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To scope the global landscape of ethical issues involving the use of AI in K-12 education, we identified relevant ethics guidance documents, and then compared and contrasted concerns raised and principles applied. We found that while AIEdK-12 ethics guidelines employed many principles common to non-AIEd policy statements (e.g., transparency), new ethical principles were being engaged including pedagogical appropriateness and children’s rights.
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Adams, C., Pente, P., Lemermeyer, G., Rockwell, G. (2021). Artificial Intelligence Ethics Guidelines for K-12 Education: A Review of the Global Landscape. In: Roll, I., McNamara, D., Sosnovsky, S., Luckin, R., Dimitrova, V. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Education. AIED 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12749. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78270-2_4
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