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Challenge

ECIU AI assistant hackathon

ECIU AI assistant hackathon

Creating learner guidance AI tools for the digital and virtual environments
Open for application

Our challenge

This is your chance to shape the next generation of personalised learner guidance and competence development tools! Join us in redefining how learners and professionals engage with the ECIU learning environment by developing innovative AI assistants tailored to individual needs. Together, we’ll transform the way learners and professionals can navigate opportunities and receive guidance to assist in their personal development. Join us to gain advanced skills, cutting-edge insights, and hands-on experience in AI-driven educational innovation. Be part of a community shaping the future of learning! The ECIU AI hackathon is organized in collaboration with Gameful Realities research center and EVIL-AI project.

The Team

HP
Henri Pirkkalainen
Teamcher
0 learners
Study format
Blended
Application period
19 December 2024 – 16 January 2025
Study period
26 February – 28 March 2025
Credits
2 ECTS
Pace
20%
Hosting university
Tampere University
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Learning outcomes

AI in learner guidance

Demonstrate practical knowledge in AI systems, virtual reality, and how these tools are applicable to learner guidance

ESCO SKILLS

Design and development process for prototyping innovative assistants

After completing the course, participants are able to understand the design and development process for prototyping innovative assistants in the digital and VR environments

ESCO SKILLS

Creating AI assistants to different types of users

After completing the course, participants are able to recognise different learner profiles and to create different AI assistants that have different response styles and are responsive to different users.

ESCO SKILLS

Team working and innovative thinking skills

After completing the course, participants are able to work collaboratively in teams, generate ideas in a creative and innovative way and solve problems effectively.

ESCO SKILLS

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Information

How can we design AI learning assistants to transform the way learners discover and navigate opportunities within the ECIU learning environment? This challenge invites you to rethink how personalised guidance can empower learners to achieve their goals. Using cutting-edge AI technologies, you'll co-create solutions that support diverse learner and professional needs and preferences while exploring the digital landscape with Microsoft Co-pilot platform and Virtual Reality with Microsoft Mesh environment where you can interact with your own digital avatars in a virtual classroom.

Through a dynamic program combining online sessions and an intensive three-day workshop at Tampere university, you will learn how to create AI agents capable of providing personalized assistance in learning and competence development, such as in the ECIU Engage platform. With opportunities to design assistants with different characteristics, response styles, and functionalities, you’ll have the freedom to create, innovate and experiment. Guided by workshops, expert mentoring, and peer collaboration, you’ll develop a prototype that balances ease of use, response accuracy, and effective learner guidance. Your designs will be evaluated by AI specialists, pushing you to deliver impactful, practical solutions.

By joining this challenge, you’ll develop AI prototypes that serve as personalised assistants for assisting individuals in learning and in competence development in digital environments (AI chatbot) or Virtual Realities (AI avatar). The prototypes can contribute to navigating the ECIU Engage platform and make a lasting contribution to the way ECIU offers learner guidance, designed for students, by students! These assistants will offer tailored guidance, adapt to individual learner styles, and potentially integrate seamlessly into the existing Engage platform. The final prototypes will be evaluated by AI experts based on usability, accuracy, and effectiveness in supporting learner journeys. The potential for further development by the ECIU will be evaluated as well.

The ECIU AI hackathon is organized in collaboration with Gameful Realities research center and EVIL-AI project.

Hosting university

Tampere University

Tampere University