Generative AI for Academics online course

Description

In this course, you will learn how to effectively integrate generative AI into your academic workflow, enhancing your productivity and creativity across various aspects of your work. As AI rapidly evolves, it’s crucial for academics to understand and harness its potential. This course goes beyond simply teaching you how to use AI tools; it focuses on developing new habits and strategies that can transform how you approach your daily academic tasks. You’ll learn to prompt AI effectively, use it to enhance your reading and writing processes, leverage it for creative tasks, and incorporate it into your learning and teaching practices.

By treating AI as a cognitive collaborator rather than just a tool, you’ll discover how to amplify your capabilities and free up time for higher-level thinking. This course is designed for busy academics feeling overwhelmed with their current workflow, offering practical, immediately applicable strategies to work smarter, not harder. Through hands-on activities and real-world examples, you’ll gain confidence in using AI to support your academic endeavours while maintaining the integrity and quality of your work. By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped to navigate the rapidly changing landscape of academia in the AI age, positioning yourself to thrive in this new era of augmented intelligence.

This course works well in combination with any of the other Head space courses. In every lesson, you will have the option to contact the teacher and the chance to interact with other course participants.

Please refer to the Course Introduction for a more detailed overview.