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AI in Higher Education:

Analysis of Relevant Practices and Their
Potential for Green Transition

Vesna Ferk Savec Sanja Jedrinović
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
vesna.ferk@pef.uni-lj.si sanja.jedrinovic@uni-lj.si

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to significantly impact the entire
spectrum of sustainable development by targeting the 17 Sustainable Devel-
opment Goals (SDGs) of the 3 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In the
present study, we analysed reports from university teachers on 6 practises of
AI implementation in pedagogical processes at nine faculties of the University
of Ljubljana that responded to a call for participation in the Artificial Intelli-
gence in Education project at the University of Ljubljana (3–4). We found
that various AI tools were mainly used to facilitate the achievement of the sus-
tainable development pillars Economy (SDG9, SDG1) and Society (SDG4) in
different areas of KLASIUS-P educational activities, other SDGs were addressed
to a lesser extent. Based on the results, we can conclude that the integration of
AI into the pedagogical process has great potential but needs to be supported
by regulatory insights and monitoring of AI-based technologies to enable sus-
tainable development.
Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs), artificial intelligence in edu-
cation (AIEd), higher education (HE)
© 5 Vesna Ferk Savec and Sanja Jedrinović
https://doi.org/1.6493/978-961-93-467-5.4

Introduction
The conceptualisation and operationalisation of sustainability as a global im-
perative has undergone a significant paradigm shift, catalysed by the formu-
lation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the associated
169 targets ratified by the United Nations in the 3 Agenda for Sustainable
Development (United Nations, 15). This multi-layered framework has led to
an unprecedented focus on the principles of sustainability across different
disciplines and sectors. The SDGs represent a comprehensive, integrated ap-
proach to tackling complex global challenges and mark the transition from
siloed interventions to a more holistic understanding of sustainable develop-
ment (Bexell & Jönsson, 17; Mensah, 19). The adoption of the 3 Agen-
da in conjunction with the Paris Climate Agreement represents a turning

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