Taipei, October 2025 –  On October 23, 2025, HEEACT and the MOE Teaching and Practice Research Program co-hosted the International Workshop on the Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Education. The event convened international experts and Taiwan’s academic community to address a defining question for our sector: How can higher education work with AI ethically, effectively, and for the good of learners—while upholding integrity, equity, and trust?

Ethics as a Living Practice

Dr. Simon Knight (University of Technology Sydney) urged educators and policymakers to move beyond procedural ethics toward “ethics-in-action.” He challenged us to see ethical practice not as a checklist, but as a living dialogue—embedded in how we design, research, and evaluate AI tools. He emphasized that we must talk about ethics if we are to build technologies that reflect human judgment and educational purpose.

AI as a Feedback Partner with Guardrails

Dr. Yi-Shan Tsai (Monash University) highlighted the promise and pitfalls of using AI to strengthen feedback processes. Drawing on research with PolyFeed, she showed how AI can support feedback literacy by providing timely, actionable insights that help students interpret and act on guidance. At the same time, she emphasized that trust, reliability, and AI literacy are essential conditions to ensure technology augments, not replaces, educators’ expertise. Effective practice pairs AI-generated feedback with clear rubrics, exemplars, and structured reflection, keeping human judgment at the center of learning.

Across both keynotes and interactive workshops, one message resonated deeply: AI in education must be guided not just by innovation, but by shared ethical understanding and evidence-based practice.

As HEEACT continues to advance quality assurance and educational innovation, we remain committed to fostering dialogue that bridges technology, ethics, and pedagogy—ensuring that AI serves as a tool for human flourishing, rather than a replacement for human wisdom.