From Vision to Action: Project Design Team Meets in Leuven

From October 6–8, 2025, we — the AI2ImproveFLL Project Design Team — met at UCLL in Leuven for an intensive working session. With members joining from across Europe, from Ukraine to Portugal, this was our first and possibly only opportunity to collaborate in person.

Over three days, we focused on defining the core educational and methodological framework of the project: the blended training course and the Teach the Trainer module. Both are built around UNESCO’s AI Competency Framework for Teachers and OECD’s AI literacy principles. We worked together to establish clear learning outcomes for each module, aligning them with evidence-informed teaching practices such as scaffolding, feedback, retrieval practice, and dual coding — all adapted to the context of AI-supported language learning.

A major part of our time was devoted to training in pure Question-Based Learning (pQBL) led by KTH Royal Institute of Technology. This approach will guide how we ensure reflection, dialogue, and continuous quality improvement throughout the project’s implementation.

We also:

• Developed the Quality and Analysis Plan (QMAP) to monitor the blended training’s impact,
• Designed the first version of the Impact and Implementation Plan for the upcoming open call for pilot schools,
• Contributed to the Dissemination & Communication Plan, coordinated by Uskudar MEM (Türkiye), ensuring our activities reach teachers, trainers, and educational networks across Europe.

Beyond the technical and strategic work, our meeting was about collaboration and alignment — building a shared understanding of what responsible, human-centred use of AI in language education means in practice.

As the PDT returns to online collaboration, the Leuven meeting stands as a milestone — turning our shared vision into a concrete, actionable structure that will guide the next stages of AI2ImproveFLL.