Executive SummaryThis report provides a comprehensive overview of the five-day professional development programme delivered in cooperation with the Portuguese Ministry of Education, by Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú in Portugal (July 2025) under the AI4EDU ERASMUS+, Forward-Looking Project. Hosted in collaboration with ai4edu.eu, the week consisted of keynotes, webinars, workshops, and hands-on experiences with a focus […]
At the ESIA Academy, we had the opportunity to present our project, sharing valuable insights and exchanging ideas with educators and researchers from across Europe. As part of the Discovery Space Summer Course, a European-funded Erasmus+ project, we delivered an interactive workshop entitled “Teaching and Learning with AI: Best Practices and Tools.” During the session, […]
On May 30, 2025, we participated in the International Conference on “Inclusive STEAM Education,” organized by the SpicE project (https://spiceacademy.eu/), held at the Hellenic Open University in Patras, Greece, and online. As part of the conference, we presented a talk titled “Innovative AI Tools for Enhancing Inclusive STEAM Education: The Role of Teacher Mate and […]
Expansive Design Across Borders: AI-Powered Education and Organisational Psychology to Cultivate the Joy of Learning Among Migrant and Minority Communities in Ireland Ó Murchú, D., Milopoulos, G., Coakley, P., Hand-Campbell, T., and Rayfus, J. Executive Summary This paper explores the transformative potential of AI-enhanced educational tools, specifically TeacherMate and StudyBuddy, in fostering inclusive learning environments […]
D74 Vassilis Katsouros, ARC was a keynote speaker presenting recent advancements in GenAI and LLMs, including the AI4EDU project outcomes to around 80 participants, including faculty members of the University of Crete, researchers and educators. D75 Vassilis Katsouros and Pepi Stamouli held a workshop on AI in the teaching practice, where Teacher Mate was thoroughly […]
1. Executive SummaryThis intensive and dynamic five-day Erasmus+ KA1 conference and training experience empowered over 30 European educators and school leaders to engage deeply with cutting-edge applications of AI in education. Hosted in collaboration with European ERA Málaga and featuring Spanish, and Nordic educators from Sweden and Denmark, the course covered AI policy, pedagogy, GDPR, […]
George Paraskevopoulos, ARC, participated in the AI-THOS Train-the-Trainer Bootcamp 6-8 May 2025 in Lubljiana, Slovenia. He had a presentation on LLMs and education, where he presented the innovations of the AI4EDU project in the domain of GenAI in education to around 30 researchers of the AI-THOS project from the SSH domain, introducing them to GenAI […]
The Moral Taxonomy of AI Assistants Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú © April 2025 As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to penetrate the fabric of education, the question is no longer whether AI belongs in our classrooms but how it reshapes epistemologies, pedagogies, and the moral imperatives governing these transitions. BLOG 15 proposes a nuanced moral taxonomy […]
Towards a Creative Singularity AI Agency Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú © April 2025 This disruptive and challenging BLOG14 expands on four key hypotheses about the future of education, creativity, and AI. Grounded in UNESCO’s AI Competencies and the EU AI Act, and illustrated by the AI4EDU project’s Teacher Mate and Study Buddy platforms, I envision […]
The Dawn of Post-Smartphone Era Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú © April 2025 This BLOG explores the evolving landscape of augmented reality (AR) wearables and artificial intelligence (AI) governance in education. Informed by Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement of a post-smartphone future and Meta’s efforts to develop sophisticated smart glasses (Foster, 2025), the BLOG examines how emerging technologies […]
