Course Description

The cutting-edge AI: Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Artificial Intelligence course aims to revolutionize your teaching approach and enhance student learning through the support of artificial intelligence (AI). This course will help you save time by redirecting hours previously spent on planning and administrative tasks to direct contact with students. With AI assistance, your lessons can be differentiated and personalized in seconds to meet individual student needs.

Discover safe, responsible, and ethical methods for students to use AI to support their learning, and equip them with the skills necessary to identify bias and address potential misinformation in AI outputs.

Learn how AI tools can help foster a classroom that genuinely ignites critical thinking, boosts learner engagement, and makes both teaching and learning enjoyable!

Educators will learn about instructional strategies and accommodations they can use to support students with the use of AI strategies in the classroom, including the use of visual aids, modifications to the learning environment, and incorporating hands-on and experiential learning activities.

Throughout the course, educators will learn about the various artificial intelligence tools available and how they can help foster a classroom environment that genuinely ignites critical thinking, boosts learner engagement, and makes teaching and learning enjoyable!

Essential Questions

• How can AI be used to increase teacher productivity and effectiveness?
• What are the pros and cons of using AI?
• How can AI help teachers differentiate and personalize learning?
• How can AI be used to deepen critical thinking and improve student learning?
• What AI tools are helpful for teaching and learning, and how do teachers and students use them effectively?
• How can teachers promote the safe, responsible, and ethical use of AI tools?
• How can users identify prejudice and bias in AI outputs?
• How can teachers use AI tools to deepen critical thinking and enhance student learning?

Comments from Teachers

“This course provided me with many practical ideas that I can immediately implement in my classroom. I learned how to use AI as a tool to support instruction by creating differentiated materials, generating lesson ideas, and providing additional support for students while still keeping the teacher at the center of learning.”

“This course has strengthened my understanding that AI can be a powerful instructional tool when paired with intentional teaching, clear expectations, and strong digital literacy skills. I plan to use these strategies to support accessibility, engagement, and critical thinking in my classroom.”

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