AI for Course Design is designed for instructional designers and educators and focuses on practical skills in working with generative AI for course development. Throughout the course, you'll learn to define and differentiate between AI concepts, navigate various AI models, and utilize AI tools for course creation. The course also covers ethics and limitations of AI in … [Read more...] about AI for Course Design
Social Sciences
Introduction to Archaeology: Knowing The Past
This course is an introduction to a series on the discipline of Archaeology. It is intended for learners at all stages, including advanced high school, college students, or life-long learners. Basic information about Archaeology and its history are presented in this course, while the following three courses cover scientific methods, forms of interpretation, and contemporary … [Read more...] about Introduction to Archaeology: Knowing The Past
Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures
This micro-course explores some of the major histories, migrations, artists and activists that have contributed to the presence and survival of Black people in Canada. The course tracks Canada’s evolving relationship to Blackness and Black people, while inviting learners to reflect upon the ways Canadian views of race and multiculturalism have influenced Black communities … [Read more...] about Black Canadians: History, Presence, and Anti-Racist Futures
Reimagining Educational Innovation and Improvement
Reimagining Educational Innovation introduces local change agents to collaborative, continuous improvement – a locally grounded approach to innovation that empowers teachers, leaders, families, and community members to advance new ambitions for educational access, quality, and equity. Learners disrupt common conceptions of educational innovation as the exclusive province of … [Read more...] about Reimagining Educational Innovation and Improvement
Better Learning
Many people report engaging in study habits that are not very effective or very efficient. How do we know what strategies are best? Cognitive psychologists have been doing research to ask this very question for multiple decades. It turns out that many strategies that people report using are not the ones that cognitive psychology research shows to be the most effective or … [Read more...] about Better Learning
