Generative AI for Educators

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Over half of higher education institutes have already investigated using generative AI (gen AI) in their teaching practices to create engaging learning experiences (Gartner)! This Generative AI for Educators specialization teaches educators and administrators how to leverage gen AI effectively to reinvent engaging and future-ready learning solutions and improve learning outcomes. In this specialization, you’ll explore the fundamentals of gen AI and its capabilities across industries, including teaching. You’ll learn prompt engineering techniques and tools, including interview patterns, chain-of-thought (CoT), tree-of-thought, IBM watsonx prompt lab, Spellbook, and Dust. Plus, you’ll explore how gen AI can empower teaching and learning methodologies using key tools including, IBM watsonx, ChatGPT, Synthesia, and Khanmigo. You’ll identify methodologies for implementing AI effectively for creating AI-enhanced education and training. This specialization supports creating and evaluating personalized and adaptive learning content. Throughout, you’ll apply your new skills using gen AI tools in hands-on labs and projects simulating real-world scenarios. You’ll also gain insights from experts as they explore the key concepts covered in the specialization. If you work in an educational or training setting and are keen to leverage the phenomenal power of gen AI to enhance your teaching practices, enroll today!

Syllabus

Course 1: Generative AI: Introduction and Applications
Course 2: Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics
Course 3: Generative AI: Empowering Modern Education

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9 hours 16 minutes
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As generative AI (GenAI) reshapes workplaces and job roles, using it effectively is now essential. Prompt engineering is the key to directing GenAI models and refining their output for desired results. This course is for professionals, executives, students, and AI enthusiasts ready to harness prompt engineering to unlock tools like ChatGPT. You’ll learn practical techniques, structured methods, and best practices for crafting strong prompts. Explore zero-shot and few-shot prompting to boost reliability and output quality. Discover advanced methods such as the Interview Pattern, Chain-of-Thought, and Tree-of-Thought to produce accurate, context-aware responses. Hands-on labs and projects provide experience with multimodal prompting, the playoff method, and image generation. You’ll practice blending text and visuals and evaluating AI outputs for precision and usefulness. Podcasts, dialogues, and discussions link theory to real-world scenarios, while expert insights highlight strategies for effective prompt use. A final project and graded assessments ensure you can apply these techniques with confidence, leaving you with practical, job-ready skills. Hear from practitioners about the techniques and artistry behind writing impactful prompts. Enroll today to master prompt engineering and unlock GenAI’s potential.
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8 hours 6 minutes
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This course is designed for everyone—professionals, executives, students, and enthusiasts—interested in learning about generative AI and leveraging its capabilities in their work and lives. It is your first step toward understanding the power of generative AI, driven by models such as large language models (LLMs). In this course, you will learn the fundamentals and evolution of generative AI, with additional readings and expert insights offering a deeper view of its history and advancements. You will explore its capabilities across text, image, audio, video, virtual worlds, code, and data, with key takeaways and enhanced summaries at the end of each section to reinforce learning. You will understand the applications of generative AI in industries such as IT, finance, healthcare, education, entertainment, and human resources. You will also discover the features of popular tools and models, including GPT, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Synthesia. Hands-on labs provide opportunities to practice using IBM Generative AI Classroom and tools such as ChatGPT. You will also hear from industry practitioners sharing real-world insights. Interactive activities, podcasts, and scenario-based exercises help you apply concepts, while a final practical project consolidates your skills by generating and refining outputs across multiple formats.
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12 hours 25 minutes
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Discover how generative AI can help you create engaging, personalized learning content and improve your productivity so you can enhance student outcomes. During this course, you’ll explore gen AI methodologies and best practices for implementing AI in education. You’ll look at how it can be used to create content, enhance personalized learning, special education, and adaptive learning. You’ll get hands-on with popular gen AI tools, including IBM watsonx, ChatGPT, Claude, and Khanmigo in education. Plus, you’ll investigate the ethical implementation of gen AI, considering privacy protection, bias mitigation, and the creation of inclusive learning environments. Throughout, you’ll hear from industry experts, who share insights on the future of gen AI in education. You’ll build your gen AI expertise in hands-on labs and interactive activities. Plus, you’ll complete a final project where you’ll apply all that you’ve learned to a practical, real-world scenario. Whether you’re an educator looking to revolutionize your classroom practices or simply want to streamline administrative tasks, this course will give you the gen AI skills you need to excel. Enroll today!