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Academic leagues have become important mechanisms for promoting extracurricular education and strengthening the integration between universities and society. This paper presents the organizational framework adopted by the Academic League of Artificial Intelligence (LIA) at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), designed to integrate teaching, research, and university extension through a student-centered, project-based approach. The framework combines democratic governance, collaborative learning, and dynamic project organization to foster both technical and transversal competencies. The framework is illustrated through representative initiatives, including competition teams, study groups, open lectures, knowledge repositories, and AI-powered applications with social impact. These projects demonstrate how diverse educational, scientific, and extension activities can be developed within a common organizational structure while promoting leadership, scientific production, community engagement, and knowledge preservation. The reported experience indicates that the proposed framework provides a flexible and replicable model for integrating the three university pillars into engineering and computing education, offering practical guidance for academic leagues and similar student organizations.
Study at a glance
- Question: How can a university student organization integrate artificial intelligence into teaching, research, and community outreach?
- Setting and data: Academic League of Artificial Intelligence at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
- Method: Descriptive case study illustrating an organizational framework through representative student initiatives
Why it matters
Academic leagues are important mechanisms for promoting extracurricular education and strengthening integration between universities and society. Fostering both technical and transversal competencies requires approaches that combine teaching, research, and extension through collaborative, student-centered learning.
Key findings
- At the Federal University of Santa Catarina, a student artificial intelligence league demonstrated how shared organizational structures promote student leadership, scientific production, and community engagement.
- Project initiatives combining study groups and AI applications supported both technical and broad professional skills through collaborative, student-centered learning.
- Reported experiences indicated that this framework provides a flexible and replicable model for integrating research, teaching, and outreach in computing education.
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