04 Jun INFINITE Project Concludes in Groningen: AI for Teaching and Professional Practice

04 Jun, 2026

Thirty months have passed since the beginning of the INFINITE project, which officially started on December 1st, 2023. Six organisations from across Europe – University of Groningen,  University of Nicosia,  University College Dublin,  University of the Aegean, All Digital and  CARDET – decided to join forces with a shared objective: to prepare Higher Education faculty to critically and ethically use AI-based technologies in their professional and pedagogical practices, while supporting Higher Education Institutions to achieve the best possible outcomes from current AI developments.

Our journey began in Cyprus, where CARDET organised the kick-off meeting of the consortium. During those first days together, the partners had the opportunity not only to discuss the foundations and objectives of the project, but also to establish collaborative relationships and define the first ideas that would guide the next thirty months of cooperation. This common vision brought the consortium together throughout the entire project and guided the development of several important outcomes and initiatives.

Results Overview

One of the first milestones was Work Package 2, titled “INFINITE – AI Literacy Toolkit”. This work package aimed to raise awareness about both the opportunities and challenges associated with AI in higher education, compare national and European needs related to AI integration, and provide higher education academics with practical guidelines and ethical recommendations for the use of AI tools in teaching and professional practices. At the same time, it sought to support the digital transformation of higher education institutions through a more informed and responsible use of AI technologies.

After extensive collaboration, continuous discussions, and several revision processes to ensure the quality of the work developed, the consortium achieved two main outcomes:

• A desk and field research report mapping the landscape of AI in higher education: link

• The AI Literacy Toolkit, including 35 best-practice case studies, a readiness checklist, and a visual framework designed to help higher education academics become familiar with AI tools and critically select them for professional and pedagogical practices: link

The next important milestone was Work Package 3, titled “AI Digital Hub”. The objective of this work package was to create a digital space for collaboration, innovation, and knowledge-sharing related to AI use in teaching, learning, assessment, and professional practices in higher education. More specifically, the AI Digital Hub aimed to support higher education academics in understanding the potential, limitations, and current developments of AI technologies through accessible resources and updated information.

The final AI Digital Hub was composed of two main elements:

• A repository of AI tools and Open Educational Resources (OERs), including tutorials, documentation, and practical examples to support academics in exploring AI tools for educational and professional purposes.

• An observatory on AI developments and trends, designed to monitor and analyse current AI-related research, reports, ethical discussions, European policies, and innovations connected to higher education.

The results of this Work Package can be found here: link

Finally, the consortium arrived at Work Package 4, titled “AI Capacity Building and Courses”, which became one of the most important and practical dimensions of the whole project. This work package focused on creating hands-on learning opportunities for both higher education academics and students to develop AI literacy skills and learn how to integrate open-source and freeware AI tools into their educational practices in an ethical and responsible way.

In addition, classroom implementations were organised in several partner countries, where higher education instructors who had participated in the “AI Capaity Building and Courses”integrated the acquired knowledge and best practices into real educational settings. These implementations contributed to extending the impact of the project beyond the consortium itself and generated new examples of responsible and ethical AI integration in higher education classrooms.

The results of this Work Package can be found here: link

Although dissemination activities were continuously developed throughout the entire duration of the project, one of the final dissemination efforts involved the organisation of national dissemination workshops in each partner country. These workshops aimed to familiarise key stakeholders with the objectives, resources, and outcomes of the project, while also creating opportunities for educators, researchers, and students to explore the developed materials and discuss the future of AI in higher education.

Final Conference in Groningen

As it is often said, every beginning has an ending. The final stage of the project took place during the INFINITE Final Conference (April 23rd, 2026), organised in Groningen, the Netherlands, as a full-day event combining presentations, panel discussions, workshops, poster sessions, and networking activities.

The conference started with an international panel discussion focused on the role of AI in education and its implications for sustainable futures. Following the panel, participants attended two rounds of breakout workshops dedicated to exploring the main outputs of the project, including the AI Literacy Toolkit, the AI Digital Hub, and the AI capacity-building courses. Participants also had the opportunity to discuss practical examples, share experiences, and collectively reflect on the opportunities and challenges that AI currently brings to higher education.

The event concluded with a poster session, informal discussions, and networking opportunities among participants from different countries and institutions.

After the final conference, one idea became especially clear for all the partners involved: this is not truly the end of the collaboration, but rather the beginning of future joint projects and new initiatives between these European institutions.

We sincerely hope that the outcomes developed within the INFINITE project will continue supporting lecturers, researchers, students, and higher education institutions across Europe in approaching AI in a more critical, ethical, and pedagogically meaningful way.

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