Innovative learning: Digitalisation and web tools (1 week in Athens)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Dates

2027: Upon Request

2028: Upon Request

Intro

Are you ready to explore how digital tools and artificial intelligence can make learning more creative, interactive, and engaging?

‘Smart teaching’ explores the role of technology in modern education, combining artificial intelligence, digital tools, gamification, and interactive learning approaches. Participants will experiment with AI applications, QR codes, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 tools, mobile learning, digital storytelling, and smart assessment strategies.

The course encourages participants to explore how technology can support creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and student engagement.

Who is this for?

This course is tailored for education professionals of all disciplines, including teachers, trainers, youth workers, mentors, and other professionals interested in exploring digital approaches to learning.

No advanced digital expertise is required. Participants with different levels of experience are welcome to experiment with new technologies and discover practical ways to integrate them into their educational practice. Participants will benefit from an international learning experience while travelling with Erasmus+.

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explore digital pedagogy: Understand how digital technologies and AI can support creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and engagement.
• Experiment with AI in education: Explore AI tools and strategies for creating content, designing learning activities, and supporting assessment.
• Use interactive digital tools: Experiment with QR codes, mobile learning, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 platforms to create more interactive learning experiences.
• Explore gamification: Discover how games, challenges, and gamified activities can increase motivation and participation.
• Develop smart assessment approaches: Explore digital and AI-supported tools for formative and summative assessment.
• Create multimedia content: Experiment with interactive videos, digital storytelling, and other multimedia resources.
• Design technology-enhanced learning: Apply digital tools and approaches to create a student-centred learning activity.
• Reflect and exchange: Present ideas, receive feedback, and exchange experiences with other education professionals.

Modules

• Module 1: Foundations of technology-enhanced teaching. Explore current trends in educational technology and the role of AI in modern learning.
• Module 2: Digital pedagogy and 21st-century competencies. Examine how technology can support creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and digital literacy.
• Module 3: Gamification in the classroom. Discover ways to use games, challenges, and digital activities to encourage motivation and participation.
• Module 4: Interactive and blended learning. Experiment with mobile devices, apps, and online platforms to create more active learning experiences.
• Module 5: Smart assessment. Discover how AI and digital tools can support formative and summative assessment.
• Module 6: Technology-enhanced learning activities. Apply the tools and approaches explored during the course to develop student-centred learning activities.
• Module 10: Showcase and peer feedback. Present activities and ideas, exchange feedback, and reflect on different approaches to technology-enhanced learning.

Course Outcomes

• Develop digital confidence: Experiment with a variety of digital tools and become more confident in exploring new technologies.
• Explore AI in education: Use AI tools to generate ideas, create content, and support different aspects of the learning process.
• Create interactive learning experiences: Experiment with digital platforms, QR codes, multimedia, and mobile tools to increase interaction and engagement.
• Explore gamification: Use game-based approaches to encourage motivation, participation, and creativity.
• Strengthen digital literacy: Develop a more informed and creative approach to selecting and using digital technologies.
• Create digital content: Experiment with digital storytelling, interactive video, and other multimedia formats.
• Collaborate through technology: Exchange ideas and work collaboratively with other participants using digital tools and platforms.

Equipment

Participants are required to bring a laptop for activities involving AI tools, web-based platforms, digital applications, and other technologies used during the course.

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Destination:

Athens. The city with the most glorious history in the world, a city worshipped by gods and people, a magical city. The enchanting capital of Greece has always been a birthplace for civilization. It is the city where democracy was born and most of the wise men of ancient times. The most important civilization of ancient world flourished in Athens and relives through some of the world’s most formidable edifices.

Who hasn’t heard of the Acropolis of Athens? Photos and history of the most famous archaeological monument in Europe is admired by thousands of people. Acropolis is nominated to be one of the 7 wonders of modern world. In fact the trademark of Athens is one of the favorites. The Holy Rock of Acropolis dates back to the 5th BC, the famous Golden Age of Periklis. Athens met times of bloom and decline, but still shines under the Attic sky gazing the future. Still sparkling like the marbles of Parthenon and the limpid white of Pentelic marble.