AI for Teachers is an activity focused, self-paced course designed to help educators prepare themselves and their students for a future which is becoming increasingly automated. Technology and computers are becoming more and more capable every day. Moving forward, computers will become increasingly good at solving problems. That means humans will become the problem finders and definers , translating the world into terms a computer can understand. This course is designed to teach you how to "speak" to computers, preparing you for a future in which computers are increasingly powerful and prevalent.
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What you'll learn
Intro & Welcome
Instructor Introduction
Overview of course
Content
Structure and Navigation
Module 1: Minds and Machines
Core Idea: Empathy, understanding differences between humans and computers
Imagining how the world “looks” to a computer
Allows for richer understanding of potential engineering problems
Developing respect and understanding for diverse perspectives on problems
How our assumptions can affect generated solutions
Module 2: Algorithms
Core Idea: Understanding and developing algorithms
Defining what is an algorithm
Developing computational thinking skills
Practice understanding and developing your own algorithms
Module 3: AI & Machine Learning
Core Idea: Data can be used to train and change the behaviour of an algorithm
Practicing training an algorithm by providing labeled data
Understanding how data can be created from the real world
Unpacking the process of how an algorithm is trained
Module 4: Creative AI
Core Idea: AI can be used to enhance human creative abilities **
Creating a story by using AI assisted tools to generate text, image and sound.
Learning about the future potential of AI
Module 5: AI and Society
Core Idea: Discussing the positive and negative impacts AI is having on society
Discuss potential pitfalls
Helps you become a better engineer
Protecting yourself and others from harmful effects
Emphasizing the influence humans have on the development of new technolog
Topics Include: Social Media, Bias, Automation
Module 6: Designing an App
Core Idea: Using what has been learned in the course to brainstorm and pitch an app idea. Optionally turn into a working prototype. **
Learning the engineering design cycle and how to apply it
Generating solutions to real world problems by looking at the UN sustainable development goals
