AI integration in education. While the literature has extensively addressed AI integration in education from technological and policy perspectives, this Special Issue will fill a crucial gap by integrating pedagogical intentionality and human-centred design into the discourse. By linking educational theory with practice and governance, it will contribute to a holistic framework for understanding how AI can responsibly and effectively transform teaching, learning, and assessment.
Dr. Andrej Flogie
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence in education (AIED)
- transformative learning and teaching
- generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI)
- AI-driven educational innovation
- pedagogical transformation
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