Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) yesterday unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) education plan with NT$9.2 billion (US$288 million) in funding over four years.
The plan involves installing smart classroom equipment, upgrading AI teaching tools and establishing an AI education center, Chiang told an AI education policy event at Taipei First Girls’ High School.
The Taipei City CooC Cloud — a digital learning platform run by the Taipei Digital Learning Education Center — would be upgraded to an AI-powered assistant to foster independent self-learning for students, and reduce administrative and educational burdens on teachers, including exam grading, he said.
Photo: Lo Pei-de, Taipei Times
The city hopes to install a smart screen in every classroom in the capital, he added.
More robots, drones and AI of Things technologies would be incorporated in classrooms alongside the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics education approach, he said.
The new policy would step up use of edge computing systems equipped with graphics processing units to provide students with opportunities to work with AI, he said.
The city also plans to establish an AI education center at Beitou Shilin Technology Park, which would be the first in Asia, to serve as the core hub for AI education policy in Taipei, Chiang said.
The center would help coordinate teacher training and course design, facilitate industry-academia collaboration, and foster digitally literate students who use AI responsibly, he said.
Students would be “digital citizens” — competent with technology and able to detect irresponsible or abusive use, he said.
The Taipei Department of Education said that AI education is not solely about equipping students with the skills to use a tool, but also about teaching them to use technology ethically, including being careful with personal information.
Google Taiwan chief executive officer Tina Lin (林雅芳) told the event that education is transforming.
Talent should be fostered, while digital governance and smart learning need to be developed, Lin added.
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