{"id":2022,"date":"2025-09-26T10:53:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:53:40","slug":"ai-for-productivity-a-seminar-for-phd-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.units.it\/transform4europe\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/ai-for-productivity-a-seminar-for-phd-students\/","title":{"rendered":"AI for Productivity: a seminar for PhD students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Professional Competence Development Center at Vytautas Magnus University offers the T4EU <strong>PhD students<\/strong>  the opportunity to join the online seminar: <strong>AI\u00a0Tools\u00a0to\u00a0Boost\u00a0Your\u00a0Productivity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course familiarizes the participants with <strong>practical<\/strong> and <strong>user-friendly<\/strong> AI tools designed to boost academic productivity, improve teaching, and simplify administrative work. Participants will examine how artificial intelligence can contribute to lesson planning, content creation, grading, research support, and communication, while upholding ethical and pedagogical principles. Through hands-on sessions, they will acquire concrete skills and leave equipped with ready-to-use tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>October 29<\/strong>, 2025, 3:00\u20135:00 p.m. (EEST) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong>&nbsp;2 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Place:<\/strong>&nbsp;Online training (the link will be sent one day before the seminar)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Target group:<\/strong>&nbsp;VMU academic staff and Transform4Europe doctoral students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lecturer:<\/strong>\u00a0Lina Abraitien\u0117, Institute of Foreign Languages, Vytautas Magnus University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>This seminar does not award academic credits in the university curriculum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=iRNwEFtPeEC66iCeOcYhDg1EX4ym7UdEsugefhDOgSFUMUhJRkIyNklITDAwSURPVDlHRkoyMjNJNy4u&amp;route=shorturl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REGIsTRATION<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Introduction\u00a0to\u00a0AI\u00a0in Academia.<\/strong>\u00a0Activity: Group discussion \u2013 \u201cHow are you already using\u00a0AI\u00a0(knowingly or not)?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI&nbsp;for Lesson Planning and Content Creation.<\/strong>&nbsp;Activity: Use ChatGPT or other&nbsp;AI&nbsp;tools&nbsp;to&nbsp;generate a lesson plan or teaching material for&nbsp;your&nbsp;subject.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI&nbsp;in Assessment and Feedback.&nbsp;<\/strong>Activity: Test&nbsp;AI&nbsp;tools&nbsp;(e.g., Gradescope, ChatGPT)&nbsp;to&nbsp;create quiz questions or generate automated feedback.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Research Support with&nbsp;AI.<\/strong>&nbsp;Activity: Use&nbsp;tools&nbsp;like Elicit or Scite&nbsp;to&nbsp;find sources, summarise articles, or brainstorm research ideas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time Management and Task Automation.<\/strong>&nbsp;Activity: Create an&nbsp;AI-powered weekly planner or email response assistant (e.g., using Notion&nbsp;AI&nbsp;or Gmail smart replies).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI&nbsp;for Presentation and Visual&nbsp;Aid Creation.&nbsp;<\/strong>Activity: Design a slide deck using&nbsp;AI&nbsp;(e.g., Canva Magic Design,&nbsp;Tome.app) for an upcoming lecture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ethical Use of&nbsp;AI&nbsp;in Teaching and Learning.&nbsp;<\/strong>Activity: Case study discussion \u2013 \u201cWhere is the ethical line in student use of&nbsp;AI?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Building&nbsp;Your&nbsp;AI&nbsp;Toolkit.<\/strong>&nbsp;Activity: Create a personalised \u201cAI&nbsp;toolbox\u201d list for&nbsp;your&nbsp;academic tasks and share it with peers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Professional Competence Development Center at Vytautas Magnus University offers the T4EU PhD students the opportunity to join the online seminar: AI\u00a0Tools\u00a0to\u00a0Boost\u00a0Your\u00a0Productivity. 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