Teaching Smarter, Not Harder: AI Tools for Educators – Noncredit

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Schedule

February 4–March 22, 2025

Register through: January 31, 2025

All times shown in central time.

Fee

$350

Instructors

Wendy Fritz, Paul Kern

Cancellation Policy

Cancel three full business days before the class starts and receive a full refund minus a $25 administrative fee. Cancel less than three business days beforehand, or do not participate and remain responsible for the entire fee.

Summary

This course helps educators apply AI to increase teaching efficiency by streamlining course preparation, creating activities and providing individualized feedback. Through hands-on exercises and case studies, educators will learn practical ways to implement AI in their daily teaching tasks. This course incorporates hands-on activities, peer reflection, and practical applications to ensure educators not only learn about AI but actively use it in their teaching practices.

Overview

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify areas in their teaching workflow where AI can save time and improve efficiency.
  2. Use AI tools to design lesson plans, generate resources and develop assessments.
  3. Create customized student activities and quizzes using AI.
  4. Apply AI to provide personalized, efficient feedback to students.
  5. Develop a practical plan for integrating AI into their teaching practices.

Course Outline

Outline:

  1. Module 1: Introduction to AI in Education (1 hour)
    • Content: Overview of AI’s impact on teaching efficiency
    • Activity: Explore and list current teaching tasks that could benefit from AI. Reflect on how AI could save time.
  2. Module 2: Using AI for Course Preparation (2 hours)
    • Content: How AI can generate lesson plans, content, and resources
    • Activity: Use an AI tool to create a lesson plan. Submit the plan and reflect on the time saved and the quality of the content.
  3. Module 3: AI-Powered Activity and Quiz Creation (2 hours)
    • Content: Designing activities and quizzes with AI tools
    • Activity: Create a quiz or activity for a class using an AI tool, customizing it for different student needs. Submit the quiz and note how AI supports creativity and efficiency.
  4. Module 4: Enhancing Feedback with AI (2 hours)
    • Content: Providing automated, personalized feedback
    • Activity: Use an AI tool to generate feedback for a sample assignment. Reflect on the quality and personalization of the feedback compared to manual methods.
  5. Module 5: Reflection and Future Use (2 hours)
    • Content: Integrating AI into ongoing teaching practices
    • Activity: Reflect on potential uses of AI in your classroom. Create a plan for incorporating AI into your workflow for the next academic term. Share your plan for peer feedback.

Earn Continuing Education Hours

By participating in this class you will earn:

Instructional Hours 18
University of Wisconsin Continuing Education Units 1.8

Explanation of Continuing Education Hours

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Meet your instructors

Wendy Fritz

Wendy Fritz is the Executive Director of Teaching & Learning in the Wisconsin School of Business. She is deeply passionate about better learning for students in all higher education modalities - in-person, online, hybrid, and at scale. Wendy combines corporate change management experience with effective pedagogy and technology, specializing in teaching with artificial intelligence, to help instructors of all stripes teach more efficiently and achieve deeper learning for students. A lifelong learner, she holds an executive MBA, has various teaching certificates, is a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner, a certified Project Managment Professional, and is a board-certified functional nutrition practitioner.

Paul Kern

Paul Kern is the Senior Director of Learning Innovation for the Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional and Executive Development (CPED). He has over 15 years of experience leading learning and development at corporate organizations. His specialties include instructional design, facilitation, eLearning, and learning strategy and innovation. Paul is an avid AI explorer and has lead learning and development teams in the health insurance, financial services, and executive learning sectors. He has a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Winona State University and a Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction: Educational Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also has his Professional Certificate in Online Education from UW-Madison.