AI PBL Bootcamp · Free · Three Mondays from 26 October
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AI PBL training

Three Mondays, 17 short videos, everything on this page. Watch before each session, bring your own project, and leave with a way of working you keep improving.

The red thread, every time
  1. Learn
  2. Contextualise
  3. Create
  4. Evaluate
  5. Improve
  6. Capture
  7. Reuse

The first time, AI does not have to be faster. The gain comes from not throwing good thinking away: you capture it in a Skill, then make it a little better every time you use it.

Have ready

  • A PBL project you actually teach — messy is fine; that is the material.
  • An AI account you can log in to: ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  • Your school's standards or criteria, in whatever form they exist.
  • The videos for that session watched — about 30 minutes each time.

The rhythm

  • Watch · 30 min before each session, on your own.
  • Session · 45 min live on Teams: one demonstration, then your own material.
  • Practise · between sessions, at your pace. Bring what broke.

About 4 hours across three weeks.

After three Mondays you can do this.

  1. Recognise

    what makes project-based learning genuinely good, and where your own pedagogical model adds to the evidence.

  2. Brief

    an AI with a clear goal, task, constraints, output and quality criteria — and feed it your context first.

  3. Judge

    AI output against criteria and sources, compare alternatives, then use, revise or reject it.

  4. Capture

    a workflow that worked as a reusable Skill: instructions, context, quality checks and stop rules.

  5. Choose

    the right model and design system for the task, and automate the teacher work that repeats.

  6. Build

    a controlled agent for formative feedback, with the judgement kept where it belongs — with you.

Level 1

Chat

Brief it well, feed it your context, judge what comes back.

Level 2

Skills

Capture a way of working that worked, so next time takes minutes.

Level 3

Agents

Delegate a bounded, repeatable task — with a human checkpoint built in.

Throughout. Evaluating, iterating and human judgement are not a final module. They run through every practical video, and responsible, fair and ethical use is the floor under all of it.

Your route, week by week

Videos before a session, the session itself, a practical after it. Each block builds on the last: from one good brief, to a Skill you reuse, to an agent you control.

Before or during live session 1

Intro module

Why AI strengthens the teacher, what good PBL is, and where this training is heading.

5 videos

Welcome: AI strengthens the teacher

Video

The learning outcomes, the route through the three sessions, and the core idea: AI does not replace pedagogical judgement. Responsible, fair and ethical use is the floor, not the ceiling.

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  • Slides Training overview and route follows

What makes PBL genuinely good?

Video

Recognise the scientific core of strong project-based learning and complement it with the pedagogical model of your own school and practice. The principle the whole training rests on: poor pedagogical input gives poor AI output.

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  • Reading The PBL framework, one page follows

From chat to Skills to Agents

Video

The three levels of working with AI — chatting, reusable ways of working, delegated work — and what each one asks of you. You will know where the training is building towards before you start.

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Tools and responsible AI use

Video

The minimal AI toolkit you need for the training, and the ethical principles you apply from the first prompt on: privacy, bias, transparency, human responsibility and the rest.

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  • Checklist Responsible AI use: the principles card follows

Protect the learning

Video

Design from learning goals, student agency, scaffolding and evidence of individual learning — then decide, deliberately, what AI may take over and what it must not.

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  • Worksheet What AI may and may not take over: a decision sheet follows
Live session 1 · Teams Monday 26 October 12:30–13:15 · 45 min

Kick-off: the route and the first workflow

One good AI workflow, run live on a real teacher’s material.

  • Where we are going: chat, Skills, Agents — and the floor under all of it.
  • One demonstration of the basic workflow on a real PBL project.
  • You start on your own material; questions answered live.
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  • Slides Session 1 slides follows
Between live session 1 and 2

The basic workflow

Brief it, feed it context, judge what comes back.

3 videos

Write a good AI brief

Video

From a vague question to a clear prompt: goal, task, constraints, output and quality criteria. Prompt Cowboy as a tool to get there faster.

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  • Template Prompt structure template follows

Context first: feed AI what is good

Video

A reliable workflow, run end to end: desired output → find relevant knowledge → sources → a golden example → your own context → the prompt. The rubric case is the worked example.

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  • Checklist Context-first workflow checklist follows
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Improve and test AI output

Video

Judge and iterate systematically: use your criteria, check the sources, compare alternatives, bring in a second model as a reviewer if it helps — then use, revise or reject.

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  • Worksheet Use / revise / reject: the review sheet follows
Live session 2 · Teams Monday 2 November 12:30–13:15 · 45 min

From one good workflow to a personal, reusable way of working

The central whole skill: capture a workflow that worked as a Skill you will use again.

  • Run a PBL audit live, on a participant’s project.
  • Improve the workflow together — what changed, and why.
  • Capture its lessons in a Skill, so the next audit starts from there.
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AI as a working environment

Skills, the right model, a design system, and the work that repeats.

4 videos

Build your first AI Skill

Video

Capture a successful way of working with instructions, context, quality checks and stop rules, then improve the Skill on feedback. Also: external Skill libraries, and the risks of using one you did not write.

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Choose the right AI model

Video

Compare models on quality, speed, context window, multimodality, price and the type of task — without treating any one model as the default for everything.

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  • Worksheet Model comparison sheet follows

Steer form and content with a design system

Video

Make AI output consistent in style, structure and format — worksheets, slides, lesson material. Add your own design principles and UDL, and make the relevant Drive sources available to the AI.

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Automate recurring teacher work

Video

Routines and scheduled tasks for the work that comes back every week: collecting current sources on a project theme, preparing periodic project updates, and more.

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Live session 3 · Teams Monday 9 November 12:30–13:15 · 45 min

From workflow to agent

The culminating whole skill: a controlled AI agent for formative feedback.

  • Student product → retrieve context and criteria → analyse → generate feedback → human check.
  • Prompting, context, evaluation, Skills, models and automation come together in one build.
  • Where the human checkpoints sit, and why they are not optional.
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After session 3, and whenever you need them

Agents, and what comes next

Build the feedback agent at your own pace, then keep building.

5 videos

From workflow to agent

Video

When is an agent actually useful, which steps does it get, and where must the human checkpoints sit?

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Build a feedback agent — part 1

Video

Design the input, the sources, the assessment criteria, the Skill and the process.

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Build a feedback agent — part 2

Video

Automate it, test it, find the failure cases, and improve it iteratively. The failure cases are the point.

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What else can agents do?

Video

A short gallery of PBL agent ideas worth building, across Design, Launch, Coach, Assess and Improve — with the method library as the place to start.

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Next steps: keep building your AI way of working

Video

From loose experiments to a personal library of Skills, routines and agents that get a little better every time you use them.

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All lesson files

0 of 16 files available so far. The rest follow as the videos are recorded.

FileTypeBelongs toLink
Training overview and routeSlidesWelcome: AI strengthens the teacher
The PBL framework, one pageReadingWhat makes PBL genuinely good?
Responsible AI use: the principles cardChecklistTools and responsible AI use
What AI may and may not take over: a decision sheetWorksheetProtect the learning
Session 1 slidesSlidesLive session 1
Prompt structure templateTemplateWrite a good AI brief
Context-first workflow checklistChecklistContext first: feed AI what is good
Rubric case: the worked exampleExampleContext first: feed AI what is good
Use / revise / reject: the review sheetWorksheetImprove and test AI output
PBL audit worksheetWorksheetAudit one of your own PBL projects
Session 2 slidesSlidesLive session 2
Skill templateTemplateBuild your first AI Skill
Model comparison sheetWorksheetChoose the right AI model
Design system starter for lesson materialTemplateSteer form and content with a design system
Session 3 slidesSlidesLive session 3
Agent design canvasTemplateBuild a feedback agent — part 1

The method library

Forty problem-first methods across Design, Launch, Coach, Assess and Improve — the reference the training draws on, and the place to start when you want an agent idea after session 3.

Browse the methods →

Stuck, or something on this page is wrong? Tell your trainer in the session, or use the feedback form on any method page. This page is one perspective on the training, not a contract; the live sessions may adapt to what you bring.

Co-funded by the European Union under Erasmus+ KA210-SCH. No student data. No teacher material stored. Watched ticks stay in your browser only.