AI4META-SEN: Artificial Intelligence for Meta-Learning in Special Education

Main Aim

To improve educators’ competences in integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to promote meta-learning among students with special educational needs (SEN), enabling learners to develop stronger self-awareness, self-regulation, and strategic learning skills across different subjects.

Target Groups

Primary target groups

•  School educators and support staff working with students with SEN
•  Teachers of inclusive education and subject teachers in partner schools

Secondary target groups

•  Students with special educational needs (indirect beneficiaries)
•  School management and pedagogical coordinators
•  Teacher trainers and education policy stakeholders

Objectives

1. By month 6, identify at least 8 most common SEN profiles across partner schools and map existing meta-learning practices through a transnational needs assessment involving a minimum of 150 educators.
2. By month 12, develop and validate an AI-supported Meta-Learning Curriculum and Toolkit addressing at least 8 SEN profiles, including practical AI use cases adaptable to different school subjects.
3. By month 15, train at least 18 educators (minimum 6 per school partner) through a 5-day international capacity-building programme focused on applying AI-based meta-learning strategies in SEN education.
4. By month 20, implement and test the developed tools through local teacher trainings (minimum 45 educators) and a pilot programme in at least 3 partner schools, reaching a minimum of 60 students with SEN.
5. By project end, demonstrate measurable improvement in educators’ competences and students’ meta-learning skills, evidenced by pre- and post-test results showing at least a 25% increase in self-regulation and learning strategy awareness indicators.
6. By project end, produce at least one peer-reviewed scientific article analysing the effectiveness of AI-supported meta-learning strategies for students with SEN, based on data collected during the pilot phase.

Work Packages (WP)

WP1 – Project Management and Quality Assurance

Lead: Polish School (Coordinator)

Duration: Whole project

Objectives

•  Ensure effective coordination, communication, and financial management
•  Guarantee high-quality implementation and timely delivery
•  Monitor risks, ethics, and compliance with Erasmus+ requirements

Key Tasks

•  Consortium coordination meetings (online and transnational)
•  Financial and administrative management
•  Risk management and quality assurance procedures
•  Internal monitoring, reporting, and documentation
•  Data protection, ethics, and inclusion compliance

Deliverables

•  Project Management and Quality Handbook
•  Quality and Risk Management Reports
•  Sustainability and exploitation strategy development
•  Interim and Final Internal Reports

WP2 – Research, Needs Assessment and Methodological Framework

Objectives

•  Identify real needs of educators and students with SEN
•  Build an evidence-based foundation for curriculum development

Key Tasks

•  Transnational meeting to plan research in Poland, 1 day meeting with 2 representatives from each partner country
•  Literature review on SEN, meta-learning, and AI in education
•  Design and implementation of online surveys for educators
•  Comparative analysis of SEN profiles and subject-specific challenges

Deliverables

•  Transnational Needs Assessment Report
•  Comparative SEN and Meta-Learning Analysis
•  Methodological Framework for AI Integration

WP3 – Digital platform with AI-Supported Meta-Learning Curriculum and Toolkit

Objectives

•  Develop practical, educator-friendly resources for SEN education
•  Integrate AI tools to support meta-learning processes

Key Tasks

Digital platform development with

•  Curriculum design addressing at least 8 SEN profiles
•  Development of AI-based tools, lesson scenarios, and learning pathways
•  Validation of materials with educators
•  Preparation of digital and printable resources

Deliverables

Digital platform with:

•  Interactive Meta-Learning Curriculum
•  Interactive AI Toolkit for SEN Educators
•  Educator Guide and Implementation Manual
•  Digital and printable resources

WP4 – Capacity Building, Piloting and Evaluation

Objectives

•  Strengthen educators’ practical skills in AI-supported meta-learning
•  Test and refine tools in real school environments

Key Tasks

•  International training in Lithuania (5 days), 5 teachers from each partner school will attend the training where teachers will be trained how to use the digital platform and navigate it
•  Local teacher trainings (minimum 10 educators per school partner)
•  Pilot implementation in partner partner schools, implementation will be done during 4 months and for 5 classrooms per school, reaching at least 25 SEN students per school partner
•  Pre- and post-test assessments, classroom observations, feedback collection

Deliverables

•  Training Programme and Training Materials
•  Pilot Implementation Reports
•  Evaluation and Impact Assessment Report

WP5 – Dissemination, Exploitation and Sustainability

Objectives

•  Ensure wide visibility and long-term use of project results
•  Contribute to evidence-based academic, policy, and practitioner discussions

Key Tasks

•  Scientific article development based on pilot data
•  Online and local dissemination activities, each partner will promote platform in 3 different events, one online and 2 in person, reaching at least 100 new educators each with dissemination materials with project logos and co-funded logos

Deliverables

•  Peer-reviewed Scientific Article
•  Dissemination Materials and Event Reports
•  Sustainability and Exploitation Plan

Expected Results and Outputs

•  Increased AI and meta-learning competences of educators working with students with SEN
•  An evidence-based, transferable AI-supported curriculum for inclusive education
•  Improved self-regulation, learning awareness, and strategic learning skills among students with SEN
•  Strengthened transnational cooperation between schools, NGOs, and higher education institutions
•  Sustainable tools and methodologies adaptable beyond the project lifetime and transferable across European school contexts

Key details

What's next

Upcoming mobilities and local workshops are announced through our open calls. Materials produced by the project are shared in our resources library.