About This Course
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future technology. It is already inside the tools that teachers and students use every day, from writing assistants and content generators to adaptive learning platforms and automated feedback systems. Yet most education professionals have never had the opportunity to explore AI in a structured, critical and pedagogically grounded way.
This course gives education professionals exactly that opportunity. Over one week, participants develop a clear, confident and critical understanding of how AI works, how it is already shaping education, and how to use it effectively, ethically and responsibly in their professional context. This is not a course about technology for its own sake. It is a course about using AI as a tool to save time, personalise learning, reduce workload and improve outcomes for students.
The course is fully aligned with the newest EU digital competence frameworks including DigComp 3.0, published November 2025, and the updated DigCompEdu framework, and connects directly to the Erasmus+ 2026 horizontal priority of Digital Transformation and the Digital Education Action Plan 2021 to 2027.
Who Should Attend
- Teachers and educators at all levels and subject areas
- School leaders and deputy heads
- ICT coordinators and digital champions
- VET trainers and adult education professionals
- School counsellors and support staff with teaching responsibilities
- No prior technical knowledge of AI is required
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
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Explain how AI works in accessible, non-technical terms and communicate this confidently to colleagues, students and parents.
You will be able to have a genuine, informed conversation about AI with a parent who is worried about their child using ChatGPT, a colleague who thinks AI will replace teachers, or a school leader deciding whether to adopt an AI tool. You will understand the difference between narrow AI and general AI, know what large language models actually do and be able to explain it without jargon or fear.
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Evaluate a range of AI tools relevant to education and make informed, critical decisions about which tools to use and when.
You will have tested at least eight AI tools across different functions: lesson planning, content generation, differentiation, formative assessment and feedback. For each one you will have a clear picture of what it does well, what it does badly, what it costs, what data it collects and whether it is appropriate for use with your students.
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Design learning activities and lesson plans that integrate AI in pedagogically sound and ethically responsible ways.
You will design a complete AI-enhanced learning activity for your own subject area and age group. The design process is structured to ensure you start with the learning goal, not the tool, which is the single most important shift in how education professionals think about technology integration.
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Apply strategies for managing AI use among students, including approaches to academic integrity and responsible digital citizenship.
You will develop a practical policy for AI use in your classroom that is neither a blanket ban nor an uncritical open door. It will define what responsible AI use looks like for your students and how you will handle academic integrity when AI-generated content is involved.
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Navigate the ethical, privacy and data protection dimensions of AI in educational settings.
You will understand what the EU AI Act means for schools and educators, how GDPR applies when using AI tools with student data, and what your school's responsibilities are when deploying AI systems.
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Connect their use of AI to the EU DigComp 3.0 framework and their own professional digital competence development plan.
You will complete a DigComp 3.0 self-assessment at the start and end of the course, mapping exactly which digital competences you have developed and at which proficiency level. This gives you a precise, EU-validated record of your professional development for your Erasmus+ participant report.
A 7-Day Professional Development Experience
The Sude Nexus programme combines five days of intensive professional training with a structured arrival day and a cultural excursion day. The outline below gives a general sense of the week. We are always open to tailoring the programme to your needs.
Participants arrive at their chosen destination and are welcomed by the Sude Nexus local team. Check-in to accommodation, welcome pack distribution and an informal welcome dinner. A brief orientation walk introduces the city.
Guided cultural excursion to a key landmark of the destination. Participants travelling home are free to depart after breakfast.
This outline is a starting point, not a fixed schedule. Contact us to discuss how we can tailor this programme for your institution.
EU Policy Alignment
Erasmus+ 2026 Horizontal Priorities
EU Competence Frameworks
EU Policy Initiatives
Available Locations and Dates
This course is available across all 13 Sude Nexus destinations. Check the dates page for current availability.
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