Informing policy and good practices for the use of AI in education: results of the European co-funded project AI4EDU

On Saturday, December 6, the University of Cyprus (ReSciTEG) and the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute co-organised a national event to present the project results with emphasis on policy recommendations inspired from the AI4EDU project. Educators, researchers, students, and policy stakeholders came together to explore:– How GenAI works and what it really means for teaching and learning– What AI4EDU pilot data reveal about […]

Open Classroom Conference 2025

The Final Conference of the project entitled Open Classroom Conference 2025, “Empowering Educators and Learners for the Age of AI,” was held on November 7–8, 2025, at the premises of Ellinogermaniki Agogi School. The conference was supported by the Open Technologies Organization and eTwinning, and was held under the auspices of EDEN. The main objective […]

Pilots implementation in CY, GR, IE and SE

From January to May 2025 classroom pilots were conducted across the four project countries to explore how AI tools support teaching, learning, and student academic performance, motivation and engagement. For SB, a control–experimental group comparison approach was adopted: In the experimental group, students used SB either outside class (e.g., for self-study, homework, and test preparation) or […]

Training workshops for pilot implementation (CY, GR, IE, SE)

Before the pilots, teachers and students in all four countries participated in dedicated training sessions to familiarise themselves with the AI4EDU tools and evaluation instruments. Sessions focused on using the Study Buddy and Teacher Mate assistants for several teaching and learning activities, e.g. lesson planning, content creation, concept explanation etc. as well as on informing […]

Navigating The New Frontier — HumAInology, Creativity and the Code Within

Navigating The New Frontier — HumAInology, Creativity and the Code Within Dr. Daithí Ó Murchú © October 2025 Abstract This paper, positioned as BLOG 16 in the evolving AI4EDU series, explores the intersection of AI Singularity, STREAMS education (Ó Murchú, 2019/Appendix 1), and HumAInology (Ó Murchú, 2024/ Appendix 2) — the emerging pedagogy of human–AI […]

6th Barcelona Conference on Education (ARC)

Outline The AI4EDU Project Applications overview Study Buddy (students) Teacher Mate (teachers) Piloting the Greek application in Greece & Cyprus Results and future steps AI4EDU Overview Full title: Conversational AI assistant for teaching and learning Framework: Erasmus+ Forward Looking Projects Duration: 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2025 Countries: Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Sweden Languages: Greek, English, Swedish

ARC teachers workshop 3rd Korydallos High School

As part of an Erasmus+ KA1 Job Shadowing activity, the 3rd Korydallos High School welcomed two educators from the Galileo Galilei School (Florence, Italy) for a short-term training exchange focused on sharing practices and exploring educational innovation. Following the school’s kind invitation, Anna Vacalopoulou delivered a 3-hour hands-on workshop on the use of conversational AI assistants in […]

UCY ESERA 2025 Conference

Dear ESERA Community, It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Copenhagen and to the 16th Conference of The European Science Education Research Association, taking place August 25-29, 2025. Under the theme Transitions in Science Education: Sustainability and Digital Advances, this conference brings together researchers, educators, and practitioners from around the world to explore […]

LTU WASP Thematic Summer School

Welcome to the WASP Thematic Summer school on Rethinking and Rescaling LLMs in Luleå. Large Language Models (LLMs) have become ubiquitous, providing AI solutions across various fields, including robotics, bioinformatics, music, and more. The costs involved, however, show that new ways of thinking are required to make them sustainable. This Summer School aims to inspire […]

Professional development programme

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 […]