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Generative AI: Empowering Modern Education

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This course is for education professionals, including teachers, professors, instructional designers, education administrators, EdTech professionals, corporate trainers, education policymakers, online course creators, and consultants who want to advance their careers by leveraging the power of generative AI.

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Language

  • English

Topic

  • Artificial Intelligence

Enrollment Count

  • 1.37K

Skills You Will Learn

  • Gen AI Tools, Gen AI In Lesson Planning, Gen AI For Assessments, Gen AI In Special Education, Prompt Engineering

Offered By

  • IBMSkillsNetwork

Estimated Effort

  • 3 weeks, 3-5 hr

Platform

  • Coursera

Last Update

  • July 31, 2025
About this Course
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 ad
ministrative tasks, this course will give you the gen AI skills you need to excel. Enroll today!

Prerequisites 
 
This course is designed for educators who already have an educational or teaching background and want to enhance their teaching capabilities using gen AI. You should have a fundamental understanding of gen AI and instructional design. The following courses in the Generative AI for Educators specialization can help you become familiar with gen AI basics and prompt engineering techniques: 
 
 
Objectives 
After completing this course, you will be able to: 
 
  • Identify appropriate gen AI tools for education, considering pedagogy, integration ease, and cost, to address specific teaching needs 
  • Align the content with learners’ abilities, preferences, and engagement goals to create personalized learning content 
  • Leverage gen AI tools to design lesson plans and assessments to encourage dynamic and interactive learning 
  • Apply ethical AI practices by safeguarding data privacy, mitigating bias, and promoting an inclusive learning environment 
 
 
Course Outline 
 
This course is divided into three modules. You can complete each module at your own pace, but it’s recommended to set a goal of completing at least one module per week.   
 
Module 1: Gen AI Tools and Personalized Learning  
 
In this module, you will explore the landscape of educational gen AI tools and select them based on pedagogical needs, integration capabilities, and cost considerations. You will also learn to evaluate the effectiveness of AI tools for different teaching requirements and identify principles for AI-enhanced personalized learning and advanced content customization techniques. Finally, you will be able to leverage AI-powered tools for content creation and implement strategies for differentiating instruction using AI-powered resources.  
 
 
 
Module 2: AI Integration and Performance Assessment 
 
This module introduces you to how to integrate AI tools seamlessly into teaching practices and leverage them for learners’ evaluation. You will gain insight into designing AI-enhanced lesson planning aligning them with learning objectives. Additionally, you will learn to create assessment strategies using gen AI tools to gauge learners’ mastery of concepts and analyze AI-generated performance data. Finally, you will be able to leverage AI-powered feedback mechanisms to provide timely, data-driven insights that support learners’ growth and continuous improvement.  
 
 
Module 3: Ethical Implementation and Applied Project 
 
This module helps address ethical considerations while implementing gen AI in education, recognize bias, and develop its mitigation strategies. You will also learn to design data privacy protection strategies for AI integration. 
 
This module includes storyline interactivity based on the ethical guidelines while implementing gen AI in education.  
 
The module includes a final project based on the concepts covered in the course. In this module, you will attempt a graded quiz to test and reinforce your understanding of concepts. The module also includes a glossary to enhance comprehension of generative AI-related terms.   
 
 
 
Tools/Software 
In this course, you will explore no-cost versions of various gen AI tools and platforms, including: 
 
  • Microsoft’s Copilot 
  • OpenAI’s ChatGPT – A versatile AI language model for creating lesson plans, answering learners’ queries, and personalized tutoring  
  • Anthropic Claude – An advanced conversational AI model for generating insightful educational content and assisting in curriculum design 
  • Khanmigo Tools for Teachers – A suite of AI-powered tools designed to assist teachers in lesson planning, curriculum alignment, and classroom management 
  • TeachFlow – A tool for streamlining teaching workflows, providing AI-driven assistance for lesson planning and classroom management 
  • Synthesia – A tool for creating engaging animated videos  
 
These tools are accessible via modern web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Learners are not required to install these tools on their devices. 
 
Tips for Success 
  • Stay organized and keep track of teaching strategies and learning requirements 
  • Consistently practice using the gen AI tools and technologies covered in the course 
  • Experiment with the examples provided to enhance your understanding and application of AI in education 
 
Congratulations on taking this step to elevate your teaching career with gen AI! Enjoy your learning journey. 

Instructors

Filipe Martins

SME

Filipe Martins is an innovative AI Leader at SkillUp Online with over 15 years of experience driving technological transformation across multiple industries. For the past year, he has been building an AI research team focused on developing human-centered EdTech solutions for enterprise, government, higher education, and K-12 institutions. At SkillUp, he oversees internal product development, company-wide AI adoption, and provides strategic support for B2B and B2C initiatives, consistently placing learner needs at the center of technological innovation. This research-driven approach builds on his entrepreneurial and researcher background. A certified Cloud Professional with a background in Natural Language Processing research, Filipe seeks to excel on educational solutions that enhance rather than replace human interaction in learning environments. His research team investigates how AI can address diverse learning needs while maintaining the essential human elements of education. By combining rigorous research methodologies with practical implementation strategies, Filipe creates EdTech solutions that are not only technologically advanced but also pedagogically sound and accessible, ensuring technology serves as a meaningful enhancement to the learning experience across various educational contexts.

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