AI Maturity in Education Scan (AIMES)
The AI Maturity in Education Scan (AIMES) offers you direct support to assess and advance your AI Literacy. AIMES consists of three surveys for: Teachers, Programme directors and Faculty Board Members. Upon completing the survey (5-10 minutes), you receive:
- immediately action-oriented feedback;
- practical tips;
- recommended literature on Artificial Intelligence (AI).
You can directly download a report with all information for later reference.
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AIMES is updated every six months. Would you like to be informed of these updates and/or join the AIMES expert panel? Fill in the AIMES interest form.
What is AIMES and how can it be used?
Aims of AIMES
AI literacy is essential to ensure quality education. AIMES enables the advancement of AI literacy; the ability to understand, use, monitor, and critically reflect on AI applications.
One Scan: Three Surveys, Ten Items, and Three Maturity Levels
In response to recent AI developments, the AI Maturity in Education Scan (AIMES) was developed to support self-assessment and enhance AI literacy among teachers, program directors, and faculty board members. Each survey consists of ten items, each item offers three descriptions corresponding to three maturity levels. Participants choose the description that most accurately reflects their current level.
The AIMES Downloadable Report: A Personal Reference
AIMES users receive answer-specific, action-oriented feedback, tips, and recommended literature. The feedback and tips of AIMES are compiled using 100+ references from both the VU Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam as well as organisations as the EU, OECD and UNESCO. All information, including links, can be downloaded in a report at the end of the survey, serving as a personal reference.
By and for Educational Professionals
The AI Maturity in Education Scan (AIMES) is a joint initiative by VU Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam. AIMES was developed under the leadership of its founder Luuk Terbeek, educational advisor on AI in Education at both universities. During 2024, the first version of AIMES was validated in collaboration with an international expert panel (by applying the Delphi Method).
The foundation of AIMES: The Key Requirements for Trustworthy AI
AIMES is based on the seven Key Requirements for Trustworthy AI (EU, 2019); 1.) Human agency and oversight, 2.) Technical robustness and safety, 3.) Privacy and data governance, 4.) Transparency, 5.) Diversity, non-discrimination and fairness, 6.) Societal and environmental well-being, and 7.) Accountability. By addressing these seven requirements, AIMES is aligned with the EU AI Act. The EU AI ACT is world’s first comprehensive legal framework for AI and supports the development of Trustworthy AI.
Towards a Shared Narrative
AIMES serve as a reference for the use of AI at both the course, programme and institutional level. As a result, AIMES facilitates the development of a shared narrative among different key actors. This narrative can guides critical discussions on AI in education. By aligning perspectives, AIMES promotes mutual understanding and collaboration, with the aim of enhancing education with AI.
Ensuring Relevance: AIMES’ Semi-Annual Updates
To stay aligned with relevant developments in AI, AIMES is updated twice a year, with new releases every June and November. The upcoming release in June 2025 will include the addition of a student survey, more evidence-based tips, and further alignment with the EU AI Act. In addition, collaboration will be intensified with coordinators of professionalisation programs and stakeholders of (inter)national AI in education programs.
The Rationale Behind AIMES: An Interview with its Initiator, Luuk Terbeek
Curious to gain more insight into AIMES? Read the interview Assistance with AI literacy with the AI Maturity in Education Scan (AIMES) to learn more about its background and purpose.
In addition to its use for self-assessment, AIMES offers a number of other possible uses to promote AI Literacy.
Integrating AIMES into Educational Professional Development
AIMES complement professionalisation programs like University Teaching Qualification (UTQ), Senior Teaching Qualification (STQ) and the Educational Leadership Course. Within these programs, AIMES can be incorporated as a stand-alone self-assessment or integrated into program content (in whole or in part) to ensure the advancement of AI Literacy. Accordingly, AIMES can serve as a reference for agreements on these programs at (inter)national level.
AIMES as an Open Educational Resource: Reusing content of AIMES
AIMES is an Open Educational Resource, all content is made available through the document ‘AIMES Implementation Guidelines’. The content of AIMES can be freely shared, remixed, adapted, and built upon in any medium or format with regard to non-commercial purposes (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). As a result, AIMES enables educational institutions around the world to improve AI literacy in their unique contexts by reusing or adapting content to their specific educational needs.
Leveraging AIMES for workshops, e-modules, research or Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) activities
AIMES content can enhance several activities focused on AI literacy. AIMES thematic structure facilitates focus and guidance for the development of workshops, e-modules, research or Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) activities concerning AI in education.
AIMES: Driving Strategic AI Integration in Education
AIMES serves as a reference for the development or refinement of institutional plans, educational visions, policy and midterm reviews. Its holistic design facilitate the alignment of strategic plans and institution wide initiatives and activities on AI in education.
Educational experts and students about AIMES
“AI is increasingly integrated into our daily lives, rapidly transforming the digital infrastructure of education. The challenge lies in empowering teachers and administrators within our faculty to achieve digital autonomy. Digital and AI literacy can be enhanced by employing AIMES.”
“I am sure that the OER version of AIMES offers institutions worldwide an opportunity to democratize AI literacy. By making cutting-edge AI education accessible to learners everywhere, AIMES empowers institutions to bridge the gap between emerging technologies and the skills needed to navigate our increasingly AI-driven world.”
“AIMES is a game changer for higher education. It increases AI literacy and takes education quality to the next level.”
“To make their teaching AI-proof, teachers need training, access to AI tools and support. AIMES facilitates this by offering self-assessments and referring to useful resources and tips to improve your AI literacy.”
“AI is as new and transformative for students as it is for university staff. Just like we are learning to become experts in our fields, we also need guidance in using AI ethically, equitably, and effectively. We look to our lecturers, program directors, and faculty administrators for that support. AIMES can ensure that our educators have the AI literacy we expect and deserve, empowering them to guide us confidently through this new landscape.”
“As AI becomes integral to various aspects of life, universities must equip teachers and students to integrate it meaningfully and ethically into the curriculum — with AIMES as a valuable guide.”
Want to know more about AIMES or AI in education?
Luuk Terbeek is an educational advisor on AI in education at the VU Amsterdam (CTL) and project leader AI in Education at the UvA (TLC Central).
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