Generative AI for Educators
IBM via Coursera Specialization
Overview
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
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Course 2: Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics
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Course 3: Generative AI: Empowering Modern Education
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- Offered by IBM. This course is designed for everyone, including professionals, executives, students, and enthusiasts, interested in learning ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics
- Offered by IBM. This course is designed for everyone, including professionals, executives, students, and enthusiasts interested in ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Generative AI: Empowering Modern Education
- Offered by IBM. Discover how generative AI can help you create engaging, personalized learning content and improve your productivity so you ... Enroll for free.
Courses
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This course is designed for everyone, including professionals, executives, students, and enthusiasts interested in leveraging effective prompt engineering techniques to unlock the full potential of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT. Prompt engineering is a process to effectively guide generative AI models and control their output to produce desired results. In this course, you will learn the techniques, approaches, and best practices for writing effective prompts. You will learn about prompt techniques like zero-shot and few-shot, which can improve the reliability and quality of large language models (LLMs). You will also explore various prompt engineering approaches like Interview Pattern, Chain-of-Thought, and Tree-of-Thought, which aim at generating precise and relevant responses. You will be introduced to commonly used prompt engineering tools like IBM watsonx Prompt Lab, Spellbook, and Dust. The hands-on labs included in the course offer an opportunity to optimize results by creating effective prompts in the IBM Generative AI Classroom. You will also hear from practitioners about the tools and approaches used in prompt engineering and the art of writing effective prompts.
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This course is designed for everyone, including professionals, executives, students, and enthusiasts, interested in learning about generative AI and leveraging its capabilities in their work and lives. This course is your first step toward understanding the capabilities of generative AI, powered by different models, including large language models (LLMs). In this course, you will learn about the fundamentals and evolution of generative AI. You will explore the capabilities of generative AI in different domains, including text, image, audio, video, virtual worlds, code, and data. You will understand the applications of generative AI across different sectors and industries. You will learn about the capabilities and features of common generative AI models and tools, such as GPT, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Synthesia. Hands-on labs, included in the course, provide an opportunity to explore the use cases of generative AI through IBM Generative AI Classroom and popular tools like ChatGPT. You will also hear from the practitioners about the capabilities, applications, and tools of generative AI.
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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!
Taught by
Antonio Cangiano, Filipe Martins, IBM Skills Network Team and Rav Ahuja