Arqus Joint Summer School on Active Learning 2024

Would you like to learn more about how to bring Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your classroom? The call for the Arqus summer school on active learning 2024 is now open for teachers, lecturers and instructors of all member universities. This year’s topic is “Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education”. The event will take place from the 17th to the 19th of September 2024 in the ancient monastery, and now Hotel Terme San Marco – Monteortone, Abano Terme, just outside Padua (Italy).

Participants will explore the following thematic areas:

How to include AI in the classroom in a responsible way.
AI and student engagement: how AI-driven tools can improve student engagement, motivation, and participation in the learning process.
Human-Centered Teaching in the Age of AI: Fostering AI Literacy in the Classroom.

The agenda of the event is described below:

16th September Complimentary transfer from Padua to Monteortone at 17:30 CET
17th September Full day of summer school activities
18th September Full day of summer school activities
19th September Summer school activities closing at 15:30, complimentary transfer to Padua, visit to Palazzo Bo (historical building of the University of Padua), Certificate of Participation Ceremony, social dinner, official event closing
20th September Optional 1-day visit to hidden Venice for interested participants (to be confirmed or modified)

Learn more about the background and experience of the summer school’s teachers:

Wenceslao Arroyo Machado (University of Granada).
Barbora Orlická (University of Graz).
Dorothea Braun (Leipzig University).
Dalila Alves Durães (University of Minho).
Šarūnas Grigaliūnas (Vilnius University).

Registration is open to all professors, lecturers and instructors who work at an Arqus university. Up to 5 participants are expected from each Arqus university. The general deadline for inscription is 31st March 2024. To apply, please get in touch with your local contact person. Local deadlines might be applied:

University of Granada: Mari Nieves López at
University of Graz: Beatrice Kogler at
Leipzig University: Mandi Strambowski at
University of Lyon 1: Maeva Sagueton at
Maynooth University: Erivelton Nepomuceno at
University of Minho: Luciana Jesus Santos Peixoto at
University of Padua: Paola Mezzalira at
Vilnius University: Inga Milisiunaite at
University of Wrocław: Tomasz Greczyło at