Microcredentials for Staff

Participants will explore current AI tools and possibilities that can enrich lesson preparation, student assessment, and the learning process itself. The program combines hands-on workshops, sharing of good practice examples, and individual experimentation with AI tools. The aim is to enable participants to practically experience integrating AI into teaching across various subjects, enhance their critical digital literacy, and learn to use AI as a partner for creative and effective education.

Objectives

• Explore the practical potential of AI in education – from lesson planning and materials design to feedback and assessment.
• Learn how to create and customize AI tools (such as chatbots, writing or grading assistants) that can support your teaching and administrative work.
• Get hands-on experience with AI platforms used in education, experimenting with text, image, and voice-based tools.
• Develop workflow automation skills – how to identify routine tasks in your teaching and make them more efficient with AI support.
• Use AI for data-informed teaching, creating summaries, reports, and visual overviews of student progress and learning outcomes.
• Reflect on ethical and responsible use of AI, including privacy, bias, and transparency in educational settings.
• Enhance your critical digital literacy and learn to see AI as a partner for creative, effective, and inclusive learning.

Course Dates: 29th June - 03th July 2026
Course Language: English
Venue: Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Application Deadline: 20th June 2026

Further information: courses.educalliance.eu/course/740

Unlike classical academic programs, this school is built inside a living cultural event. You won’t only study literature—you will experience it from the backstage, the audience, and the organizing team’s point of view.

Program Structure

1) Morning Block – Classes, Seminars, Master Classes

2) Afternoon Block – Festival Live Every afternoon you will take part in cultural events from the official MAČ (Month of Authors’ Readings in Brno) program

You will have a chance to observe—not as the “public,” but as an emerging professional—how literary events are designed, moderated, promoted, and experienced.

Course Dates: 13th - 17th July 2026
Course Language: English
Venue: Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Application Deadline: 20th June 2026

Further information: courses.educalliance.eu/course/741

 

Do you need to speak English with more confidence at work? Join our one-week intensive summer school! This course is perfect for university staff who want to practise and improve their English through real conversations and practical activities. You'll spend most of your time speaking English in real-life situations - no boring lectures, just lots of practice!

Objectives

Everyday work conversations
Start and keep conversations going with colleagues
Make phone calls with confidence
Practise listening and understanding different accents
Meet new people and network in English

Writing at work
Write clear emails that get your message across
Learn useful phrases for everyday work writing
Check and improve your writing with helpful tools
Get feedback from teachers and other participants

Difficult situations made easier
Learn how to disagree politely
Handle problems and complaints
Express your opinion clearly
Find solutions through conversation

Giving presentations
Learn useful phrases for presenting
Practise speaking to a group
Feel more confident when presenting

Working with people from different cultures
Understand different communication styles
Learn to negotiate and reach agreement
Practise English in different cultural situations
Build confidence in international settings

Course Dates: 6th - 10th July 2025
Course Language: English
Venue: Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Application Deadline: 20th June 2026

Further information: courses.educalliance.eu/course/601

Objectives

Being familiar with some current debates and outputs on the topic of ''visual'' as a part of our experiences in anthropology and beyond.

Being able to define the term visual in its polysemy through the lens of social anthropology, on the one hand as a sensory experience, a way of perceiving the many worlds around us, on the other hand as a practical and symbolic expression, a way of communicating our perceptions, feelings, actions and attitudes.

Being receptive to our diverse experiences associated with the visual world in the broadest sense of the word.

Being able to use visuals as a methodological tool to support dialogue with other people and to make our experiences and understanding of the world more accessible.

Acquiring basic skills in producing visual materials to critically reflect on her/his experiences and disseminate them.

Course Dates: 10th January 2024 - 30th June 2026
Course Language: English

Application Deadline: 30th June 2026

Further information: https://courses.educalliance.eu/course/514