Within the domain of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential contributions to humanity, concurrent concerns and uncertainties about AI or AI-enabled robots are evident. This research identified a crucial gap, specifically the lack of comprehens...
Within the domain of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential contributions to humanity, concurrent concerns and uncertainties about AI or AI-enabled robots are evident. This research identified a crucial gap, specifically the lack of comprehensive exploration into ethical considerations and the absence of precise guidelines for AI application within educational contexts. The primary objective of this study is to bridge this void by devising ethical guidelines tailored for pivotal educational stakeholders. They include program designers and developers, researchers, instructors, and learners actively engaged in integrating AI for educational purposes. To accomplish this objective, ethical considerations for AI application in education were derived through an analysis of prior research on established AI ethics, organizing specific definitions. An initial draft of ethical guidelines, customized for relevant stakeholders in the educational sphere, was developed. The validation involved a two-step Delphi survey encompassing four distinct groups. This iterative survey effectively eliminated redundancies in ethical considerations and refined them to align with the perspectives of pertinent practitioners, interpreting specific ethical considerations. The study culminated in the identification of six overarching areas—transparency, justice and fairness, nonmaleficence, responsibility, freedom and autonomy, and coexistence—along with 28 components (e.g., transparency, fairness, safety, privacy, sustainability, solidarity, etc.) comprising the ethical guidelines for the educational use of AI. The proposed guidelines furnish a comprehensive framework for ethical practices in the integration of AI into educational settings.