Anyone interested in the work is invited to a Learning Impact Live Webinar Oct. 23, 2025
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves, 1EdTech® Consortium (1EdTech) is leading a cross-sector collaboration to define how AI can responsibly and effectively support teaching and learning.
Working alongside leading edtech organizations, institutions, and thought leaders, 1EdTech is developing a shared, open framework for providing educational context to AI models, enhancing their usefulness while ensuring privacy, security, and trust.
“This is the strength of the 1EdTech community,” said CEO Curtiss Barnes. “We’re the only organization that convenes primary and K-12 schools, higher education institutions, workforce leaders, ministries of education, state agencies and edtech providers around the world to address how evolving technology impacts learning, ensuring solutions meet everyone’s needs.”
Building on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), this effort focuses on helping AI systems understand the structure and standards that define teaching and learning. By embedding trusted educational context into AI tools, the work aims to improve the relevance and reliability of AI-generated results while protecting sensitive information about learners and educators.
The 1EdTech community is examining key questions essential to responsible AI in education, including:
- What educational context should AI systems incorporate to add value to teaching and learning?
- What safeguards are necessary to ensure transparency, privacy, and safety for all users?
“Educational environments demand a higher level of care when it comes to AI,” said Barnes. “With the community leading this work, our goal is to create a foundation that allows AI to support teaching and learning in ways that are equitable, ethical, and effective.”
This initiative builds on 1EdTech’s legacy of open standards and interoperability, ensuring that emerging AI technologies can integrate seamlessly within existing educational systems. The organization is advancing this work through its 1EdTech Labs discussion series and technical working groups, where members collaborate to test use cases, establish best practices, and identify new opportunities for innovation.
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