# An AI-based Learning Companion Promoting Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All

**Authors:** Maria Perez-Ortiz, Erik Novak, Sahan Bulathwela, John Shawe-Taylor  
**arXiv:** [2112.01242](https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.01242)  
**Date:** 2021-11-16  
**Summary page:** https://www.summarizepaper.com/en/paper/2112.01242v1/

## Key points

- AI in Education has the potential to revolutionize learning and democratize education worldwide
- Setting strong foundations for AI in education is important at the beginning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- AI enables personalized curricula, catering to individual learners' needs and preferences
- The X5GON project aims to build a personalized learning platform for Open Educational Resources (OER) using AI
- Collaboration among stakeholders is crucial for effective implementation of AI systems in education
- The report seeks to contribute to ongoing discussions about harnessing AI's potential in education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all

## Summary

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education has the potential to revolutionize the way we learn and democratize education worldwide. This report, published as an Opinion Series Report from the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence under the auspices of UNESCO, aims to explore how AI is already changing and will continue to change the learning process. It emphasizes the importance of setting strong foundations for AI in education at the beginning of this Fourth Industrial Revolution. The report highlights that AI can enable personalized curricula, catering to individual learners' needs and preferences. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can create a Renaissance of new teaching and learning methods with the goal of initiating a dialogue among policy makers, engineers, researchers, teachers, and learners about how the future of AI in education should unfold. The report also introduces the X5GON project - a European H2020 initiative focused on building a cross-modal, cross-lingual, cross-cultural, cross-domain and cross-site personalized learning platform for Open Educational Resources (OER). This project represents an advancement in utilizing AI to enhance access to educational resources globally. The authors emphasize that this is a crucial moment for shaping the future of AI in education and call for collaboration among various stakeholders to ensure that technological features crucial for effective AI systems in education are identified and implemented. Ultimately, this report seeks to contribute to ongoing discussions about harnessing AI's potential in education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.