Curriculum

The following lessons are the compilation of all the GenAI Lab curricula. These materials are created and actively maintained by Safinah Ali (safinah at mit dot edu), please reach out for any questions.

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ChatGPT in School

Est. 1 hour

This curriculum is an introduction to ChatGPT. It begins with students exploring their own creative process by writing stories together. Through a series of teacher-led activities they are introduced to ChatGPT, what it is and how it works, and the process ChatGPT uses to generate stories and human-like dialogue.

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Dreaming Futures with Generative AI

Est. 1 hour

We will be making a dream book of our imagined future stories using generative AI. Let your imagination run wild and think of a future dream of what you would like to be.

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Emotion Art using Generative AI

Est. 3 hours

This module will introduce you to the world of AI and explore the application of Generative AI tools for generating various forms of media. We will delve into the ways in which Generative AI media can effectively communicate emotions, sentiments, and foster empathy.

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Generative AI for Creative Learning

Est. 1 hour

In this module, we will discover the different and many applications of generative AI. How is it used to create a variety of media and have found applications in art, imaging, engineering, protein folding and modeling.

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Fall Class - Generative AI in K12 Education

Dive into this comprehensive class that focuses on Generative Artificial Intelligence in K12 education.

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Generative AI Workshop

Est. 2 hours

Generative AI is a kind of AI that creates new data like images, text, or music by learning from existing examples.

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Classifying Vs. Generating AI

Est. 2 hours

Classifying AI and generating AI are two distinct approaches in the field of artificial intelligence, each with its own focus and applications.

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How do VAEs work?

Est. 3 hours

This lesson aims to provide an introduction to VAEs, then dive deeper into the structure of VAEs and provide hands-on experience in training AI.

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Impact and application of Generative AI within Education

Est. 25 hours

With the launch of ChatGPT to the public, educational institutions are starting to feel the seismic impact that new Generative Artificial Intelligence tools could have on maintaining academic integrity and quality control over education.

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Introduction to Deepfakes

Est. 2 hours

Students use the Deepfakes tool to identify fake videos vs real ones, and point out what makes them fake. Students learn how realistic fake videos generated using Deepfakes are, and what some common ways of identifying them are.

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Introduction to Generative AI for k12

Est. 3 hour

This is an intrdocution to generative AI, its broad applications, its applications in education, and ethical implications.

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Technical foundations of generative AI

Est. 3 hour

This topic introduces technical foundations of generative AI, including, Transformers, Large Language Models, ChatGPT, Diffusion Models and Practical applications of Generative AI.

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Text-to-image Generation for k-12 Educators

Est. 3 hours

This lesson will discuss the current advancements and tools in text-to-image generation, its central focus will be on using these tools to create curriculum for K-12 AI Education.

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What are GANs?

Est. 3 to 4 hours

GANs (Generative Adversarial Networks) are AI systems that consist of two parts, a generator and a discriminator. The generator creates content like images, while the discriminator evaluates how real they look. They work together to improve the generator's output, creating realistic and original data.