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On November 2, 2026, the Second Shanghai Senior Learning Course Exhibition, hosted by Shanghai Open University and the Shanghai Service and Guidance Center for Building a Learning Society, opened at the Shanghai Exhibition Center and ran for three days, showcasing more than 500 senior education courses in a concentrated display, with an expected attendance of over 100,000 visitors. At the opening ceremony, the first batch of 20 municipal-level premium senior education courses was released, with a key focus on the AI direction, and AI trend courses accounted for about 40 percent; the "AI General Knowledge 100 Points" (Senior Edition) course and the "One Net Learning 2.0" platform were simultaneously released and launched. At the venue, seniors experienced embodied intelligent health and eldercare devices such as AI exoskeletons, AI health screening robots, and humanoid robots. Reports on the same day also mentioned that videos created with AI by two Shanghai senior learners with zero prior experience, Fang Zigen and Chen Dongxia, were selected for the Hong Kong Bauhinia International Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Short Film Festival and won awards.
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Shanghai Grandpas and Aunties Take the Stage at an International Film Festival with AI Videos, as AI Trend Courses in Senior Education Gain Popularity
Two Shanghai senior learners with zero prior experience, Fang Zigen and Chen Dongxia, had videos they created with AI selected for the Hong Kong Bauhinia International Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Short Film Festival, winning awards including Best AI Short Film and Best Art Award. The Second Shanghai Senior Learning Course Exhibition released its first batch of 20 premium courses, about 40% of which are AI trend courses, and simultaneously launched the 100-episode course "AI Literacy 100 Points" aimed at the 55–75 age group. Data shows that 69.6% of surveyed seniors are willing to participate in AI learning.
Shanghai Observer
The Second Shanghai Senior Learning Course Exhibition Opens: Silver-haired Visitors Experience AI Exoskeletons and Embodied Intelligence Health Care
The Second Shanghai Senior Learning Course Exhibition opened on November 2 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center and runs for three days, showcasing more than 500 senior education courses in a concentrated display, with an expected attendance of over 100,000 visitors. At the venue, silver-haired visitors experienced embodied intelligence health care devices such as AI exoskeletons, AI health screening robots, and humanoid robots. At the opening ceremony, the first batch of 20 municipal-level premium senior education courses focused on the AI direction, and the "AI Literacy 100 Points" (Senior Edition) course and the "One Network Learning 2.0" platform were simultaneously released and launched.
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The Second Shanghai Senior Learning Course Exhibition opened, releasing courses including "AI Literacy 100 Points" (Senior Edition)
The Second Shanghai Senior Learning Course Exhibition opened at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, with 102 enterprises and institutions exhibiting and displaying more than 500 courses, and releasing the first batch of 20 Shanghai senior education premium courses and "AI Literacy 100 Points" (Senior Edition). The latter features seven major sections with a total of 100 episodes, each about 5 minutes long, and adopts large fonts, high contrast, and AI video generation technology, and can be viewed on platforms such as "One Net Learning". Data shows that 69.6% of surveyed seniors are willing to participate in AI learning.