4 April 2024 – The SETCOM project, which is co-financed by the Norway Grants, organised an international expert conference on “Synergies of Literacy in Artificial Intelligence Systems and Social and Emotional Learning in Education”.
The objectives of the project SETCOM are to develop social and emotional competence, to develop literacy in the field of artificial intelligence and to establish a Competence Centre SETCOM. The project’s objectives contribute to fostering institutional cooperation at all levels of formal and non-formal education and to improving the support environment for the whole education sector and its users.
The expert conference took place at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor. In addition to the project promoter, both the Slovenian project partners and the Norwegian project partner were present.
On behalf of the co-financer, the Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development, the audience was welcomed by Ms. Jadranka Plut. In her speech, she stressed that “projects as SETCOM represent an effective way of bringing together institutions, companies, experts, transfer knowledge and good practices and contribute to strengthening bilateral relations between two countries, in this case between Slovenia and Norway.”
The event was represented by several speakers from the fields of artificial intelligence and social and emotional learning. The focus was on linking technological literacy with social and emotional competences in education.
In addition to the Project Promoter, the University of Maribor, the project is co-created by project partners Nord University, the Municipality of Maribor, Elementary School Drago Kobal Maribor, the Secondary School of Economics and Gymnasium Maribor, the Elementary school Dušan Flis Hoče, the Friends of Youth Association Maribor and the Andragogic Institute Maribor – Adult Education Centre.
SOURCE: SETCOM