AI-Empowered Education: Challenges, Principles, and Interdisciplinarity in the Digital Intelligence Era
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Against the backdrop of rapid advances in artificial intelligence and learning analytics, educational systems are undergoing structural transformation. The misalignment between the technicality of proposed solutions and the inherent complexity of education itself, the disconnect between researchers' design rationale and educators' practical experience, and the imbalance between data-driven decision-making and the humanistic values of education have given rise to research agendas that lack empirical validation and entail potential risks. As the inaugural editorial of the Journal of Digital Intelligence in Education, this article articulates the journal’s academic positioning, research scope, and scholarly principles. The journal is committed to building an interdisciplinary platform for collaborative inquiry, bringing together scholars and practitioners from technology development, educational research, the learning sciences, ethics, and public policy, to foster a research paradigm that integrates innovative efficacy, empirical rigor, and critical reflection on values.
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TY - JOUR AU - Yi, Wenlong PY - 2026 DA - 2026/06/09 TI - AI-Empowered Education: Challenges, Principles, and Interdisciplinarity in the Digital Intelligence Era JO - Journal of Digital Intelligence in Education T2 - Journal of Digital Intelligence in Education JF - Journal of Digital Intelligence in Education VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 4 DO - 10.62762/JDIE.2026.697563 UR - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/JDIE.2026.697563 KW - digital education KW - artificial intelligence KW - pedagogical research KW - inaugural editorial AB - Against the backdrop of rapid advances in artificial intelligence and learning analytics, educational systems are undergoing structural transformation. The misalignment between the technicality of proposed solutions and the inherent complexity of education itself, the disconnect between researchers' design rationale and educators' practical experience, and the imbalance between data-driven decision-making and the humanistic values of education have given rise to research agendas that lack empirical validation and entail potential risks. As the inaugural editorial of the Journal of Digital Intelligence in Education, this article articulates the journal’s academic positioning, research scope, and scholarly principles. The journal is committed to building an interdisciplinary platform for collaborative inquiry, bringing together scholars and practitioners from technology development, educational research, the learning sciences, ethics, and public policy, to foster a research paradigm that integrates innovative efficacy, empirical rigor, and critical reflection on values. SN - pending PB - Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge LA - English ER -
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author = {Wenlong Yi},
title = {AI-Empowered Education: Challenges, Principles, and Interdisciplinarity in the Digital Intelligence Era},
journal = {Journal of Digital Intelligence in Education},
year = {2026},
volume = {1},
number = {1},
pages = {1-4},
doi = {10.62762/JDIE.2026.697563},
url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/JDIE.2026.697563},
abstract = {Against the backdrop of rapid advances in artificial intelligence and learning analytics, educational systems are undergoing structural transformation. The misalignment between the technicality of proposed solutions and the inherent complexity of education itself, the disconnect between researchers' design rationale and educators' practical experience, and the imbalance between data-driven decision-making and the humanistic values of education have given rise to research agendas that lack empirical validation and entail potential risks. As the inaugural editorial of the Journal of Digital Intelligence in Education, this article articulates the journal’s academic positioning, research scope, and scholarly principles. The journal is committed to building an interdisciplinary platform for collaborative inquiry, bringing together scholars and practitioners from technology development, educational research, the learning sciences, ethics, and public policy, to foster a research paradigm that integrates innovative efficacy, empirical rigor, and critical reflection on values.},
keywords = {digital education, artificial intelligence, pedagogical research, inaugural editorial},
issn = {pending},
publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
}
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