F.J. (Francisco José) Castillo Hernández, Dr

Sustainable MobILity in school Education (SMILE)

AIM

SMILE's main aim is to increase awareness on climate change and sustainable mobility through the implementation of green activities in climate change education. The European Commission indicates that there is a need for sustainable competences to be developed within students and climate change education can help raise awareness of the GHG emission the sector of transport is creating and thus act responsibly (Park et al., 2020).

The project will introduce the SMILE methodology and educational resources to offer the training needed for teachers on climate change which will help students act as agents of change for sustainable mobility. The appropriate sustainable competences will be developed in order for students to become aware of the climate change problem and the need of sustainable mobility action to decrease the GHG emissions entering the atmosphere.

SMILE OBJECTIVES

1. Design a tailored methodology to build the capacity of teachers to implement activities in the field of climate change and STEAM in line with GreenComp.

2. Develop resources for teachers and students to promote climate change awareness and sustainable mobility.

3. Improve students' creativity, critical thinking, problem solving and STEM competencies.

4. Raise awareness about climate change education among key stakeholders.

5. Raise awareness on the significance of sustainable mobility among students.

RESULTS AND OUTCOMES

1. e-Guide for teachers with guidelines to engage students in climate change education.

2. E-Learning space and blended modules for teachers.

3. Training Curriculum.

4. Digital Escape Rooms.

5. Animation videos that will tackle the topics of climate change, sustainable mobility and the role of the younger generation and students.

6. 10,000 stakeholders informed about climate change education and sustainable mobility.

FINDING AND PARTNERS

Sustainable MobILity in school Education received a grant from Erasmus+.

Collaboration between six partners:

1. University of Groningen.

2. Education and Innovation Hub (KMOP).

3. CARDET.

4. I AND F Education and Development.

5. Right Challenge.

6. INNOVADE

WEBSITE

https://www.thesmileproject.eu/

Artificial Intelligence for Professional and Pedagogical Practices in Higher Education (INFINITE)

AIM

INFINITE's main aim is to prepare Higher Education (HE) faculty to critically and ethically exploit AI-based technology for their professional and pedagogical practices, supporting Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to leverage the best possible outcomes from AI developments.  

INFINITE OBJECTIVES

1. Raise awareness about the affordances and challenges of AI for stimulating innovative professional and pedagogical practices in HE (All Priorities).

2. Develop hands-on resources for HE academics to recognize and leverage AI for their professional and pedagogical practice, considering the ethical implications (All priorities).

3. Build HE academics’ and students’ digital competences, readiness and resilience to effectively use AI with ethical responsibility and integrity, for teaching, learning and assessment (All priorities).

4. Promote higher education institutions’ digital transformation through capacity-building and preparedness of the HE community, to leverage AI for professional and pedagogical practices (Priorities 1 & 3).

RESULTS AND OUTCOMES

1. Desk and field research to map the landscape of AI in higher education (Objective 1).

2. AI Literacy Toolkit with a collection of 35 best case studies, readiness checklist and visualised framework for HE academics to get familiar with and select AI tools for professional and pedagogical practice (All objectives).

3. Digital learning hub as an interactive platform with a battery of free AI-driven tools and examples for professional, teaching, learning and assessment purposes, to assist HE academics (All objectives).

4. Faculty and student capacity-building courses on how to critically and wisely use AI for teaching, learning and assessment (All objectives).

5. Dissemination and exploitation activities and materials (Objective 1).

FINDING AND PARTNERS

INFINITE received a grant from Erasmus+.

Collaboration between six partners:

1. University of Groningen.

2. Educational Excellence Corporation Limited

3. University College Dublin

4. University of Aegean

5. All Digital

6. CARDET

WEBSITE

https://infinite-erasmus.eu/