Masterclass: Getting started with AI in learning & development

How can you use AI to strengthen communication within your organisation?
In this interactive masterclass, you will discover how AI helps to make learning and development processes smarter, more people-oriented and continuous. No technical jargon, just practical examples, strategies and tools you can use right away.

We will show you how AI supports communication in conversations between colleagues, managers and teams. From development discussions to job applications and feedback moments. You will learn how AI can help prevent misunderstandings, even in situations involving cultural differences or complex dynamics.

Who
HR professionals, Learning & Development specialists, coaches and anyone involved in employee development or Lifelong Learning (LLO).

Programme:
The programme is as follows:

• 3:30 p.m.: reception
• 3:45 p.m.: welcome
• 4:00 p.m.: start of masterclass
• 4:45 p.m.: Accelerate-IT courses
• 5:00-6:00 p.m.: drinks and networking

What will you take home with you?

• Practical AI applications for learning and development processes in your organisation
• Inspiration to make conversations ongoing rather than annual
• Insights into how AI helps to reduce communication gaps and misunderstandings
• Insights into privacy, ethics and the responsible use of AI
• Concrete tools from experts who are experimenting with AI in practice

Do you work with people? Learn how AI can work for you. Register now via the registration page on Fontys.nl!

Register here for the Masterclass

About the speakers

Ruud Huijts is an educational innovator with twenty years of experience as a lecturer and researcher at Fontys ICT and in secondary education. He moves effortlessly between educational innovation, software development, user interaction and Generative AI. His strength? Making complex technologies accessible to everyone.

As author of the book ‘Leven en Leren met AI’ (Living and Learning with AI), he shares his vision of the role of artificial intelligence in education and our daily lives. He is also pioneering the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which he uses to link AI to existing systems – from educational platforms to NS services and the Rijksmuseum. His innovative applications are practical and accessible, always focused on impact.

Or, as Alexander Klöpping summed it up in the AI Report podcast: Ruud just does ‘cool things’ with new technologies.

Koen Suilen combines expertise in curriculum development with practical experience in generative AI at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. As Curriculum Lead for the AI and Business IT programmes and as an expert affiliated with the Centre of Expertise AI for Society, he focuses on developing professionalisation programmes around AI and the responsible use of Gen AI in education.

Koen co-initiated the AI task force at Fontys ICT, where, in addition to talking about AI, he is also emphatically involved in its practical application. He is co-author of the recently published book ‘Leven en leren met AI’ (Living and learning with AI), a practical guide for students and professionals on the responsible use of generative AI in learning and working environments.

In his work, Koen enables teachers and students to work confidently and responsibly with AI technologies.