From AI Readiness to AI Ethical Readiness in Education

Given the increasing attention to and application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education, investigating its ethical use is timely. AI safety concerns are not limited to deep fakes. They also include the ethical application of AI in classrooms such as bias, fairness, transparency, and academic integrity. The studies which have investigated using AI in education tend to lack ethical recommendations for educators. To address this gap, this study, informed by the Seoul Declaration for safe, innovative, and inclusive AI, will aim to review the application of AI in education and offer recommendations for educators to ethically employ it. First, the historical background of AI and the current landscape of AI in K-12 and higher education in international contexts will be explained. Then, the application of AI in Education will be reviewed, and ethical concerns will be examined. Finally, best practices for K-12 and post-secondary educators to implement AI in class will be offered.