Course 1 | AI Literacy
24h
30 Lessons
Curriculum
Module 1: Basics of Artificial Intelligence
8 hours
Objective
This module provides an introduction to AI, tracing its evolution across history, technology, cinema, literature, and mythology. It aims to demystify AI’s intelligence, explore its main applications, address ethical challenges, and engage with interactive applications.
Learning Materials:
Presentations (2h)
3 hours
1. A cultural history of AI
2. Defining AI and its scope
3. AI applications in various fields
4. Ethical dimensions of AI technology
Activities
3 hours
1. Artificial Culture: examine how the concept of ‘artificiality’ has been portrayed in culture (1h)
2. Interactive experiments demonstrating AI applications in art, music, and language: Akinator, Moral Machine, Guess the line, Semi-conductor
In-depth Resources
2 hours
1. Dictionary: A-Z of AI
2. Special Report: Schools are using AI. But are they on the right track?
3. How to:Are your students ready for AI?
4. Video: Ai, Ain’t a Woman
Module 2: Chatbots in the Classroom
8 hours
Objective
This module aims to explore the significance of chatbots, such as ChatGPT and Google Bard, in education. You will dive into the basics of generating texts with AI, the challenges it poses, and how to critically engage with this technology.
Learning Materials:
Presentations
3 hours
- The potential of generative AI in education
- Inside a chatbot: How they work
- Prompt design: Creating effective commands
- Tools and platforms for using chatbots
Activities
3 hours
- Effective Prompt design
Hands-on exercises on prompt crafting and evaluating chatbot responses for educational purposes.
In-depth resources
2 hours
- Guide: Unesco Guidance for generative AI in education and research
- Interactive: Financial Times Interactive feature on Generative AI
- Video: The Wizard of AI
Module 3: Synthetic Media
8 hours
Objective
This module aims to examine the role of generative AI in transforming media through the creation of deepfake videos, synthetic images, and automated text generation. We will discover the creative and manipulative potentials of synthetic media and discusses ways to analyze and use them responsibly.
Learning Materials:
Presentations
3 hours
- Understanding synthetic media
- The risks and potentials of synthetic media
- Tools for creating synthetic media
- Ethical considerations: Uses and abuses
- Analyzing AI-generated media
Activities
3 hours
- Visual Prompt design
Hands-on exercises on prompt crafting and evaluating chatbot responses for educational purposes - Test Yourself
Test Yourself: Which Faces Were Made by A.I.?
In-depth resources
2 hours
- Article: Why do AI generators have problems with hands?
- Interactive: Humans are biased, generative AI is even more
- Video: AI-Generated Fakes: How to spot them, how they’re made and how they have been used to mislead