Hangzhou, May 12, 2026 — The World Digital Education Alliance released two standards on artificial intelligence (AI) in education at the closing ceremony of the 2026 World Digital Education Conference (WDEC) in Hangzhou.

The two documents, Artificial Application Systems in Education and Fundamental Elements of AI-Empowered Smart Campuses, provide practical reference frameworks for the design and use of AI in educational settings.

The first standard outlines a framework covering key technologies, teaching, learning and assessment scenarios, as well as safety and ethics. Grounded in the principles of human-centered design, educational value and trustworthy technology, it provides technical guidance for the full lifecycle of AI applications in education. It defines basic requirements for enabling technologies, common education functions, and safety and ethical safeguards. It can also be used to guide system design, development, testing, deployment and evaluation.

The second standard, Fundamental Elements of AI-Empowered Smart Campuses, provides a framework for the planning, design and development of smart campuses supported by AI. It defines a general architecture covering portals, applications, support systems and AI capability platforms. The document highlights the role of AI agents and multimodal interaction, and explains how education-specific AI models, general large language models and basic AI capabilities can work together to connect physical learning spaces with digital systems.

The standards are intended for education institutions, technology providers and standard-setting bodies involved in developing AI-enabled education systems and smart campuses.