Working alongside Ethan and Lilach Mollick, teachers at all levels will be empowered with the knowledge and skills to effectively incorporate AI into their classrooms. As AI becomes increasingly prevalent, understanding its capabilities, benefits, and potential pitfalls is crucial for modern educators. This short course demystifies AI, focusing on tools like ChatGPT, and provides practical guidance on how to use these technologies to enhance teaching and learning experiences.
By the end of the course, you will be crafting effective AI prompts and designing AI-driven assignments that align with your educational goals, seamlessly incorporating AI into your teaching and making your classroom more efficient, innovative, and impactful.
You will be able to navigate common challenges, such as maintaining academic integrity and addressing ethical concerns. You will be able to harness AI’s potential, saving you time, helping you personalize learning, and increasing student engagement.
Instead of getting bogged down in technical details, you’ll dive straight into how AI can make your life easier -- saving you time, enhancing student engagement, and providing personalized learning experiences. You will explore key generative AI concepts, as well as practical and ethical considerations that will help you navigate the complexities of AI in your teaching. You will examine AI-generated biases, address the risks of AI-facilitated cheating, and explore how AI can both aid and hinder genuine student learning.
What's included
1 video3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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1 video•Total 10 minutes
Introduction to AI in Education•10 minutes
3 readings•Total 42 minutes
ChatGPT and Privacy•2 minutes
Module 1: Further Exploration•10 minutes
Work with the Onboarding GPT Activity•30 minutes
1 assignment•Total 6 minutes
Module 1 Quiz•6 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
Module 1 Discussion•10 minutes
Working with AI
Module 2•2 hours to complete
Module details
Are you ready to craft and refine prompts that enhance learning experiences? In this module, you'll dive into practical techniques for improving AI-generated content by tailoring it to your students' needs, ensuring the explanations provided are clear, accurate, and free from biases. By the end of this module, you’ll be able to add context and personality to AI prompts, develop strategies for enhancing the precision of AI responses, and use advanced prompting techniques to achieve more meaningful interactions.
What's included
1 video3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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1 video•Total 10 minutes
Working with AI: Prompting and Teaching•10 minutes
Choose One: Giving a Persona or Chain-of-Thought Prompting•30 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Module 2 Quiz•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
Module 2 Discussion•10 minutes
Building AI Exercises for Students
Module 3•1 hour to complete
Module details
How can you create interactive and personalized learning experiences for your students? In this module, you'll learn how to use ChatGPT to develop assignments that combine learning science with the AI's ability to improvise and personalize responses. You'll explore specific use cases that prompt students to generate explanations and test their understanding of class concepts. You'll also learn how to add scaffolding to AI-student interactions by incorporating reflection activities. By thoughtfully experimenting with this approach, you'll discover when to effectively integrate AI assignments into your curriculum and enhance your teaching toolkit through practical experience.
What's included
1 video2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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1 video•Total 10 minutes
Building AI Exercises for Students•10 minutes
2 readings•Total 40 minutes
Module 3: Further Exploration•10 minutes
Tutor Blueprint GPT Activity •30 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Module 3 Quiz•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
Module 3 Discussion•10 minutes
Creating GPTs for Educators and Students
Module 4•2 hours to complete
Module details
Ready to create your own GPTs? In our final module, you will learn how to create custom chatbots, or GPTs, that you can assign to students to help them practice core skills. You’ll explore the process of designing and testing custom GPT prompts that can simulate scenarios, offering students choices and a hands-on opportunity to practice applying what they learned in class. You will focus on setting clear goals for AI assignments, building GPTs to suit your educational context, and evaluating your GPT through iterative testing and feedback.
What's included
1 video2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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1 video•Total 13 minutes
Creating GPTs for Educators and Students•13 minutes
2 readings•Total 60 minutes
Course Reflection GPT Activity•30 minutes
Design a GPT Activity•30 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
Module 4 Quiz•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
Module 4 Discussion•10 minutes
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The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn) is a private university, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A member of the Ivy League, Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and considers itself to be the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.
Dr. Mollick and Dr. Mollick created this course in collaboration with OpenAI.
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Is financial aid available?
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