On Thursday 27 June, NOLAI ended the academic year ’23-’24 with a Wrap-up meeting at Landgoed Brakkesteyn in Nijmegen. This was also the final event related to De Maand van AI in het Onderwijs.
Kick-off new academic year with NOLAI
Not every school region has wrapped up the holidays, but NOLAI is getting ready. We look back on a wonderful year with our Wrap-up event as celebratory closure. The colleagues have used the summer to recharge and have got renewed energy to get started with the new academic year. We wish you a happy new academic year!
Wrap-up
Over a hundred attendees from education, science, and company life reflected on a year of developments in AI in education. During his welcoming speech, operational director Stefan Dormans emphasised the growth that NOLAI experienced in the past year. That was clearly visible from the number of new colleagues that started this year. The number of projects expanded from ten on-going co-creationprojects to seventeen in the upcoming academic year.
Shared language
In her keynote address, scientific director Inge Molenaar provided insight into NOLAI’s unique approach. She emphasised the importance of a shared language when developing responsible and practice-oriented smart solutions. “This language is a measure to talk with one another about AI in education. How do you ensure that AI in education really improves?” You can read all about this in our Reference Framework that was launched in the form of a first magazine during the NOLAI Wrap-up.
After the plenary part, it was time to discuss AI in education. The participants had lively discussions with NOLAI’s co-creation managers and scientists in the coach house and the sunroom. The lecture room was taken by teachers-in-residence Wouter Jansen, Kevin van der Pol, and Kilian Geryszewski, who shared their interactive presentation with the participants. Spoken-word artist Jasja Renne concluded with a verbal tour of the sunny, informative, and inspiring day.
Ready for the next academic year
August is coming to a close and routine is slipping into NOLAI’s walkways. Colleagues are returning from their holidays with new encounters and challenges on the horizon. Co-creation director Kim Brandes: “Last year we started with the concept phase of the first ten co-creation projects. These will enter the development phase in the upcoming year. That is exciting, for you can really see now that something tangible is developing. Depending on the project, this means that algorithms are being developed and tested, or that we are making a physical product. Teachers remain an integral part of the process and provide constant feedback.”
New year, new faces
For five teachers a new chapter will begin, as they will start this month as teacher-in-residence. Kim continues: “We are very glad that we may welcome them to NOLAI. Their experience in the foreign languages of German and English, the subject of history, and primary education is a great enrichment of our team.”
Meet NOLAI
Do you want to meet NOLAI in person in the upcoming year. You can, because we have a lot of diverse events planned! “In September and October the vraagarticulatiesessies for the project round for the academic year of ’25-’26 will start. On Tuesday 21 January, we host a day about AI at the EdTech College of the Nationale Onderwijstentoonstelling 2025, and during our NOLAI Meet-up in February we will bring our all project partners into contact with one another.
Contact information
- Organizational unit
- National Education Lab AI (NOLAI)
- Theme
- Artificial intelligence (AI), Education