The Cyber-Social Learner: Introducing AI for Education

The Cyber-Social Learner: Introducing AI for Education

Instructors: JC Morgan

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There are 5 modules in this course

This course examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping literacy, learning, and teaching, and prepares educators to design meaningful, critical, and productive relationships with AI in their own contexts. Drawing on examples from classrooms, learning platforms, and everyday AI-mediated practices, participants will explore the cyber-social framework for learning with AI, experiment with designing AI-supported learning tasks, and develop reflective routines that help students engage with AI in ways that uphold agency, ethics, and deep learning.

This course examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping literacy, learning, and teaching, and prepares educators to design meaningful, critical, and productive relationships with AI in their own contexts. Drawing on examples from classrooms, learning platforms, and everyday AI-mediated practices, participants will explore AI as both a tool and a collaborator, considering how it can augment human thinking rather than simply automate tasks. Through guided activities, they will analyze AI’s distinct strengths and limitations, experiment with designing AI-supported learning tasks, and develop reflective routines that help students engage with AI in ways that uphold agency, ethics, and deep learning.

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5 readings1 plugin

What's included

3 videos3 readings3 assignments3 peer reviews3 discussion prompts

3 videosTotal 77 minutes

Learning in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, Part 1 - Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis39 minutes
Learning in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, Part 2 - Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis27 minutes
Learning in the Time of Artificial Intelligence, Part 3 - Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis11 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

Literacy in the Time of Artificial Intelligence10 minutes
CyberScholar10 minutes
On Cyber-Social Learning: A Critique of Artificial Intelligence in Education10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 180 minutes

Module 2, Part 1 AI Review Practice: Rethinking Literacy in the Time of AI60 minutes
Module 2, Part 2 AI Review Practice Assignment: CyberScholar and AI Feedback in K-12 Classrooms60 minutes
Module 2, Part 3 AI Review Practice Assignment: Rethinking AI Through a Cyber-Social Lens60 minutes

3 peer reviewsTotal 180 minutes

Module 2, Part 1 Peer Reviewed Assignment: Rethinking Literacy in the Time of AI60 minutes
Module 2, Part 2 Peer-Reviewed Assignment: CyberScholar and AI Feedback in K-12 Classrooms60 minutes
Module 2, Part 3 Peer-Reviewed Assignment: Rethinking AI Through a Cyber-Social Lens60 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Discussion Forum10 minutes
Discussion Forum10 minutes
Discussion Forum10 minutes

What's included

2 videos1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

2 videosTotal 23 minutes

AI Fundamentals for Effective Classroom Integration Part 1 - Michele Galla5 minutes
AI Fundamentals for Effective Classroom Integration Part 2 - Michele Galla18 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 60 minutes

Module 3 AI Review Practice: Designing a Cyber-Social Learning Activity60 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Module 3 Peer-Reviewed Assignment: Designing a Cyber-Social Learning Activity60 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Discussion Forum10 minutes

What's included

1 video1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

What's included

3 videos1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

3 videosTotal 56 minutes

What Is AI Literacy and Why Is It Important? Part 1 - Matt Sherrill7 minutes
What Is AI Literacy and Why Is It Important? Part 2 - Matt Sherrill36 minutes
What Is AI Literacy and Why Is It important? Part 3 - Matt Sherrill13 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 60 minutes

Module 5 AI Review Practice Assignment: AI Literacy for Educators60 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Copy of Module 5 Peer-Reviewed Assignment: AI Literacy for Educators60 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Discussion Forum: Essential Update10 minutes

Instructors

JC Morgan

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

5 Courses4,013 learners

Dr William Cope

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

11 Courses169,842 learners

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