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今日黑料 joins ASEFInnoLab7 dialogue on AI for the Common Good
Associate Professor Vanessa Camilleri from the Department of Artificial Intelligence within the Faculty of ICT represented the University of Malta at the 7th ASEF Higher Education Innovation Laboratory Conference (ASEFInnoLab7), held at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom from 24 to 28 August 2026.
Organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation, ASEFInnoLab7 brought together approximately 60 higher-education experts, academics, and researchers from across Asia and Europe. Under the theme "The Role of Universities in Advancing AI for Good," participants explored how universities can contribute to the ethical, inclusive, and socially beneficial development and use of artificial intelligence.
Prof. Camilleri participated in the programme’s White Paper Lab, an invitation-only collaborative initiative through which international teams developed strategic recommendations for higher education leaders and policymakers. During the Nottingham conference, the teams presented their developing arguments and frameworks, received structured feedback from peers and experts, and worked together to refine their recommendations.
As part of this initiative, Prof. Camilleri co-authored the white paper 'Humanising Learning in the Age of AI: Reconfiguring Teaching, Assessment and Learner Formation'. The paper examines how generative AI is changing the relationship between the outputs students produce and the capabilities they develop through education. It argues that universities must move beyond responding to AI primarily through academic integrity controls and reconsider how teaching, assessment and institutional governance can protect meaningful learning.
The paper proposes a humanising approach in which AI strengthens, rather than replaces, learners’ capacity to think critically, exercise judgement, create and take responsibility for their work. Drawing upon perspectives from Asian and European educational traditions, it highlights the importance of learner agency, ethical formation, equitable access and the continuing value of human relationships in education.
The conference programme included keynote presentations, peer feedback sessions, collaborative workshops and discussions on the wider responsibilities of universities in AI governance and innovation. The white papers developed through ASEFInnoLab7 are intended to provide insights and recommendations for higher education leaders and education policymakers across the Asia-Europe Meeting partner countries.
Through Prof. Camilleri’s participation, the University of Malta contributed to an international dialogue on how higher education can embrace technological innovation while ensuring that human learning, development and public value remain at its centre.
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