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Leveraging Gen AI for Academic Excellence

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This course provides clear guidance on utilizing Gen AI tools to support and enhance your academic performance. It demonstrates use cases including using LLMs to summarize complex academic content, create personal study materials, and enhance idea generation. It takes a strong stance that Gen AI should always be used to support critical thinking rather than as a replacement, and shares information around the ethical and appropriate use of AI-generated content in your work.

Syllabus

  • Enhancing Study Techniques Using Gen AI
    • This module introduces generative AI tools and explores how they can support academic study, research, and writing. You will learn how to use large language models (LLMs) to summarize complex information, create personalized learning resources, enhance your writing process, and develop more efficient approaches to studying and problem-solving.
  • Creative Problem-Solving Using Gen AI
    • This module explores how generative AI can support critical thinking, creativity, and research development. You will learn how to use large language models (LLMs) to generate and refine ideas, enhance brainstorming, integrate AI-generated insights with your own judgment, and strengthen your research process while maintaining analytical rigor and independence.
  • Using Gen AI Responsibly
    • This module explores the ethical use of generative AI in academic study and research. You will examine the opportunities and risks associated with AI tools, learn strategies for maintaining academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism, assess the limitations of AI-generated outputs, and develop an approach to using Gen AI responsibly and in line with institutional expectations.
  • Leveraging Gen AI for Academic Excellence Glossary
    • In addition to the glossary you’ll find woven throughout the course, you can find the full glossary collated in one place here.

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