ChessAIThon - Chess Artificial Intelligence Hackathon

Erasmus+ VETCooperation partnerships in vocational education and trainingID: 2025-1-ES01-KA220-VET-000354329
EC Contribution
€2,500
Consortium Size
9 orgs
Start Year
2025
Summary

Support VET teachers in implementing the most innovative teaching solutions based on the use of universal language of Chess for developing VET student preparation to face the job market challenges...

Objectives

Support VET teachers in implementing the most innovative teaching solutions based on the use of universal language of Chess for developing VET student preparation to face the job market challenges and expectations develop a more aware and practical oriented comprehension of principles of coding and artificial intelligence and reinforce transversal key competences through problem based learning approaches addressed to VET students.

Activities

Involve VET Schools in a cooperative effort to create Chess based effective, structured and curriculum-relevant training solutions in order to motivate students and develop their soft skills and combine this with imparting fundamental concepts of AI. Engage students in a transnational learning by doing experience through which they will be challenged in both the aspect of solving and evaluating real chess scenarios and that of training an AI to solve chess problems

Impact

Comprehensive training materials for VET teachers focused on how to train students in the use the principles of chess, computing, and artificial intelligence (IA) essential for being prepared to the job market. Online database featuring real-life chess scenarios and related lesson plans International competition providing a practical arena for participants to apply their acquired knowledge and skills in training Artificial intelligence in solving chess problems

Consortium (9)