{"id":15290,"date":"2025-11-24T09:58:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b9-empowerai-pilot-project-highlights-from-the-italian-training-course\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:50:05","slug":"empowerai-pilot-project-highlights-from-the-italian-training-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/empowerai-pilot-project-highlights-from-the-italian-training-course\/","title":{"rendered":"EmpowerAI Pilot Project: highlights from the Italian training course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">LearningDigital recently completed the pilot phase of the online training course, aimed at testing the developed online training materials and the platform, and receiving key insights into the needs and experiences of local participants.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How the pilot was organised<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The planning for the pilot in Italy began in\u202fAugust. Recognising the challenge of recruitment, an initial strategy focused on leveraging\u202fpersonal connections, partners, and known entrepreneurs\u202finterested in AI. These individuals were asked to share the training within their networks.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The main recruitment activities included:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Direct outreach\u202fto past collaborators and personal contacts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Contacting the\u202ffemale entrepreneurs previously interviewed\u202ffor the project.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Launching a\u202fsocial media campaign (LinkedIn and Basecamp)\u202fon September 23rd, after an initially low response rate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sharing the launch with\u202fother project partners.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the end, a total of\u202f16 participants\u202fcompleted the training in Italy. Most participants were in the\u202f25-35 and 35-45 age groups. The entrepreneurs group was the most represented (11\/16).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Key impressions and evaluation<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The overall experience was rated positively, with an\u202faverage rating of 3.50. The feedback for the training content was highly favourable, as around\u202f80%\u202fof respondents were happy or very happy with the content, and 70% participants reported that the course helped them\u202fimprove their knowledge of AI\u202fand that they learned something new. Additionally, all participants found the content to be\u202fup to date, and almost all considered it\u202frelevant\u202f(15 out of 16).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[720],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[8]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Platform and activities<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Participants generally found the e-platform to be technically sound, as 68.8%\u202fof participants reported\u202fno technical issues and, for the most part, found the platform easy to use.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[720],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[8]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nevertheless, it was also clear that participants were mainly interested in only\u202freading the training materials; other activities were, for the most part,\u202fnot completed. There was an evident lack of interest in the badges. Only 25% obtained both badges, with a majority (10 out of 16) obtaining neither, citing that they did not see a real value in them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[720],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[8]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Conclusion and highlights<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Italian pilot successfully engaged a mixed group of entrepreneurs and educators, confirming that the course content on AI was primarily perceived as\u202frelevant and helpful, focusing on something we might use daily, but not at its full potential. The main takeaways for future iterations point towards enhancing the platform\u2019s\u202finteractivity and visual appeal\u202fand reconsidering the\u202fvalue and necessity of non-text-based activities and badges.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LearningDigital recently completed the pilot phase of the online training course, aimed at testing the developed online training materials and the platform, and receiving key&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-fi"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15299,"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15290\/revisions\/15299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowerai.eu\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}