This document discusses the EU's Digital Education Action Plan to address citizens' challenges with AI through education and training. It outlines the knowledge, skills, and attitudes citizens need to engage confidently, critically, and responsibly with AI systems for learning, work, and participation in society. This includes being aware of AI benefits and limitations, understanding what AI can and cannot do, using and interacting with AI systems, and considering issues of trustworthiness, ethics, and human agency and control. The document provides an example framework and timeline for developing statements on recommended competencies. It promotes the EU's approach to ensuring trust in AI through new regulations and coordinated plans with member states.

1. Addressing citizen’s AI challenge
through EU’s Digital Education
Action Plan
Resetting education and training
for the digital age (2021-2027)
Dr. Riina Vuorikari
European Commission,
DG Joint Research Centre

2. https://ec.europa.eu/education/education-in-the-eu/digital-
education-action-plan/action-8_en

3. What knowledge, skills and
attitudes do citizens need
to engage with AI systems
in a confident, critical and
responsible way for
learning, at work,
and for participation in society?
See more at: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/digcomp

4. Requirements for citizens’ use of AI systems
KNOWLEDGE
• To be aware of the
benefits, limitations
and challenges of
AI systems
• To understand what
AI systems do and
what they do not do
SKILLS
• To use, interact and
give feedback to AI
systems as an end-
user
• To configure,
supervise and adapt
AI systems (e.g.
overwrite, tweak)
ATTITUDES
• Human agency and
control
• Considering
trustworthiness of AI
• Ethical considerations
of usage

5. Example (work-in-progress):

6. Timeline:
• Co-creation of statements
(March-June 2021)
• Validation workshops
(Sept-Oct 2021)
• Public Online Validation
(Nov 2021)
• Launch of publication
DigComp 2.2 (Feb 2022)
Find us at:
https://all-digital.org/
invitation-to-digcomp-cop/

7. https://ec.europa.eu/education/education-in-the-eu/digital-
education-action-plan/action-6_en

8. 2018
2020
http://europa.eu/!dB64mQ
AI and emerging technologies in education
2 forward-
looking
reports
aimed at
policy-
makers!

9. Thank you!
https://twitter.com/vuorikari

10. A European approach
to AI

11. • Twin objectives of AI excellence and trust with the aim to boost
research and industrial capacity, and ensure fundamental rights.
• Based on rules that safeguard the functioning of markets and the public
sector, and people’s safety and fundamental rights.
• An “AI package” proposing new rules and actions for trustworthy
Artificial Intelligence:
• Coordinated Plan with Member States: 2021 update
• Proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence
(Artificial Intelligence Act)
A European approach to Artificial intelligence

12. Proposal for the first ever legal framework on AI
to ensure that Europeans can trust what AI has
to offer. A risk-based approach:
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-
age/excellence-trust-artificial-intelligence