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Uedu is a free, non-commercial public education platform independently developed by Assistant Professor Chia-Kai Chang and adopted across institutions. This page explains how the platform’s existing functions correspond to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — each correspondence is backed by functions and data in actual operation, rather than being a declarative label.
List only objectives with actual operational functions and data support; do not enumerate seventeen items merely for completeness
Corresponding items marked as "in progress" in ongoing research are not claimed to be effective before empirical results are obtained
The platform is non-commercial and completely free for schools and students. Operating resources are supported through a regulated donation mechanism (fundraising in progress), and are currently absorbed by the platform itself
Quality Education
Make generative AI a learning companion for every learner
Uedu's core mission is SDG 4: lowering the threshold for access to quality educational resources through AI teaching assistants, AI companions and open courses. The platform is completely free for schools and Students, and the interface is designed with learners without a technical background in mind — any logged-in user can create their own AI channel without needing any programming background.
Climate Action・Sustainable Cities and Communities
Bring real-world environmental data into classroom discussion
Uedu integrates public environmental data from more than 1,200 monitoring stations of the Central Weather Administration and the Ministry of Environment (weather, air quality). In AI conversations in class, students can directly ask, 'How is the air quality at my school today?' or 'Which county or city in Taiwan has the highest PM2.5 this week?' — environmental issues are no longer abstract statements in textbooks, but inquiry materials that begin with the environment they live in.
Environmental data sources are government open data from the Central Weather Administration and the Ministry of Environment; the platform is used only within classroom learning scenarios and does not redistribute or provide the data as a separate service.
Partnerships for the Goals
An open ecosystem adopted across campuses and shared internationally
Uedu is deployed in many universities, colleges and senior secondary schools across Taiwan, and promotes inter-institutional exchange through academic networks. The platform uses a funding structure of 'schools providing their own keys, or support through regulated donations' to ensure sustainable operation does not depend on commercialisation.
Reduced Inequalities
Educational equity premised on being free and public
The platform is free and non-commercial; this in itself is a structural commitment to reducing the digital divide. Research on educational equity is still underway, and we choose to make claims only after obtaining empirical results.
Uedu adopts "Privacy by Design" as a design principle. We believe that the foundation of a sustainable education ecosystem is learners' trust in the platform.
Data collection is conducted with informed consent, with the purpose and protection measures explained first, before inviting participation
The research use has passed research ethics review, and the data are analysed in de-identified, aggregated form
All non-essential fields retain the 'Do not disclose' option, and users may modify or withdraw it at any time
We welcome instructors from universities and colleges nationwide to trial and exchange ideas, and to bring real-world data and issues into general education classrooms.