Who is this course for?
This is an intensive professional training course for teachers who want to get up to speed and stay ahead of the latest technology trends in education. You will be looking to gain a better understanding of active digital citizenship and digital literacy and be keen to learn how to incorporate these ideas into your teaching.
Format
This AI and Digital Tools in Education course is a one-week course consisting of 20 lessons, plus 5 integrated off-site activities or excursions as part of an extensive cultural and social programme.
Course Aims
- Gain practical strategies and skills for incorporating AI and digital tools into your lesson planning and teaching.
- Learn how to efficiently create engaging teaching resources.
- Discover practical strategies for making the most of ChatGPT and other AI tools both inside and outside the classroom.
- Develop an awareness of digital citizenship and how to promote this in your lessons.
- Establish contacts between teachers from a variety of education systems and facilitate future networking.
Course Dates
| October 2025 | December 2025 | March/April 2026 | June/July 2026 | August/September 2026 | October 2026 |
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| 20th October (Dublin) | 8th December (Dublin) | 23rd March (Dublin) | 29th June (Dublin) | 03rd August (Dublin) | 12th October (Dublin) |
| 27th October (Dublin) | 30rd March (Dublin) | 6th July (Dublin) | 10th August (Dublin) | 19th October (Dublin) | |
| 6th April (Dublin) | 13th July (Dublin) | 17th August (Dublin, Malta) | 26th October (Dublin) | ||
| 13th April (Dublin) | 20th July (Dublin, Malta) | 24th August (Dublin) | |||
| 27th July (Dublin) | 31st August (Dublin) | ||||
| 7th September (Dublin) |
Methodology
This is a practical course which uses real teaching and learning examples. Teachers completing the course will return home with immediate, practical ideas to implement in their own teaching practice.
Participants are expected to actively participate in the workshops, reflecting on their own beliefs and practice, and sharing thoughts, ideas and expertise in pair work, small groups and with the class as a whole.
During the course, participants will also take part in a range of activities where they will be encouraged to develop their language skills in a more informal environment outside the classroom and further enhance their knowledge of contemporary Ireland and Malta.
Course Programme
SAMPLE TIMETABLE AI & DIGITAL TOOLS IN EDUCATION DUBLIN 2026
| (Sample) | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 9:00 -13:00 | Session 1: Course Orientation and the TPACK framework | Activity: Trinity College and Book of Kells OR EPIC (Irish Emigration Museum) | Session 1: Using AI and Digital Tools to Create Attractive Digital Materials | Activity: Walk and Talk Tour - Local History OR Walk and Talk Tour - The Liberties | Session 1: Audiovisual Materials + Digital Sustainability in Education | Full day excursion to Howth OR Malahide |
| Session 2: AI Tools for Education | Session 2: News & Media Literacy - Is it fake news? QR Code Generation. | Session 2: Tested Teacher Tools and Course Review End of course Irish Coffee |
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| 13:30 - 17:30 | Activity: Orientation tour of the City | Session 1: Quizzing and Gamification | Activity: MoLi - Museum of Literature Ireland OR St Patrick’s Cathedral | Session 1: Mentimeter and other Interactive Tools | Free Afternoon (Option: Join our Film and Fluency Club) | |
| Session 2: Digital Citizenship | Session 2: Local Irish History OR Sustainable Cities - Dublin and Gentrification |
SAMPLE TIMETABLE AI & DIGITAL TOOLS IN EDUCATION MALTA 2026
| (Sample) | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 9:00 -13:00 | Session 1: Course Orientation and the TPACK framework | Session 1: Quizzing and Gamification | Session 1: Using AI to Create Attractive Digital Materials | Session 1: Mentimeter and other Interactive Tools | Session 1: Audiovisual Materials + Digital Sustainability in Education | Full Day Excursion to Marsaxlokk and Blue Grotto |
| Session 2: AI Tools for Education | Session 2: Digital Citizenship | Session 2: News & Media Literacy - Is it fake news? QR Code Generation. | Session 2: History of Valletta and Jean Parisot de Valette (Knights arrival on Malta) | Session 2: Tested Teacher Tools and Course Review End of course |
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| 13:30 - 17:30 | Coastal walk from Pembroke to St Julians | Ħaġar Qim Mnajdra Archaeological Park | Mdina Mdina and Rabat - City Walking Tour | Valletta Fort St. Elmo and the Malta Experience | Free Afternoon |
Follow Up
Participants on the course are encouraged to keep in contact, sharing materials and experiences when back in their own classrooms. Follow-up contact is made with the participants after completion of the course to gather feedback on the effectiveness of the classroom activities presented and on how their teaching practice has been developed.
Price List
1 - week training course
- Programme includes materials, excursions and activities.
Additional Fees 2026
Dublin
- Homestay Accommodation: €295 / week (single room, half-board) + €75 accommodation placement fee
- Residential Accommodation:
- Atlas Residence Rathmines (single room, half-board) €395/ week + €75 accommodation placement fee
- Brickfield Lane (single room, self-catering) €430/ week + €75 accommodation placement fee
- Brickfield Lane (twin room, self-catering) €330/ week + €75 accommodation placement fee
- Please note there is a €50 per week Summer Supplement for residential and homestay stays between Jun 13th – Sept 6th 2026.
Malta
- Student Apartments: €220/week (twin room, self-catering) or €390/week (single room, self-catering) + €75 accommodation placement fee
- Please note there is a €50 per week Summer Supplement for student apartments stays betweenJun 13th – Sept 6th 2026.
