{"id":37,"date":"2026-01-13T20:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hajdarovic.com\/blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:21:40","slug":"crossing-into-the-new-year-through-workshops-ai-pedagogy-as-my-professional-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hajdarovic.com\/blog\/en\/2026\/crossing-into-the-new-year-through-workshops-ai-pedagogy-as-my-professional-compass\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing into the New Year Through Workshops: AI Pedagogy as My Professional Compass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I didn\u2019t mark the turn from 2025 to 2026 with fireworks or big-year summaries, but with workshops. It may sound unusual, yet for me it has become perfectly natural: over the past few years, my professional rhythm has increasingly revolved around one major theme\u2014how to use artificial intelligence in education thoughtfully, responsibly, and in a way that genuinely serves pedagogy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In December, I spent five intensive days in \u010cakovec as a trainer within the AI4VET transnational training \u201cGenerative AI and Transformative Educational Content<\/a>\u201d. The programme brought together 15 educators from five EU countries (Croatia, Poland, Austria, Romania, and Lithuania), and the atmosphere was exactly what I value most: focused, open, critical, and collaborative. In groups like this, the difference between \u201ctalking about tools\u201d and real change in practice becomes obvious very quickly. That\u2019s why we kept the emphasis on the pedagogical meaning of GenAI use: what learning outcomes we actually want, how to set boundaries, how to protect data and privacy, how to ensure human oversight, and how to build simple frameworks that educators can take straight into their classroom or training room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a personal level, I\u2019m especially glad that through this process I have become part of a small\u2014but exceptionally high-quality and agile\u2014group of professionals at the Public Open University \u010cakovec<\/a><\/strong>. For years, this team has been consistently delivering Erasmus+ projects in adult education and educator training. What I admire most is the combination of clear purpose, strong organisation, practical orientation, and real impact on the people who learn and teach. Being part of such an environment adds an extra layer of meaning to every workshop and every new learning cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the core concepts and ethical questions, we worked very concretely: how to design a good prompt, how to recognise typical risks (bias, confidently wrong outputs, overreliance on the tool), and how to develop small, practical workflows that save time without lowering standards. What I found particularly valuable was seeing participants\u2014each in their own context\u2014translate AI from \u201csomething that is happening\u201d into \u201csomething I can use in a controlled way\u201d, without losing professional integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks later, I started the new year in Zapre\u0161i\u0107\u2014at High School \u201cBan Josip Jela\u010di\u0107\u201d\u2014with a three-hour workshop for 50+ teachers. Although the group was larger, the tone remained the same: realistic, practice-oriented, and free of technological romanticism. We kept the focus where it matters most: not on \u201ctool hype\u201d, but on how GenAI becomes a didactic resource only when it is embedded into clear rules, verifiable processes, and sensible goals. We practised prompt design, discussed data safety and copyright, analysed common errors and biases, and walked through several practical use cases\u2014from quick warm-up diagnostics and lesson preparation to reflection and fast formative checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These trainings keep confirming something that has been crystallising for me for quite some time: AI in education won\u2019t be \u201cjust another tool\u201d, but a new type of professional literacy. It includes technical understanding, but even more so pedagogical judgement. It involves speed, but also patience. It encourages creativity, but also disciplined verification. And most importantly, it requires awareness that responsibility always remains with the human being. AI can accelerate a process, but it cannot replace meaning, values, or the decisions that make teaching good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why I like the symbolism of crossing the year through educator training: ending 2025 with an international \u201cworking lab\u201d where people learn from one another, and beginning 2026 in a school, with teachers who want to understand and build a framework\u2014rather than simply \u201ctry the tool\u201d. Between these two moments lies the continuity of my work in recent years: AI pedagogy as a response to the speed of change, and as an opportunity to strengthen what has always mattered in education\u2014clear goals, reliable sources, a good learning task, and a relationship of trust between teachers and learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, I also want to acknowledge the people who make such learning encounters possible. In Zapre\u0161i\u0107, special thanks to the school pedagogue for the invitation and to the principal for the warm welcome. And to everyone who participated\u2014thank you for your openness, your sharp questions, and your willingness to approach AI without fear, but also without na\u00efvet\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is one thing I wish for in 2026, it is this: that responsible, pedagogy-driven use of artificial intelligence becomes a shared standard\u2014built gradually, one good workshop at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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