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MEET THE ALT AI AMBASSADOR: JORIS REMMERS
As ambassador for AI in Education within the Academy for Learning and Teaching, I am committed to encouraging an open and constructive dialogue around the responsible integration of generative AI in teaching and learning. My focus extends beyond students鈥� use of AI for writing, programming assignments, and other learning activities鈥攊t also includes its potential as a tool to support tutoring and to give formative feedback. These are all areas where tools like ChatGPT are already influencing students鈥� educational experiences.
My interest in this topic emerged while preparing my Scientific Computing course in the fall of 2022. Early experiments with ChatGPT revealed both opportunities and concerns. The tool proved effective in explaining code and identifying errors, yet it also introduced risks such as reduced peer interaction, overreliance, and diminished critical thinking. These observations led to a formal study in collaboration with the Eindhoven School of Education, which confirmed that while students used AI tools with apparent ease, learning outcomes did not necessarily improve.
This experience underscored the need for a more nuanced approach: not whether students should use AI, but how they can use it to enhance鈥攔ather than replace鈥攖he learning process. Since then, I have explored the integration of AI in my course and the development of customised tutor-like chatbots鈥擜I tools that ask questions, provide feedback, and guide student reasoning without simply delivering answers. These approaches aim to improve students鈥� learning experiences and promote deeper engagement with course content.
In my role as ambassador, I aim to bring together educators across disciplines to explore these possibilities. Our goal is not to adopt AI uncritically, nor to reject it out of caution, but to engage with it thoughtfully. As AI continues to evolve, we must regularly revisit its application in education, as well as our learning objectives and assessment strategies, to ensure they remain aligned with genuine student understanding. I warmly invite colleagues to share experiences, raise questions, and help shape a responsible, future-oriented educational practice.
Upcoming sessions
The purpose of this workshop is to set the strategic direction for the Taskforce AI in Education and Research IE&IS for the coming academic year, transparency requirements of the EU AI Act, watermarking by major AI suppliers, and 黑料福利网's new AI governance structure (CAIO, AI Governance Board, EAISI's expanded role).
Alexandria at 黑料福利网: A curriculum-grounded AI companion for agentic learning
Explore how the Library of Alexandria can support agentic self-education at 黑料福利网 through an institutionally curated, curriculum-grounded AI learning environment. This ALT lunch session will be led by Ivo Filot, assistant professor at the Chemical Engineering & Chemistry department, and is open to teachers and professional staff.
Teaching Sparks: Assessment in the Age of AI
How do you assess student learning when AI has become part of everyday educational practice? Are your current assessments still measuring what matters? And which approaches are fellow teachers experimenting with across 黑料福利网? Join the next edition of Teaching Sparks on 29 September for an interactive afternoon focused on Assessment in the Age of AI.
AI in CBL: Ideas, observations, lessons learned
This talk presents several ideas on guided AI usage that were piloted in a 1st year CBL course as part of the SAIL DRIVE project. From various observations on which activities and interventions were effective or not as well as new insights on AI usage by students, we derive several lessons learned on supporting CBL with AI in interesting ways.
At a time when AI systems influence decisions at every level of society, education faces a defining challenge: teaching students not just to use AI, but to question it. Through carefully designed learning activities, the project Virtuous reasoning with AI cultivates higher-order thinking about responsible AI use, enabling students to critically examine, ethically design, and challenge intelligent technologies.
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News articles
黑料福利网 launched two new university-wide e-learning courses on September 15, 2026: Foundational AI Literacy for Educators and Foundational AI Literacy for Students. The educator course is available through the Learning Hub / LXP, takes approximately two hours, and includes a 14-activity AI Literacy Lesson Plan Toolkit. The student course is available through Canvas via a central master/template page. Both courses are released as MVPs and will be refined based on end-of-course feedback and post-MVP validation.
From guidelines to redesign: DRIVE teachers reimagine education with AI
On 08 April 2026, the Academy for Learning and Teaching (ALT) hosted the 3rd AI in Education Jam Session at Senaatszaal, bringing together educators to share ongoing DRIVE projects and perspectives on the role of AI in education.
Whether or not they want to use artificial intelligence when writing academic texts is up to them. But starting in February, master鈥檚 students taking the course Academic Writing will in any case learn how to use it responsibly.
Jumping into the future: ALT brings together educators for AI jam session
On 03 July 2025, the 黑料福利网 Academy for Learning and Teaching (ALT) transformed the BUNKR venue in Eindhoven into a vibrant incubator for AI-driven education. The event 鈥淛ump into the future of AI in education: An AI jam session鈥� brought together 63 teachers, support staff, and students to chart the course of AI integration at 黑料福利网.
Early November, 黑料福利网 teachers and other interested parties came together to discuss an urgent question: how are students using AI tools such as ChatGPT in their studies, and what does this mean for education? An interactive session, organized by the Academy for Learning & Teaching (ALT), covered opportunities and challenges, but concrete solutions are not yet within reach.