More time to teach. Less time spent on repetitive tasks.
The challenge
More than half of a teacher’s work happens
outside
the classroom
Teaching is only one part of a teacher’s daily work. Preparing lessons, assessing, correcting, communicating, recording information and responding to administrative tasks take up a significant part of their time.
Teacher's time
How teachers’ working time is distributed across their tasks.
Source: OECD, Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2024). Percentages normalised to the total working time of lower-secondary teachers.
Meet EnsinAI
EnsinAI is a jp.ik R&D project to develop a laptop with local Generative AI, designed to support teachers in tasks such as lesson planning, assessment, content creation and school documentation.
This operation is co-financed by COMPETE 2030, Portugal 2030 and the European Union, under the Incentive System for Research and Technological Development (SIID), Individual Operations, call MPr-2023-9.
How EnsinAI supports teachers
EnsinAI is being developed to support real teaching tasks, both inside and outside the classroom.
Lesson planning
Support in preparing lesson plans, summaries, activities and materials adapted to different educational contexts.
Assessment and feedback
Tools to support correction, analysis of student work and preparation of assessments.
Educational content creation
Assistance in producing presentations, multimedia resources, exercises and teaching materials for different classes.
Administrative tasks
Support in preparing reports, organising information and managing recurring school documentation.
Research results
The invisible work of teachers is
the starting point
The first phases of EnsinAI made it possible to identify real needs in teachers’ work, map priority areas for the application of Artificial Intelligence and position the project within a fast-changing market.
57
of teachers’ workload corresponds to non-teaching tasks
43
corresponds to direct teaching
This finding reinforces the relevance of EnsinAI: technology should support teachers especially in the tasks that take up time before and after class, such as planning, assessing, correcting, communicating, recording information and preparing materials.
AI can support six priority areas
The research mapped the areas where Artificial Intelligence can support teachers’ work more directly:
01.
Lesson Planning
02.
Assessment and feedback
03.
Administrative tasks
04.
Communication with parents and guardians
05.
Monitoring student performance
06.
Professional development and collaboration
Local AI is a strategic choice
The comparison between cloud-based solutions and local execution reinforced the importance of developing a solution capable of running Artificial Intelligence tasks directly on the device.
This approach responds to four critical needs in educational contexts:
Privacy
Data can remain on the device.
Fast response
Tasks can be executed locally, with less dependence on external connectivity.
Lower cloud dependency
The solution can be better suited to schools with variable connectivity.
Greater control for teachers and schools
Technology stays closer to the context in which it is used.
The next generation of computers is arriving in education
As Artificial Intelligence enters schools, teachers need devices capable of supporting new ways of working: creating content, organising information, supporting assessment and executing tasks with greater speed and privacy.
EnsinAI was created in this context: a computer developed for teachers, prepared for local AI and designed around the real needs of teaching work.
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