EdIS Engagement Events

EdIS/C2k were delighted to partner with the UK Safer Internet Centre to deliver Online Safety events for all who work with children and young people. Safety online is constantly changing and the purpose of Online Safety Live events is to provide access to this information, right on people’s doorsteps. This event gives teachers and educators the latest in research, legislation, technology, tools and resources.

This session is delivered by the team at the South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) along with Marese Mulligan, C2k eLearning Consultant. SWGfL are a charitable trust dedicated to empowering the safe and secure use of technology through innovative services, tools, content and policy, nationally and globally. SWGfL are proud to be a world leader in online child safety, a founding member of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety as well as an advisor to Governments and the lead partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre.

Stakeholder engagement is at the heart of the Education Information Solutions (EdIS) Programme and a key component has been the successful series of ‘Walk the Walls’ events.

Walk the Walls was designed to bring school leaders, decision-makers and key influencers together to engage in meaningful discussions, exchange ideas and collectively contribute to future educational systems being delivered by EdIS.

Over recent months, some 15 of these events have attracted more than 500 attendees, with the last session taking place in late November 2023.

The Walk the Walls series was instrumental in facilitating two-way interaction with a wide and representative range of stakeholders, encouraging collaboration and building momentum. 

Each event provided an opportunity for attendees to walk through the plans of the EdIS projects, taking them from where we are now to what the future will look like, in an interactive format. 

At these sessions, an outline of EdIS was provided, supplemented by informative presentations by individual workstream leads, aimed at enhancing knowledge of what the Programme entails and outlining the benefits our projects will bring to children and young people and the wider education community.

Equally importantly, as the input of stakeholders is critical to the successful design and implementation of all aspects of the EdIS Programme, Walk the Walls events enabled the team to receive valuable feedback, hear views on proposed EdIS projects and engage in productive discussion around the way forward.

As the Walk the Walls series concluded, EdIS Programme Director, Frances Meehan, pledged to continue working closely with schools and other education stakeholders. On behalf of the Education Authority, Interim Director of Finance, Simon Christie, affirmed EA’s commitment to the EdIS Programme and emphasised the importance of a collaborative approach.

To read more about Walk the Walls see our news article: Education Authority commits to continuing collaborative approach in delivering EdIS Programme.

Northern Ireland’s school leaders and education professionals have come together for the first time to discuss the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in classrooms and learning environments.

Organised jointly by the Education Authority’s Education Information Solutions (EdIS) Programme and the Innovation Forum, the ground-breaking ‘AI in Education in NI’ conference took place on Tuesday 21 November 2023 in the award-winning science discovery centre, W5, in Belfast.

In attendance were two hundred school principals and senior teachers, together with representatives from the Department of Education (DE), Education Authority (EA), Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) and other education leaders.

To view videos from the Conference, including all keynote presentations, visit our AI in Education in NI Conference webpage. 

An EdIS information roadshow designed specifically for the Nursery Education Sector was held in November 2024 in W5, Belfast. To watch recordings of the presentations please visit our Information Roadshow for Nursery Schools page.

The ‘TrAIlblazing NI’ event, held on 7th April 2025 in W5 Belfast, was the culmination of the Microsoft 365 Copilot Proof of Concept (PoC) project. 

The project was facilitated by EdIS/C2k working with Microsoft alongside Research Partner, the Ulster University. The event marked the launch the TrAIlblazing NI report and provided an opportunity for PoC colleagues to reconnect and share experiences. 

Presentation recordings are available from PoC practitioners, EdIS/C2k staff, and Microsoft and UU representatives, highlighting the work of the project and how AI has been adopted into daily work practices.