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Vanitha Chandrasekhar

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Issue date: December 23, 2025

ID: 98267f19-89d1-42a1-9348-8398d6ab6633

Issued by

UC Irvine

Type

Course

Level

Introductory

Format

Online

Duration

30 hours

Price

Paid

Description

This course is designed to provide K-12 teachers a foundational understanding of what AI is, how it works, its affordances and limitations, and essential aspects of AI literacy. Participants will learn about AI’s impact in various fields and how AI can be effectively and responsibly used. Students will learn how to combine their own content knowledge with technical prompting techniques and iterative prompting to ensure that the AI output meets their needs. Algorithmic bias and ethical dilemmas will be explored. Throughout the course, participants will develop a digital portfolio to demonstrate their proficiency in AI and to support others in continued learning about how AI can enhance education. In this course, participants will identify an organization focused on AI in education and will attend at least one meeting during the course.

Skills

Teach the fundamentals of AI to K-12 students

Articulate their position on AI-enhanced education to stakeholders

Demonstrate how they will educate students to use AI ethically

Network with other educators to continue to grow in their understanding and practical application of AI-enhanced education

Earning Criteria

Participation

15 hours of synchronous classroom interaction + 15 hours of asynchronous learning

Assignment

Scored 80% or higher on weekly Tinkerlabs, which introduced new AI tools and environments to teachers

Assignment

Submitted the URL to the website that they created which: Was developed educate a targeted audience about AI in Education Shares resources with annotations Has a design that is easy to navigate and nice to look at