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🎓 The Inaugural AICDIO AI Teacher Advanced Workshop Concluded Successfully ✨
March 21–22, 2025 — the ECNU Global Institute for Development and Innovation (GID), in cooperation with international AI education pioneer BitLab, successfully hosted the inaugural "K-12 Teacher AI Teaching Capability Advanced Workshop" in Shanghai.
📋 Training Overview
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Event name | K-12 Teacher AI Teaching Capability Advanced Workshop (Inaugural AICDIO AI Teacher Advanced Workshop) |
| Time | March 21–22, 2025 (two days) |
| Location | Shanghai · East China Normal University |
| Hosts | ECNU Global Institute for Development and Innovation × BitLab |
| Theme | AICDIO curriculum empowering basic education and top-talent cultivation |
| Participants | Backbone teachers from K-12 schools across the country |
👨🏫 Special Lecturer: Dr. Cao Weixun
Dr. Cao Weixun — founder of BitLab, German engineering doctorate — taught in person for two full days:
- Deep analysis of the AICDIO curriculum philosophy
- Led teachers through the hands-on "Mars Rescue" themed project
- Guided participants in smart-device design and programming practice
- Demonstrated the teaching applications of AIDREAMS educational robots and the AI Programming Cube
🔥 Course Highlights
Module 1: Opportunities and Challenges in the AI Era
- Trend analysis of AI reshaping human society
- The "theory-heavy, practice-light; technology-heavy, ethics-light" problem in AI education
- Why AICDIO: the only way to cultivate versatile innovative talent
Module 2: CDIO Engineering Education Framework Explained
- Conceive — how to find problems and define needs
- Design — solution planning, systems-design thinking
- Implement — hands-on building, programming
- Operate — testing, operation, iterative optimization
Module 3: Three Senses & Three Powers Literacy System
| Three Senses (intrinsic drive) | Three Powers (external expression) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 📖 | Story Sense | ✏️ | Design Power |
| 🎮 | Entertainment Sense | ❤️ | Empathy Power |
| 🌟 | Meaning Sense | 💪 | Willpower |
Module 4: Mars Rescue — Hands-on Project 🚀
The climax of the training! Participants collaborated in groups to complete the "Mars Rescue" project using the AIDREAMS platform:
- Design a smart exploration rover that works in a Mars environment
- Program automatic obstacle avoidance and environmental monitoring
- Integrate sensor data for scientific experiments
- Final showcase and pitch presentation
Module 5: AIDREAMS Tools in Practice 🛠️
- AIDREAMS Educational Robot (world first) — classroom demo and interaction
- AI Programming Cube — how to use the physical programming teaching aid
- BitCreator Platform — tips for the visual programming software
🏆 Participant Takeaways
- ✅ Systematically learned the full AICDIO course-design workflow
- ✅ Awarded the "Co-building AICDIO AI Education Experimental School" certificate
- ✅ Awarded the training completion certificate
- ✅ Joined the AICDIO teacher community for ongoing support
💬 Organizers' Message
"This training not only provided K-12 teachers with an AI teaching-capability uplift of international vision, but also laid a solid foundation for the construction of the first batch of AICDIO experimental schools nationwide. Going forward, both sides will deepen cooperation, promote equitable access to AI education resources, help more schools become regional AI-education demonstration bases, and inject new momentum into top-talent cultivation." — Professor Du Debin, Director of ECNU GID
📸 Event Photos
(On-site photos: Dr. Cao teaching, Mars Rescue project showcase, participant group discussions, certificate-awarding ceremony)
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