Arqus launches a new workshop series: “AI in teaching & learning: International perspectives and best practices”

Artificial intelligence is transforming higher education teaching – but how exactly? 

The online workshop series AI in teaching & learning: International perspectives and best practices brings together teaching staff, teaching support staff, and didactic experts from various European universities and disciplines to address this issue

The workshops will be 90-minute online sessions with colleagues from all the Arqus Universities to provide insights into the use of concrete AI applications in their teaching, share findings, good practices, and invite participants to exchange experiences. 

The workshops aim to inspire and provide participants with practical information for integrating AI in teaching, learning, and assessment. 

The first five sessions will take place, from 14:00 to 15:30 CET. Click on each date to see the topics and speakers

28 November 2025

1. Paulius Jurcys and Goda Strikaitė-Latušinskaja (Vilnius University): “Personal AI Twins in legal education: Lessons in AI literacy, documentation, and creative thinking”.
2. Taegan Holmes (University of Lyon 1): “GenAI for textual revision in French as a second language”.
3. Gregor Roth and Erik Winter (Leipzig University): “Transforming legal studies through AI-assisted learning”.

12 December 2025

1. Marina Bertolini (University of Padua): “AI literacy for a conscious use in learning process”.
2. Erik Lopes (University of Minho): “Developing a Chatbot for process modelling learning: Contributions for active learning in engineering education”.
3. Juliana Raffaghelli (University of Padua): “Whose intelligence? Students’ critical usage of artificial agents in project-based learning. A case from education”.

19 December 2025

1. Adrian Kirwan (Maynooth University): “Compositional co-creation in the age of Generative AI: exploring the role of AI in the writing process”.
2. Conny Melzer (Leipzig University): “Using AI in research and innovation in education for learning disabilities”.
3. Diana Sileikaite-Kaishauri and Virginija Masiulionytė (Vilnius University): “Creativity meets technology: Using AI to design engaging tasks in teaching German at Vilnius University”.
4. Andrea Menini (University of Padua): “CAR — Compare, Abduce, Report: Designing AI-enhanced tasks that surface human judgment”.

15 January 2026

1. Elke Höfle (Leipzig University):  “Behind the scenes of genAI: Unmasking bias, hallucination, and AI slop in language learning”.
2. Arin Mizouri (Durham University): “Custom GPT for formative feedback in undergraduate physics lab reports”.
3. Alexander Godulla (Leipzig University): “From manuscript to machine partner: AI as a co-author in graduate scholarship”.
4. Sebastian Tassoti (Graz University): “Making chemistry machine-readable and creating datasets for improved GenAI chatbot performance in undergrad organic chemistry”.

21 January 2026

1. Cédric Ray-Garreau (University of Lyon 1): Presentation titled to be confirmed
2. Augustas  Vaitkevicius (Vilnius University): Presentation titled to be confirmed
3. Giulia Mormando (University of Padua): Presentation titled to be confirmed