Implementing innovative methods to train teachers in using artificial intelligence resources in education.
The AI4T (Artificial Intelligence for and by Teachers) project aims to implement innovative methods to train teachers in using artificial intelligence resources in education. The project is a collaboration between France, Slovenia, Italy, Ireland, and Luxembourg, and it focuses on contributing to training on AI in education. The main takeaways from the project include:
1. Open Textbook for Teachers: The project has developed an open educational resource, the AI Textbook, designed for use by teachers to address the needs of teachers. It aims to enable teachers to understand AI and make informed choices when it comes to adopting or not adopting AI into their practice.
2. Comprehensive Training Pathway: The partnership has designed a comprehensive bottom-up training pathway, allowing teachers to participate in its design and evaluation. This approach emphasizes the involvement of teachers in the training process.
3. Evaluation of Interventions: The project aims to explore and support the use of AI in education by designing a training process to support teachers in deconstructing their preconceptions, developing their knowledge, and encouraging an informed use of AI in educational contexts. It also focuses on evaluating the impact of the training process on teachers’ opinions, attitudes, and behaviours regarding the use of AI in the classroom.
For the experiment, the project is specifically aimed at teachers of 14–17-year-olds with expertise in foreign languages, mathematics or science and, to a lesser extent, school headmasters in a management role. The training developed, which has met with great success, is intended to be used on a wider scale (in other European countries, at all school levels and for all teachers, whatever the subject taught).