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Description

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 you with 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:

You will:

• Explain the impact of Artificial Intelligence on education and student learning approaches.
• Know how to use ChatGPT and an AI detection software, assessed in the Module 1 Knowledge-To-Action Assignment.
• Analyze the potential advantages and limitations of AI tools like ChatGPT within an educational context, measured by their analysis in the Module 1 Knowledge-To-Action Assignment.
• Implement strategies to create AI-resistant assignments, fostering critical thinking, evaluated through the adaptation of a personal teaching assignment in the Module 2 Knowledge-To-Action Assignment.
• Know how to ethically integrate AI tools into the classroom, demonstrated by the creation of in-class activities in the Module 3 Knowledge-To-Action Assignment.
• Utilize AI, specifically ChatGPT and educator-specific AI tools, to enhance teaching efficiency, including optimizing email communication and lesson planning, which is assessed through the Module 4 Knowledge-To-Action Assignment. 
• Develop a full teaching unit using AI tools that effectively resist AI shortcuts, ethically incorporate AI, and foster critical thinking in students, as evidenced by the completion of the Full Unit Creation Assignment.
• 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.

Materials:

Required Student Resources

• Laptop & internet connection

Testimonials:

"A LOT OF GREAT, VALUABLE RESOURCES THAT I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE EXISTED."

"I ENJOYED GETTING TO LEARN ALL OF THE POSSIBLE AI TOOLS (AND HOW TO USE ALL OF THESE TOOLS) TO IMPROVE AND STREAMLINE MY TEACHING AND LESSONS."

"TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AI - SO MUCH INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO EDUCATORS."

"AI IS GOING TO IMPACT THE WORLD IN A MAJOR WAY."

"AN EXCELLENT COURSE! WELL ORGANIZED AND USEFUL."

"THIS WAS THE MOST WELL-DESIGNED ONLINE COURSE I HAVE EVER TAKEN FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE PLATFORM LAYOUT WAS LOGICAL AND EXTREMELY USER FRIENDLY AND WILLIAM'S RESPONSIVENESS TO ANY QUESTIONS WAS TOP NOTCH. EXCELLENT COURSE AND EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE."

"THIS GAVE ME NEW TOOLS TO MAKE EVERYDAY TASKS EASIER."

"I HAVE RECOMMENDED THIS COURSE TO MY FELLOW TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. IT IS THE MOST USEFUL COURSE I HAVE TAKEN."

"THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST COURSES I HAVE EVER TAKEN."

"I ENJOYED THE INSTRUCTOR. HE WAS KNOWLEDGEABLE AND BROUGHT THINGS DOWN TO MY LEVEL. IT WAS A WONDERFUL CLASS."

"THIS IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND SHOULD GET A HIGH RATING!!  I LEARNED SO MUCH!

"I REALLY LIKED THE PACING OF THE CLASS.  I FEEL THE CLASS WAS SET UP WITH THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF EXAMPLES, REFLECTIONS ON THE DIFFERENT AI WEBSITES AND THE DIFFERENT TOOLS WITHIN THEM. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I HAVE AN ARTIFACT I CAN IMPLEMENT IN MY CLASSROOM BASED ON THE TIME I SPENT COMPLETING THE COURSE."