The AIT project started in 2019 and aims to identify and analyse AI best practices in HE in three countries to develop a road map for future developments and use of AI. The AIT project will investigate three dimensions of AI in education: learning ‘for’ AI, learning ‘about’ AI, learning ‘with’ AI. The focus will be on identifying examples and best practices of AI in HE (across all AI dimensions). The analyses will include outlining national characteristics, specific technologies, and didactic and pedagogical approaches to AI in HE in the United Kingdom, Portugal and Denmark.

1. Artificial Intelligence in Teaching (AIT):
A road map for future developments
José Bidarra, Universidade Aberta, Portugal,
Henrik Køhler Simonsen, SmartLearning, Denmark,
Wayne Holmes, Nesta, United Kingdom
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2. 1. The promise of AI in Higher Education
2. The stakeholders of AI in Higher Education
3. The context of Erasmus+ Project AIT
4. Project objectives and expected outcomes
5. National cases and strategies
6. Dissemination
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3. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), is defined as “the use of computer systems designed to interact
with the world through capabilities and behaviours that we think of as essentially human”.
(Luckin et al., 2016)
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4. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), is defined as “the use of computer systems designed to interact
with the world through capabilities and behaviours that we think of as essentially human”.
(Luckin et al., 2016)
- AI is already a part of life. For instance, personal agents, such as Siri, Alexa or Cortana, and
algorithms that bring us personalised recommendations, for instance in Amazon or Netflix.
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5. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), is defined as “the use of computer systems designed to interact
with the world through capabilities and behaviours that we think of as essentially human”.
(Luckin et al., 2016)
- AI is already a part of life. For instance, personal agents, such as Siri, Alexa or Cortana, and
algorithms that bring us personalised recommendations, for instance in Amazon or Netflix.
- AI-powered learning systems are increasingly being deployed in schools, colleges and
universities.
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6. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Intelligence in
education
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7. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Artificial
Intelligence in
education
Learning with
AI
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8. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Artificial
Intelligence in
education
Learning with
AI
Learning
about AI
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9. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Artificial
Intelligence in
education
Learning with
AI
Learning
about AI
Learning for AI
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10. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Artificial
Intelligence in
education
Learning with
AI
Student-facing
AI
Learning
about AI
Learning for AI
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11. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Artificial
Intelligence in
education
Learning with
AI
Student-facing
AI
Teacher-facing
AI
Learning
about AI
Learning for AI
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12. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Artificial
Intelligence in
education
Learning with
AI
Student-facing
AI
Teacher-facing
AI
System-facing
AI
Learning
about AI
Learning for AI
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13. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Artificial
Intelligence in
education
Learning with
AI
Student-facing
AI
Teacher-facing
AI
System-facing
AI
Learning
about AI
Teaching
young people
about AI
Learning for AI
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14. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Artificial
Intelligence in
education
Learning with
AI
Student-facing
AI
Teacher-facing
AI
System-facing
AI
Learning
about AI
Teaching
young people
about AI
Teaching
teachers about
AI
Learning for AI
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15. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Artificial
Intelligence in
education
Learning with
AI
Student-facing
AI
Teacher-facing
AI
System-facing
AI
Learning
about AI
Teaching
young people
about AI
Teaching
teachers about
AI
Training
tomorrow’s
AI engineers
Learning for AI
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16. The promise of AI in Higher Education (HE)
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Artificial
Intelligence in
education
Learning with
AI
Student-facing
AI
Teacher-facing
AI
System-facing
AI
Learning
about AI
Teaching
young people
about AI
Teaching
teachers about
AI
Training
tomorrow’s
AI engineers
Learning for AI
Learning to
live with AI
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17. Some questions for you:
- What examples of learning with AI in higher education do you know?
- What examples of learning about AI in higher education do you know?
- What examples of learning for AI in higher education do you know?
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18. The stakeholders of AI in HE
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19. The stakeholders of AI in HE
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HE
Students
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20. The stakeholders of AI in HE
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HE
Students
Teachers
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21. The stakeholders of AI in HE
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HE
Students
Teachers
Researchers
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22. The stakeholders of AI in HE
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HE
Students
Teachers
Researchers
Decision
makers
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23. The context of the AIT project
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast becoming ubiquitous. In particular, it is having a critical but
unclear impact on Higher Education (HE) practices, educators and learners across Europe,
which urgently needs to be properly understood.
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24. The context of the AIT project
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast becoming ubiquitous. In particular, it is having a critical but
unclear impact on Higher Education (HE) practices, educators and learners across Europe,
which urgently needs to be properly understood.
- The “Artificial Intelligence in Teaching” Erasmus+ project (AIT) aims to identify and analyse AI
best practices in HE in three countries and to develop a roadmap for future developments and
use.
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25. The context of the AIT project
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast becoming ubiquitous. In particular, it is having a critical but
unclear impact on Higher Education (HE) practices, educators and learners across Europe,
which urgently needs to be properly understood.
- The “Artificial Intelligence in Teaching” Erasmus+ project (AIT) aims to identify and analyse AI
best practices in HE in three countries and to develop a roadmap for future developments and
use.
- The AIT project seeks to uncover national characteristics, specific technologies, and didactic
and pedagogical approaches to AI in HE in the United Kingdom, Portugal and Denmark.
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26. AIT project objectives
A. To identify and analyse practical examples of AI in HE.
B. To identify and analyse best practices of AI in HE.
C. To identify national approaches to AI in HE.
D. To develop a roadmap for the development of AI in HE.
E. To disseminate knowledge about AI in HE.
These objectives are all related to the national characteristics of the countries in the project:
Denmark, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
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27. AIT project expected outcomes
i. increased knowledge of the dimensions of AI at all levels in the HE sector,
ii. research-based data of AI technologies in use across the HE sector,
iii. a research-based roadmap for future development and use of AI in HE,
iv. increased knowledge of AI for informing institutional decisions and
policymaking across Europe.
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28. Study of national cases (DK, UK, PT)
- Identification of cases and activities;
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29. Study of national cases (DK, UK, PT)
- Identification of cases and activities;
- Classification of focus area (some categories):
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems;
• Dialogue-based Tutoring Systems;
• Exploratory Learning Environments;
• Automatic writing evaluation;
• Language Learning;
• Tutoring chatbots;
• Learning analytics;
• Augmented and Virtual Reality.
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30. National characteristics (DK, UK, PT)
- Overview of EU principles on AI in HE
- National digital maturity and strategies for AI
- Analysis of national AI focus areas
- Overview of HE system and national strategy for AI in HE
- Evidence of AI in HE (research, practice / with, for, about AI)
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31. AIT project preliminary outcomes
- AI is widely taught and researched in HE (i.e., learning about AI).
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32. AIT project preliminary outcomes
- AI is widely taught and researched in HE (i.e., learning about AI).
- The impact of AI on human lives (i.e., learning for AI) is not widely taught in
HE.
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33. AIT project preliminary outcomes
- AI is widely taught and researched in HE (i.e., learning about AI).
- The impact of AI on human lives (i.e., learning for AI) is not widely taught in
HE.
- AI is not widely used to support learning in HE (i.e., learning with AI).
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34. Emerging framework
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Learning
with AI
Learning
about AI
Learning
for AI
✔
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35. Emerging framework
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with AI
Learning
about AI
Learning
for AI
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Intelligent
Tutoring
Systems
Dialogue-
based Tutoring
Systems
Exploratory
Learning
Environments
Automatic
writing
evaluation
ITS+
Language
Learning
Chatbots
Augmented
and Virtual
Reality
Learning
Network
Orchestrators
Learning
Analytics
✔ (✔)
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36. National examples of learning with AI in HE
PT
- ABC Teach (learning analytics,
fuzzy logic and affective
computing)
- Learning Scorecard (descriptive
learning analytics)
- ModEst (temporal data mining,
predictive analytics, Markov
chain modelling)
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37. National examples of learning with AI in HE
PT
- ABC Teach (learning analytics,
fuzzy logic and affective
computing)
- Learning Scorecard (descriptive
learning analytics)
- ModEst (temporal data mining,
predictive analytics, Markov
chain modelling)
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DK
- Area 9
(an intelligent tutoring system)
- Damvad Analytics
(learning analytics, Southern
Denmark University)
- AI in Business Economics
(exploratory learning
environment
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38. National examples of learning with AI in HE
PT
- ABC Teach (learning analytics,
fuzzy logic and affective
computing)
- Learning Scorecard (descriptive
learning analytics)
- ModEst (temporal data mining,
predictive analytics, Markov
chain modelling)
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UK
- Ada
(a student-support chatbot,
Bolton College)
- OU Analyse
(learning analytics, Open
University)
- Scholarly Knowledge Mining
(KMI)
DK
- Area 9
(an intelligent tutoring system)
- Damvad Analytics
(learning analytics, Southern
Denmark University)
- AI in Business Economics
(exploratory learning
environment
J

39. Dissemination
- Erasmus+ Project Results Platform;
- Project website https://learninghub.smartlearning.dk/projekter/artificial;
- Social networking (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram);
- Websites, newsletters and press releases by each institution;
- Workshops, seminars and a final conference;
- Articles published in Journals and conferences.
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40. Some answers from you:
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41. References
- Holmes, W., Bialik, M. and Fadel, C. (2019). Artificial Intelligence in Education: Promises and Implications
for Teaching and Learning. Boston, MA: The Center for Curriculum Redesign.
- Kukulska-Hulme, A., Beirne, E., Conole, G., Costello, E., Coughlan, T., Ferguson, R., FitzGerald, E., Gaved,
M., Herodotou, C., Holmes, W., Mac Lochlainn, C., Nic Giollamhichil, M., Rienties, B., Sargent, J., Scanlon,
E., Sharples, M. and Whitelock, D. (2020). Innovating Pedagogy 2020: Open University Innovation Report
8. Milton Keynes: The Open University.
- Luckin, R., Holmes, W., Forcier, L. and Griffiths, M. (2016). Intelligence Unleashed. An Argument for AI in
Education. London: Pearson.
- Zawacki-Richter, O., Marín, V. I., Bond, M. and Gouverneur, F. (2019) ‘Systematic review of research on
artificial intelligence applications in higher education – where are the educators?’, International Journal
of Educational Technology in Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1 [Online]. DOI: 10.1186/s41239-019-0171-0
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