Learning Impact Korea 2026
Context for AI, Trust for Learning
- When
- Where
- Seoul EdTech SoftLab, Konkuk University
AI tutors are starting to help students learn. But how much student information should an AI be allowed to see? And which of the many edtech apps used in schools can be trusted?
These are the questions 1EdTech, the global education standards community of more than 1,100 institutions and companies, is working on hardest right now. Three weeks after its Technical Congress in Milwaukee, 1EdTech's CEO and Chief Architect bring the answers to Seoul in person. Much of it is being presented in Korea for the first time. English sessions have live Korean captions.
What you will see first
- New rules for sharing student context with AI: the six principles of TPLC, a proposed standard for giving AI only the student information a school allows.
- Security for AI agents: what 1EdTech security requirements mean when AI agents connect to school systems.
- The next TAMS: the platform more than 600 US districts and universities use to choose apps by their privacy and security results, now with about 14,000 apps.
- 1EdTech Korea Co-Labs, live: Korea's national curriculum and job competency standards published free as machine-readable standard data (CASE), an AI-built curriculum knowledge map, side-by-side comparison with US and EU skills frameworks, and a bilingual data dictionary across 12 standards.
- Digital badges: international governance and ecosystem models, and what they mean for Korea.
Who should come
- Edtech founders and technical leads: how schools abroad are changing the way they choose products, and what to prepare in the next twelve months.
- Schools, education offices and universities: how to protect student data and choose trustworthy products when adopting AI.
- Education data and AI researchers: free curriculum data and a data dictionary you can use right away.
Day two: Thursday 12 November
A hands-on seminar on applying 1EdTech standards and getting certified follows at the same venue from 14:00. Open to non-members. You can register for both days with one form.
Free of charge. 150 seats, first come, first served.
Program
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 13:00–13:30 | Registration | |
| 13:30–13:40 | Opening and welcome | Yong-Sang Cho, Chair, 1EdTech Korea |
| 13:40–14:10 | Keynote: Context for AI, Trust for Learning AI needs learner context, but schools, not vendors, should decide how much to share. How standards, certification and app management come together so schools can use AI with trust, and the role Korea now plays. | Curtiss Barnes, CEO, 1EdTech |
| 14:10–14:50 | Fresh from Milwaukee: sharing student context with AI, security for the agent era, and the next TAMS First presentation in Korea of the Technical Congress discussions: the six TPLC principles, security for AI agents connecting to school systems, and the next TAMS with about 14,000 apps. | Tim Couper, Chief Architect, 1EdTech |
| 14:50–15:00 | Korean edtech: what to prepare in the next twelve months | Yong-Sang Cho |
| 15:00–15:15 | Break and networking | |
| 15:15–15:45 | First look: 1EdTech Korea Co-Labs, live demonstration Korea's curriculum and job competency standards as free, machine-readable standard data; an AI-built knowledge map; comparison with US and EU skills frameworks; and a bilingual data dictionary across 12 standards. | Yong-Sang Cho |
| 15:45–16:05 | Digital badge governance: international trends and implications for Korea | Hong-Rae Kim, Chuncheon National University of Education |
| 16:05–16:25 | Digital badge ecosystem models: international trends and implications for Korea | Hun Jung, LearningSpark |
| 16:25–16:55 | Panel: Korean edtech going global through standards | Moderator: Yong-Sang Cho |
| 16:55–17:05 | Getting involved with 1EdTech Korea | 1EdTech Korea Secretariat |
| 17:05–17:20 | Q&A and closing | |
| 17:20–18:30 | Networking reception Meet the speakers and try Co-Labs at the demo tables. |
Speakers
- Curtiss Barnes
- Tim Couper
- Yong-Sang Cho
- Hong-Rae Kim
- Hun Jung
Venue
Seoul EdTech SoftLab, Konkuk University (120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul) Konkuk Univ. Station, subway lines 2 and 7. Parking is not available; please use public transport.
Attendance information
- Free of charge. Advance registration required (first come, first served; waitlist when full).
- Registration opens at 13:00.
- English sessions are supported with live Korean captions (on your phone and the stage screen). The caption service is a beta used for the first time at this event.
- Photos and video will be taken at the event and may be used on the 1EdTech Korea website and news. If you prefer not to be filmed, please tell the registration desk.
- Host
- 1EdTech Korea
- Contact
- membership@1edtechkorea.org