Pathfinder — Erasmus+ Consortium Builds AI Toolkits and Teacher Training for European Higher Education

The University of Liechtenstein leads "Pathfinder", an EU Erasmus+ KA220-HED project (grant 2023-2-LI01-KA220-HED-000178579) running since January 2024 with partners LAB University of Applied Sciences (Finland), the University of Dubrovnik (Croatia) and Formatio Private School (Liechtenstein). The consortium's stated aim is "pioneering AI technology in higher education to facilitate innovation and nurture the development of entrepreneurial resources".

Between August 2024 and January 2025 the partners delivered ten 3-hour, face-to-face teacher-training workshops across LAB's Lahti and Lappeenranta campuses in Finland, structured around four topics: AI fears, misconceptions and ethical considerations; AI fundamentals, tool testing and prompt engineering; AI-driven curriculum and lesson planning; and AI-assisted teaching and learning. A follow-on AI course for students is planned for the 2025-2026 academic year, and the project is building three named software platforms (SAGE, GUARD and ARTISAN) to support responsible AI adoption on campus.

As of this writing the project has published training-delivery details but no independent evaluation of learning outcomes; its funding runs through December 2026, after which outcome data should become available.

Read the full analysis: https://ai-pathfinder.eu/about