By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera
Today, we are excited to announce AI in Education: Leveraging ChatGPT for Teaching, a new course from Wharton Online designed to help educators understand the fundamentals of GenAI tools like ChatGPT. Experts at Wharton created this course in collaboration with OpenAI, the AI research and deployment company that pioneered the revolutionary model.
Seventy-seven percent of faculty at four-year institutions do not think their university is prepared for AI-related changes. AI in Education empowers university and high school educators with essential GenAI knowledge and provides practical strategies to streamline and enhance teaching while enabling students to develop AI skills. Through an interactive experience, learners will be able to directly apply concepts using OpenAI technology.
“GenAI has the potential to profoundly transform education and make it more impactful and tailored to individual student needs,” said Eric Hamberger, managing director at Wharton Online. “Wharton Online holds a deep commitment to delivering accessible content from the AI experts here at Wharton that can empower educators to harness this transformative technology and enrich the teaching experience for all.”
The course is taught by renowned Wharton professor Ethan Mollick, who was named one of 2024’s most influential people in AI by TIME magazine, and Dr. Lilach Mollick, a highly regarded specialist in pedagogy. Through four modules, learners will:
- Master the key applications of AI tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
- Explore the benefits and risks of integrating AI exercises into educational contexts, including ethical and privacy concerns.
- Gain insight into AI’s potential to enhance teaching methods and support educators in their roles.
- Learn how to effectively prompt AI, build GPTs, and assess AI outputs using your expertise.
- Design and test AI assignments for students.
At the end of the course, paid learners will receive a certificate from Wharton and OpenAI.
“It has been remarkable to see Wharton embrace OpenAI’s tools across the institution. Ethan and Lilach Mollick in particular have been a lighthouse for the education sector, experimenting, researching, and sharing insights into how educators can use AI to accelerate learning. It’s exciting to think about the wave of educators and students who will learn from him through this Wharton Online course with Coursera,” said Leah Belsky, VP and General Manager of Education at OpenAI.
As one of Coursera’s founding partners in 2012, Wharton Online has a longstanding legacy of democratizing access to world-class education. We are honored to continue to work together with Wharton, and now OpenAI, to help educators everywhere use AI more effectively in their roles to improve the student experience.