Description

"AI in Education Training" is a succinct course designed for educators adapting to the digital age. It not only outlines AI's impact on education and provides strategies for ethical integration but also delves into creating AI-resistant content. The course empowers educators with the tools for innovative teaching methods, professional efficiency, and constructing content that retains its value in an AI-driven educational landscape.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

Educators will:

1. Explain the impact of Artificial Intelligence on education and student learning approaches.
2. Know how to use ChatGPT and an AI detection software, assessed in the Day 1 Knowledge-To-Action Assignment.
3. Analyze the potential advantages and limitations of AI tools like ChatGPT within an educational context, measured by their analysis in the Day 1 Knowledge-To-Action Assignment.
4. Implement strategies to create AI-resistant assignments, fostering critical thinking, evaluated through the adaptation of a personal teaching assignment in the Day 2 Knowledge-To-Action Assignment.
5. Know how to ethically integrate AI tools into the classroom, demonstrated by the creation of in-class activities in the Day 3 Knowledge-To-Action Assignment.
6. Utilize AI, specifically ChatGPT, to enhance teaching efficiency, including optimizing email communication and lesson planning, assessed through the crafting of an email newsletter and a lesson plan in the Day 4 Knowledge-To-Action Assignment.
7. Develop a full teaching unit that effectively resists AI shortcuts, ethically incorporates AI, and fosters critical thinking in students, as evidenced by the completion of the Full Unit Creation Assignment.
8. Reflect on the experiences, challenges, insights, and potential improvements in AI integration in education, assessed through written reflections after each assignment and the final unit creation.

Required Student Resources:

• Laptop & internet connection

Online registration URL closes @ 5:00 p.m. on December 1, 2023.