DS4AIR: Digital Skills for the Artificial Intelligence Revolution
Funding Programme: ERASMUS+: An Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnerships for Adult Education (Project Reference: 2020-1-MT01-KA204-074223)
Scope: The project supports innovation through the design, development & evaluation of an online training course on Digital Skills for the Artificial Intelligence Revolution – this course is available for all interested free of charge online and at your own pace.
Objectives: To equip employers and employees with the necessary skills to use AI at the work place, and address skills required by vulnerable employees within companies in the process of implementing digital transformation in their workplace.
Partners Involved: Smart Learning, B&P, SERC International and Camara Valencia
The Malta Chamber Role: Partner
Value to Members: Providing a free course on digital skills for AI. A certificate is provided following each module and upon course completion.
Pillar: Digitalisation
Project Website: DS4AIR and course
Timeline: Closed
TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES
27 November 2020 – Kickoff Project Meeting
Transnational meeting with project partners in Spain, Denmark and Northern Ireland to outline a training course for digitally vulnerable employees in employment.
01 December 2020 – ‘The AI Revolution’ webinar
This webinar addressed the impact of AI applications on human resources, asking whether AI is all a hype or whether it is truly streamlining many HR processes into automated ones.
17 June 2021 – ‘The reskilling revolution in the AI era’ webinar
The webinar addressed the need for businesses to identify employee digital skills gaps and provide relevant digital skills training to upskill employees in preparation for the move to AI technology within the work environment.
21 June 2021 – Transnational Project Meeting
The Transational Meeting, with attendees from Spain, Denmark, Malta and Ireland, focused on identifying a learner persona for an online training programme addressing vulnerable employees.
20 May 2022 – ErasmusPlus Ds4AIR Training Session
A training session between B+P, The Malta Chamber, SERC International, Cámara Valencia and SmartLearning to finalise an online digital skills course to help prepare organisations for the Artificial Intelligence Revolution.
16 March 2023 – ‘Digital skills, the AI revolution and beyond’ event
The event aimed at highlighting the importance modernising present employment and skills in meeting the demands of a world that is progressively becoming more digital.
