OSH impact of digitalisation in education

Artificial intelligence (AI) once seemed like the stuff of science fiction. While we’re far from an age where digital helpers cater to our every whim, the advances made to this progressive form of technology have been staggering in the past decade alone.

We tend to associate this brand of tech with automation and assistance for daily tasks, but this is far from the extent of its capabilities. AI has the potential to transform businesses and help industry leaders make important decisions which allow their company to grow.

The emergence of new technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between work and family domains, and the consequences for the health and productivity of the labor force remains unknown. These contradictory perspectives make it important to understand to what extent, when and for who cross-domain IT use is healthy and/or unhealthy.

As part of its broader “AI and the Futures of Learning" initiative, UNESCO is now developing AI competency frameworks for both teachers and students for school education.

University students often find themselves surrounded by the buzz of new technology – and artificial intelligence (AI) is no exception. With endless possibilities for its use, AI can make our lives easier and more enjoyable if used correctly. Unfortunately, unequal access to educational resources means that not everyone has an accurate understanding of responsible AI usage.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is in the process of fundamentally transforming our working and living environments and will soon be an integral part of our everyday lives. However, despite its potential, AI carries risks. Distortions, prejudices and stereotypes that arise from the data used to train the AI pose a particular challenge.

In cooperation with ZEDI – Zentrale Einrichtung Digitale Lehre, the transfer scouts and staff and teachers from the field of occupational safety and health, the project "Arbeitsschutz Digital" is developing digital teaching and learning units on the topic of occupational safety and health for students, teachers and staff that can be used both centrally and decentrally.

How new technologies shape our working lives and influence employees' health.

There is accelerating development of digital Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) interventions in construction, but it is not clear whether they reduce the risk of injury and illness. This systematic mapping review summarized the state of the evidence and developed recommendations for practitioners and researchers.

We have seen in the previous discussion and scenarios that AI has the potential to deliver great benefits for education. However, we have also seen that there are also risks associated with its use. In many cases, we may determine that these are minimal risk. Examples we’ve discussed include the provision of formative feedback, help for teachers in creating lesson plans, and assistance in some of the administrative functions of schools.

A critical view through the lens of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
This report was prepared within the scope of the Council of Europe’s intergovernmental project on Artificial Intelligence and Education.
As noted by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers in 2019, artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly having an impact on education, bringing opportunities as well as numerous threats. It was these observations that led to the commissioning of this report, which sets out to examine the connections between AI and education.

The report has been produced by UNESCO’s Unit for Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Education, which sits within the Futures of Learning and Innovation Team. UNESCO is investigating the current practices of developing and implementing AI curricula in primary and secondary school education from a global perspective. ‘AI curricula’ in this study refers to structured programmes of learning on AI-related topics that are endorsed by either national or regional governments and target learners in general school education from kindergarten to grade 12.

AI technologies are shaping the educational landscape in different ways. The better we understand these technologies, the better we can apply them in education. The report Promises of AI in Education provides an overview of the educational landscape by analysing AI with concrete examples of existing applications in the educational context.

Digital technology is rapidly transforming many aspects of society and the economy in Southeast Asia and is beginning to leave its stamp on education. This edition accompanies the 2023Global Education Monitoring Report, which acknowledges technology as a useful tool but invites the education community to question on whose terms it is deployed.

Named for the late Nobel and Turing Award laureate and CMU Professor Herbert A. Simon, the Simon Initiative harnesses a cross-disciplinary learning engineering ecosystem that has developed over several decades at Carnegie Mellon. The initiative’s goal is to measurably improve student learning outcomes.

The digital tools allow the creation of instruments that simulate construction scenarios allowing the identification and prevention of risks for teachers, technicians, and engineers.

Health professions education has undergone major changes with the advent and adoption of digital technologies worldwide. This study aims to map the existing evidence and identify gaps and research priorities to enable robust and relevant research in digital health professions education.

Frontline workers in health, education and law enforcement provide essential services directly to the public.
They often work with people facing online safety issues and have a unique opportunity to help their patients, students or clients.

Young Worker Safety

„HEADS UP – WORK SMART WORK SAFE“ is a project of WCB Worker’s Compensation Board in Alberta, Canada.

Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health

The Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health (eLCOSH.org) was developed to provide accurate, user-friendly information about safety and health for construction workers, employers, researchers and others worldwide.

Free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

The Centre for International Health at the University of Bergen (UiB), Norway has created a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to reach health personnel all over the world – with the purpose of improving health and life of workers in developing countries.

Young Workers Zone, designed to help young people stay healthy and safe at work. Young people can get the information and tools they need in order to venture into the work world on a safe footing.

The tool is suitable for educational staff in a wide variety of educational establishments, such as preschool educational establishments, schools, training schools and universities

The "Arbocatalogus" provides practical information on how to achieve the desired level of healthy and safe working in hairdressing salons. This concerns physical stress, allergenic effects and psychosocial stress.

Package of activities that will help the student to get in contact with the materials used in a chemical laboratory.

The main objective of the PE-ABLE project is the development of the contents and the application of a formative tool to assure to European Occupational Safety professionals a worthy education and training along their professional career regarding to Ergonomics, Participatory Ergonomics (PE) and Personal Abilities and Skills, as well as develop the necessary actions to enhance it.

Agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the nation. Each year, more than 2 million youth under the age of 20 are exposed to farm-related safety hazards. As a result, a significant number of young people are killed, injured or permanently disabled on farms in the United States.

A new toolkit highlighting the changes to the labelling of chemical substances has been launched by EU-OSHA. The toolkit helps employers and their workers handle dangerous substanc

This interactive, animated website provides new and useful information including the role of each stakeholder such as Government, Employers, Workers, OSH Specialists and Social Sec

A panel of experts — from industry, consultancies, academia and the Health and Safety Executive — with vast experience in preventing ill health in manufacturing developed the web-b

ILO online access platform to legal research and training for developing countries.Researchers, law students, policymakers, judges and legal experts in low- and middle-income countries can now get free or low-cost online access to legal information and training from the world’s leading academic publishers.