GenAI Education Frontier Program
The GenAI Education Frontier programme is a comprehensive good practice for enhancing the digital skills of teachers in Greece, focusing on the responsible use of GenAI in the learning process. This is an initiative by The Tipping Point and 100mentors, linking targeted training, practical tools and mentoring so that teachers become digital transformation multipliers in school communities.
Objective and innovation of the action
The GenAI Education Frontier project aims to reshape education by integrating Productive Artificial Intelligence into teachers' daily workflows, from course preparation to assessment. As winners of the international Generative AI Skills Challenge of data.org, supported by Microsoft, the program highlights Greece's role globally as a field of application of innovative approaches in GenAI for education.
The action is short and interactive, with a clear orientation to the practical possibilities of GenAI tools in real educational scenarios. At the same time, it addresses critical concerns about the boundaries, risks and ethical dimensions of AI in the classroom, enhancing its responsible use by teachers and students.
Target population and coverage of territory
The programme is aimed at teachers of all levels and specialisations, with particular emphasis on rural, island and remote areas of the country. The aim is to create a broad community of teachers with essential skills in harnessing GenAI to reduce geographical and social disparities in access to innovative educational tools.
The first cycle involved 1123 teachers from13 regions in Greece and 27 different subjects, ranging from language courses to informatics, science and health. Geographical and scientific diversity proves that generative artificial intelligence can be creatively integrated into any kind of teaching.
Training structure and support tools
The training is based on a combined approach, utilizing modern and asynchronous means. Teachers initially attend a 2-hour asynchronous module, which acts as an introduction to generative AI, with videos and quizzes to understand key concepts, capabilities, risks and limitations. Then, they participate in a modern 2-hour training, adapted to their level of education and specialty, where they deepen in the practical use of GenAI tools in teaching.
A central element of the action is the development of a library of 568 prompts, covering activities such as the preparation of educational material, the design of interactive courses and the creation of personalised learning activities. The library acts as a community of good practice: teachers not only use existing prompts, but also contribute by constantly expanding the available material.
In addition, through a dedicated mentoring application that combines GenAI and human expertise, teachers have the opportunity to ask questions and receive personalized guidance on teaching, pedagogical design and responsible inclusion of GenAI in the classroom. The use of a Thinkific platform and mobile applications (iOS and Android) makes the programme accessible remotely, boosting participation even from hard-to-reach areas.
Results and impact of experience
The results of the action demonstrate a substantial change in the use and perception of GenAI by teachers. The percentage of those using GenAI tools for educational purposes more than doubled, from 46.7% before the training to 93.2% after its completion, showing that the training translated into a real change of practice.
At the same time, qualitative and quantitative pre- and post-evaluation data show a significant improvement in understanding GenAI's potential for education. Teachers who initially declared a neutral attitude towards technology, after the program reported that they feel confident, informed and able to creatively and responsibly incorporate GenAI tools into their teaching practices.
The degree of satisfaction with the training is particularly high, with an average rating of 4.65/5, which underlines the quality of the training design and the added value for the participants. In addition to technical digital skills, the programme enhances cross-cutting skills critical to ‘prompt engineering’, such as creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving.
Why is it a good practice for the digital skills ecosystem?
The GenAI Education Frontier programme aligns with European and national priorities to enhance digital skills and disseminate artificial intelligence in a human-centric and ethically responsible way. Through the creation of an active community of teachers, the programme contributes to the digital upgrading of local communities, especially in areas where training opportunities are limited.
As a good practice, GenAI Education Frontier combines:
- targeted, hybrid teacher training;
- utilization of libraries of hundreds of prompts,
- building a global community of practice and network of teachers,
- reducing the digital divide for rural, insular and remote areas
- mentoring supported by GenAI,
- evidence-based educational impact with measurable results;
- certificate for the integrated strands of the programme (training, GenAI libraries and/or mentoring).
Thus, it is emerging as an intervention model for the promotion of advanced digital skills in the field of education and can be a reference point for similar actions promoted through the National Alliance for Digital Skills and Employment.
The partners, The Tipping Point and 100mentors, are non-profit organisations with the aim of contributing to the creation of informed and conscious young people, in terms of their academic choices and their subsequent professional careers. They bring many years of experience in mentoring, linking schools with the labor market and utilizing knowledge in digital environments. The Tipping Point has already collaborated with more than 800 schools, 1,900 teachers and 2,000 mentors, reaching over 55,000 students across Greece, while 100mentors, through the wiserwork solution, specializes in integrating collective and implicit knowledge into GenAI work environments.
