21st Century Classroom: Teaching in the Age of AI – IHD-NT
IH Dublin

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Our course is designed for educators looking to enhance their teaching skills and adapt to the evolving landscape of education influenced by artificial intelligence (AI). This course focuses on developing essential 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, information literacy, media literacy, flexibility, leadership, initiative, productivity, and social skills.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This program is for those who:
- Are educators seeking to enhance their teaching skills with modern methodologies
- Want to integrate AI and advanced technologies into their classroom practice
- Aim to develop essential 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration
- Wish to stay updated with current educational trends and practices

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Development of critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication skills
- In-depth exploration of AI in education and its practical applications in the classroom
- Hands-on AI workshops and activities to integrate AI tools into teaching practice
- Comprehensive teacher refresher sessions to update and align teaching methods with current trends

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By completing the 21st Century Classroom course, participants will enhance critical 21st-century skills, gain practical AI application knowledge, and update their teachingm methods to align with current educational trends.

SAMPLE PROGRAMME;
1) Monday
- Course outline and objectives, needs analysis and review
- Introduction to AI
2) Tuesday
- Uses of AI Apps for Language Learning
- AI for Student Engagement
3) Wednesday
- Making the most out of ChatGPT and crafting useful prompts for Chat GPT
- Uses of Generative AI in the Language Classroom: Developing materials, activities and task
- AI in Education: Challenges and opportunities
- Case studies: AI in the classroom
4) Thursday
- AI for Mixed Ability Groups
- AI in Language Assessment
5) Friday
- Bias and Fairness in AI
- Emerging Trends in AI and Education
- Generative AI workshop 1: Design tasks for different contexts
- Generative AI workshop 2: Practice, feedback and review
*This is a sample timetable. The exact course programme may vary each week and depends on the selected schedule

SCHEDULE
25 hours - Teacher Refresher Course
- 20 hours Monday to Thursday 9:00 to 13:30 with Weekly AI Workshop
- Additional 5 hours on Wednesday and Friday

Przykładowe zajęcia dodatkowe:

bilard, bowling *, fitness *, horse riding *, ice scating *, paintball *, sport in park, table tennis

board games, boat cruises *, cinema afternoon/evening *, city tour/walk, concerts *, cooking lessons, cultural activities, cultural events and festivals, dance lessons/workshops, football matches, games nights, guided city tours *, international evenings, international food day, live music / music nights, museum visits, orientation tour, pub and restaurant evenings, school party, sightseeng, visits to music festivals

Wexford (Hook Head Lighthouse) *, Galway *, Belfast and Titanic Museum *, Garden of Ireland (Wicklow and Glendalough) *, Cliffs of Moher *, Burren *, Guinness Storehouse *, Dublin Zoo *, Trinity College Library *, The National Gallery of Ireland *, The Irish Museum of Modern Art *

* zajęcia dodatkowo płatne