NSF K-12 AIED Workshop 3

The goal of this workshop is to identify research gaps and build an research agenda for K-12 AI education. The workshop aims to foster discussions on lessons learned from K-12 AI and computer science education, and strategies for engaging the teachers and bringing AI education to all K-12 students.

The two-day workshop agenda is here.

The third workshop included K-12 practitioners and researchers from different fields such as K-12 AI education, computer science education, the learning sciences, and teacher education. A total of 34 participants attended the workshop.

A report on workshop 3 findings is available here.

The series of workshops aim to build an interdisciplinary research community to address the critical challenge of creating a national K-12 AI education strategy. The workshops include leading members of the AI research community, the education research community, AI industry, and educational practitioners. The workshops aim to play a central role in introducing researchers from across AI and education to each other to establish the connections that are essential to the success of a national K-12 AI education initiative. Collectively, leaders in these fields will develop a research agenda on best practices for AI education for K-12 student populations. Such a research agenda can have broad societal implications ranging from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics applications in every sector of the economy to workforce development and national security.