A Digital EnvironmentwithElementsofArtificialIntelligence to SupportCurriculumRenewal in Slovenia
Slovenia is currently undergoing a comprehensive curriculum reform, which includes the renewal of subject-specific curricula and the curriculum catalogues across the entire educational system, from primary to upper secondary education. This highly extensive process initially involved more than 1,000 committee members, over 250 revised documents, and nearly 30,000 educational and leadership professionals who will, starting in the 2026/27 school year, gradually begin using the renewed curricular documents for planning and implementing pedagogical work.
This contribution presents the digital support system that accompanied the complex, system-wide renewal process, implemented in two phases:
(1) the development phase of the subject-specific curricula and the curriculum catalogues, supported by AI-based tools for curriculum committee members, and
(2) the implementation phase, in which the renewed documents are used for planning educational work with integrated AI elements.
During the development phase, an application was established to ensure a unified structure of all curricular documents and the consistent use of terminology. At the same time, an AI assistant supported a key innovation of the reform—common objectives—by enabling autonomous tagging of content and its connections to these objectives, thus assisting the work of curriculum committees. The application then became an external data source for the next phase, when the renewed subject-specific curricula and the curriculum catalogues enter practical use.
The platform represents a comprehensive digital environment for browsing the subject-specific curricula and the curriculum catalogues, planning educational work through annual and detailed lesson plans, as well as planning and analysing assessment. A key component of the platform is artificial intelligence, which—for example, through a multi-layered AI advisor—supports teachers in planning while ensuring that teachers retain their central role in the process.