Empowering pre-service STEM teachers across Europe with cutting-edge artificial intelligence, personalized learning methodologies, and multilingual pedagogical virtual assistants.
While Artificial Intelligence is reshaping global education, European teacher preparation has lagged behind. VIA bridges this crucial gap with empirical research, pedagogical frameworks, and open-source tools.
70% of pre-service teachers in the EU have never utilized AI tools pedagogically in their teaching practice.
82% of STEM educators report an urgent necessity for specialized training in prompt engineering and AI-guided learning.
Targeting 60-70% female teacher candidate participation to foster confident female role models in educational technology.
Scientifically grounded interventions designed to create long-term systemic impact across European Higher Education Institutions.
Develop and validate a comprehensive modular curriculum covering ChatGPT, Gemini, Khanmigo, prompt crafting, and intelligent tutoring systems.
Deploy a SCORM-compliant, WCAG 2.1 AA accessible learning platform integrating a 24/7 pedagogical AI virtual assistant supporting 1,500+ users.
Publish an exhaustive open-access manual in 5 languages containing 30+ digital teaching assets, rubrics, and classroom case studies.
Conduct controlled empirical pilots with 120+ pre-service teachers across Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Türkiye, measuring >=40% competency gains.
Establish enduring open educational resources, institutional integration pledges, and academic publications under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Directly advancing the European Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027), high-quality STEM teacher readiness, and European Higher Education Area (EHEA) digital competence standards.
Six coordinated work packages ensuring quality assurance, technological innovation, rigorous empirical testing, and European-wide dissemination.
Ensures sound administrative, financial, and strategic coordination among all 6 partners. Includes bi-monthly monitoring, risk mitigation, and four transnational project meetings.
Designs the 30-hour blended curriculum structured into 5 foundational modules. Validated by international education experts and translated into all 5 project languages.
Architects the responsive cloud LMS and embeds the proprietary VIA AI Virtual Assistant. Optimized for STEM pedagogical problem solving and student inquiry.
Creates an extensive practical guidebook featuring concrete lesson plans, prompt engineering templates, ethical rubrics, and female STEM educator case studies.
Executes empirical pilots with 120 pre-service teachers across partner institutions. Employs pre/post-intervention testing, AI Literacy Scale (α = 0.89), and lesson plan rubrics.
Maximizes project visibility and institutional uptake across Europe through the project portal, social campaigns, 4 National VIA Panel multiplier events, and academic papers.
Test our conversational assistant designed specifically for pre-service STEM teachers. Select a sample prompt below or ask your own question in any of our 5 languages.
A blended learning journey (15 hours interactive workshop + 15 hours autonomous LMS practice) tailored for the next generation of educators.
Understanding LLMs, crafting few-shot and chain-of-thought prompts for science and math instruction, overcoming hallucinations.
Leveraging ChatGPT, Gemini, and image/diagram generators to model complex physics, chemistry, and biology phenomena dynamically.
Designing diagnostic quizzes, automated tailored feedback loops, and differentiated instruction for diverse learner paces.
Applying Socratic AI tutors in STEM, supervising peer-AI dialogues, and designing student-centered exploratory problem sets.
Navigating AI ethics, preventing algorithmic bias, student data safety, and fostering female participation in science and technology.
Equipped with SCORM analytics, interactive video checkpoints, peer collaboration boards, and automated European micro-credentials for graduates.
A multidisciplinary partnership uniting prestigious public universities, educational NGOs, and pioneering EdTech innovators.
Experienced Spanish educational and agricultural training organization leading overall project governance, quality assurance, and administrative compliance.
Learn more →Non-profit research institute dedicated to pedagogical advancement, spearheading communication campaigns and European-wide stakeholder engagement.
Learn more →Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, serving 48,000+ students with a premier Faculty of Education, orchestrating rigorous empirical testing and data analytics.
comu.edu.tr →Università degli Studi di Palermo, founded in 1806, bringing top-tier academic expertise in instructional design, STEM pedagogy, and higher education methodologies.
unipa.it →Portugal's largest private higher education institution, providing world-class capabilities in instructional media production, digital design, and textbook publishing.
ulusofona.pt →Pioneering educational technology firm specializing in cloud LMS platforms, conversational AI bots, SCORM integration, and educational gamification.
Learn more →A structured timeline ensuring timely delivery of all Erasmus+ work package commitments from September 2024 to August 2026.
Kick-off meeting in Spain; baseline AI literacy assessment among 120+ student teachers; curriculum drafting for 5 AI modules.
Cloud LMS deployment; training and fine-tuning the VIA AI Assistant; translation of training materials into 5 languages; transnational meeting in Portugal.
Rollout of the 30-hour blended course to 120 pre-service teachers in Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Türkiye; pre/post evaluations; transnational meeting in Italy.
4 National VIA Panels (Madrid, Lisbon, Palermo, Çanakkale); publication of Teacher Guidebook; Final Conference in Türkiye; sustainability pledges.
Interested in piloting the VIA curriculum, adopting the AI assistant, or joining our international network of STEM teacher educators?
CIFASA (Centro de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Social)
Madrid / Valencia, Spain
Email: contact@via-erasmus.eu
Project Code: KA220-HED-E711051E • Call 2024 Round 1 Higher Education.
All curriculum modules, pedagogical prompt datasets, and the teacher's guidebook are freely distributed under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license for non-commercial educational use.
