Interviews with consortium partners
The TrainDL consortium consists of ministries and public educational institutions, universities and computer science organisations that aim to support the structural implementation of AI and data skills in teacher training. In interviews, some consortium members provide insights into the project, their fields of work and everything that drives them in the world of data and AI skills.
„Data can be a gateway to integrating AI literacy in schools.“
Viktoria Olari represents Freie Universität Berlin, which will develop and provide the pedagogical methods and tools for the TrainDL interventions in the areas of data literacy and artificial intelligence. In this interview, she talks about the status quo of integrating data and AI in the classroom - and what points of contact this offers.
„Such contacts are otherwise difficult to establish in everyday work.“
Cornelia Brückner is a consultant for media education at the State Institute for Media and Schools Berlin-Brandenburg (LISUM). In this interview, she talks about the perspective of a public authority on the TrainDL project, the importance of international exchange and personal highlights.
„In Lithuania, the topics of data and AI in schools are only partially communicated to pupils."
Vaino Brazdeikis from the Nacionalinė švietimo agentūra (NŠA), the Lithuanian Agency for Education, on the importance of TrainDL, motivation and expected results.
„We develop hypotheses, test them with the target groups and evaluate the expected effects.“
Martin Kandlhofer from the Austrian Computer Society (OCG), the lead partner for the policy dialogue in TrainDL, explains the research design of the project: "Policy Experimentation".
„Today, all children grow up in an environment enveloped by AI – they should know how it works.“
Dr. Valentina Dagienė, professor and senior researcher at the Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies (DSDTI) and Educational Science (ESI) at Vilnius University (VU), talks about the importance of training teachers in AI and data.
„Bringing people to the table who work in different ways and different settings is what makes the project so interesting for me.“
As team leader of the education department at the German Informatics Society, Anna Sarah Lieckfeld is the coordinator of the TrainDL project.
„The great potential for change in these topics is something that is universally addressed.“
As a researcher in the team at the University of Potsdam, Martin Reger is responsible for evaluation and quality assurance in the project.