Four Higher Education Institutions submitted the application of the project “Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Teaching and Learning” (AI-HED), that has been awarded with 250.000 euros and received 89 points out of 100 by the European Commission.
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) was the applicant organisation, in partnership with the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna (UAS-BFI), the Polytechnic University of Lisbon (IPL) and the University of Zagreb - Faculty of Organization and Informatics (FOI).
The broader aim of AI-HED Project is to adjust the teaching and learning environments at HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) to the shifts caused by Artificial Intelligence (AI). With this project, the consortium wants to explore, test and conceptualise the impact of AI on teaching and learning, enhance teachers skills, competences and attitudes to use AI in teaching and learning, enhance students skills, competences and attitudes to use AI in learning and also develop recommendations for HEIs on integration of AI in teaching and learning.
The AI-HED project brings together members from the four partner institutions. Representing the School of Communication and Media Studies - Polytechnic University of Lisbon (ESCS-IPL) are Ana Raposo, Tatiana Nunes, and Bruno Amaral Tiago; from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), Erik Kostelijk, Bernard Smeenk, and Margit Varga; from the Fachhochschule BFI Wien (UAS-BFI), Dietmar Paier, Johannes Wetzinger, and Anastasija Lyubova; and from the University of Zagreb - Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Izabela Oletic and Bogdan Okreša Đurić.
AI-HED is a two years project, ending in the end of the academic year 2025/2026, and will develop a variety of activities, such as: A set of measures to enhance the AI literacy of lecturers (AI starter kit, training and Massive Open Online Course - MOOC) Design, implementation and evaluation of 16 pilot courses which integrate AI in teaching and learning from different disciplines Development of concluding recommendations on how to integrate AI in teaching and learning A set of outreach activities to share the results with relevant stakeholders
AI-HED focuses on a key topic of the on-going digital transformation - Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is spreading at an unprecedented pace and has a profound impact on higher education, as exemplified by the emergence of ChatGPT and similar tools. AI-HED explores ways to adjust the teaching and learning environments at higher education institutions (HEIs) to the shifts caused by AI. More specifically, the project aims to test and conceptualise the impact of AI on the teaching and learning process, to enhance the skills and competences of teachers and students to use AI in teaching and learning environments, and to develop recommendations for HEIs on integration of AI in the teaching and learning process in a responsible, critical and inclusive way
Erasmus+ is the EU Programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the 2021-2027 period, and AI-HED Project was submitted and awarded under the Key Action 2: Cooperation among organisations and institutions.