MCML: Supporting Teachers in the Use of AI in Education

Teachers need support to keep up with rapid technological change and to adapt teaching and learning to the demands of an increasingly digital world. While new technologies are widely available, they are often used only as additional tools within familiar classroom structures. Simply introducing AI into education does not, by itself, lead to new ways of learning. The KITrans project therefore focused on a central question: how can teachers be effectively supported in using AI in teaching and learning?

To address this, the MCML together with its project partners— the Chair of Primary School Education and Didactics at LMU Munich and Junge Tüftler gGmbH—worked closely with teachers from different types of schools. Together, they developed and tested AI-related teaching and learning approaches, which are now available on Junge Tüftler gGmbH’s “TüftelLab digital” platform. A key focus was on practical materials that teachers can easily use in their everyday classroom practice.