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SELF-PACED COURSE

AI Literacies Unlocked: The Essential Skills & Mindsets for the Future of Learning

A primer on the literacies shaping AI’s role in education and leadership.
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we teach, learn, and lead. But understanding AI isn’t just about technical skills—it’s about developing the right mindsets and skillsets to engage with AI ethically, critically, and creatively across different educational, professional, and societal contexts.
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About AI Literacies Unlocked

This self-paced, interactive course introduces eight interconnected AI literacies organized around three research-grounded constellations: patterned groupings of literacies that shift across time, role, and geography. Throughout the course, you will take on the role of an astronomer learning to spot these constellations in your own practice and in the work of those around you. You will engage with real-world case studies, interactive scenarios, and hands-on exercises that allow you to observe, name, and apply AI literacies across educational and professional contexts.

 

Based on research commissioned by UNESCO IITE and Shanghai Open University, this mini-course introduces a practical vocabulary for AI literacies—helping educators and leaders communicate more effectively about AI’s role in learning, innovation, and decision-making. Rather than replacing AI frameworks, AI literacies provide a shared language to apply and adapt AI principles across diverse environments.

In this free, fully-online, self-paced course, you’ll explore:

  • What AI literacies are, why they are plural, and how each dimension functions as both something you use and something you gain.
  • Constellating AI literacies: how the eight dimensions appear in patterned groupings that shift across time, role, and context.
  • Four research-grounded constellations, each pairing two dimensions that frequently appear together in practice.
  • Real-world field observations of AI literacies in action across pedagogy, operations, and governance, and how to contribute your own observations to a growing global database.

Who Should Take This Course

AI is shaping every sector of education and beyond. This course is for educators, instructional designers, and leaders across all learning environments, including:

  • Higher education faculty, instructional designers, and administrators looking to integrate AI into teaching, research, and academic innovation.
  • K-12 educators and edtech specialists exploring AI’s role in personalized and adaptive learning.
  • Industry, corporate training, and nonprofit professionals who want to better understand AI’s impact on workforce development, learning, and digital transformation.
  • Global education leaders and policymakers aiming to build AI-ready learning ecosystems.

Wherever you work in education or learning, this course will equip you with the foundational mindsets and skillsets to engage with AI more effectively.

Course Details

FORMAT
Online Self-Paced Course

TIME COMMITMENT
4-6 hours total (45-60 mins per module)

COST
Free

HOW TO REGISTER
Click below to complete the registration form. You will receive a confirmation of your enrollment within 24-48 hours from submission.

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Digital Credential

Complete this course to receive a digital badge and certificate from Opened Culture. Learn more about how to earn this digital credential from within the course after registration.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define AI literacies and explain their role in education and leadership.
  • Describe how each dimension of AI literacies functions as both a skillset and a mindset, something we use and something we gain.
  • Explain the concept of constellating AI literacies and how dimensions appear in patterned groupings that shift across time, role, and context.
  • Identify the three research-grounded constellations explored in this course and recognize where they appear across pedagogical, operational, and governance contexts.
  • Explore real-world applications of AI literacies in practice across different roles and institutional settings.
  • Contribute to a growing global knowledge base by submitting an AI literacies case example documenting your own observations from the field

Topics

This course will cover the following topics:

Module 1: Introduction to AI Literacies

The eight dimensions of AI literacies and why we say literacies in the plural ● How each dimension functions as both something you use and something you gain ● The concept of constellating AI literacies: patterned groupings that shift across time, role, and context ● Introduction to the four constellations explored in this course

Building, remixing, and generating within AI-enabled environments ● Examining the power dynamics and ethical considerations inherent in AI practices ● Field observations of this constellation across pedagogy, operations, and governance

Employing AI knowledge and skills for community empowerment and societal progress ● Recognizing how context, geography, and values shape AI engagement ● How Cultural AI Literacies sit across all constellations

The virtuous cycle of experimentation and self-efficacy ● How creative use builds confidence and confidence unlocks willingness to play ● Field observations of this constellation across pedagogy, operations, and governance

The shift from transactional prompting to genuine dialogic engagement ● How both humans and AI learn through the exchange ● Identity, positionality, and purpose in AI conversations

How constellations of AI literacies manifest across real institutional contexts ● Contributing your observations to the AI Literacies Applied global database ● Learning from successes, anomalies, and failures-forward ● Next steps for deepening your practice through the Opened Culture

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Want a Deeper Dive?

Take your learning to the next level
This course is a launchpad for further learning. If you’re looking for hands-on activities, expert facilitation, and peer collaboration, check out these facilitated offerings on AI in education from our friends at EDUCAUSE, developed and facilitated by members of the Opened Culture team.
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