The first transnational meeting of the Erasmus+ project titled New-Gen Language Teachers: Empowering Language Teaching with Ethical AI-Enhanced Guidance took place on 23 and 24 March. Organised and hosted by Anadolu University (Eskişehir, Türkiye), the meeting was attended by three lecturers from the UGR's Department of English and German Philology and Department of Didactics of Language and Literature.
The UGR is an active partner in the New-Gen Language Teachers project, working alongside Anadolu University and Bartın University (both in Türkiye), the University of Latvia and Hafelekar Unternehmensberatung Schober GmbH (Austria). The meeting, which brought all the partners together in person for the first time, began with a formal ceremony at Anadolu University's Faculty of Education. University administration staff, academic staff, and students from the host institution attended the event.
Over the two-day meeting, the partners worked intensively to complete the design of an open-access MOOC to support innovative, learner-centred teaching approaches and the establishment of learning outcomes. These initiatives will guide the development of modular training programmes aimed at language teachers, focusing on the pedagogical and ethical use of AI.
On the second day, the consortium held a virtual meeting with representatives of CLEVER-AI, a European project promoting the responsible integration of generative AI in language teaching. This exchange enabled members from both projects to share approaches and identify opportunities for future collaboration.
The event strengthened cooperation between the partners and contributed to the advancement of the shared goal of supporting the training of language teachers through ethical and pedagogically grounded uses of AI. With a total budget of €250,000, the project is one of 17 cooperation partnerships, funded under the Erasmus+ Key Action 2 Programme, in which the UGR is currently participating.
Contact details:
Ángel Felices Lago. Email: @email
