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Mike Sharples webinar 2024

Extended Education

AI can support good learning, help to develop exceptional students

March 5, 2024 — 
“AI can do our mundane tasks like lesson planning. It can be an aide to creativity, brainstorming and design. But it is not a proxy for human intelligence. It does not have human experience. It has not seen a sunset or smelled freshly mown grass.” - Mike Sharples

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UM Extended Education Sal Khan webinar

Extended Education

AI scales up personalized tutoring, shows promise for the future

February 20, 2024 — 
“Recently, my daughter created a story with an AI prompt. She wanted to talk to the protagonist, so AI took on the persona. My daughter advised the character, a fictional AI simulation. It was mind blowing. This is the future. It is just the surface of what is possible.” - Sal Khan

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EDIA: Foundations course an opportunity for personal and professional growth

January 3, 2024 — 
Discussing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) can be uncomfortable. The discomfort comes from facing what is not right or fair... When people feel awful about something, they can either pretend it doesn’t exist or do something about it.

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Extended Education

Generative AI may be the biggest thing since the internet for teaching and learning

November 22, 2023 — 
“With calculators, no one will be able to add, they said. The concern went away, and yet it was also correct." - Ray Schroeder

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Extended Education

Empowering Excellence UM continuing education showcase

November 2, 2023 — 
“We invite our students, alumni, instructors, industry professionals, and university colleagues to attend." - Rod Lastra

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Extended Education

Celebrating our Fall 2023 Extended Education graduates

October 25, 2023 — 
“I am not sure of my next steps. Maybe financial certifications, or another course. I believe we can never stop learning. We have to keep updating ourselves.” - Daiane Waldrich Barbosa

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Extended Education

Lifelong Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

September 29, 2023 — 
“Who is the owner of data? If you generate it, it should belong to you.” - Kelly Shiohira

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Extended Education

Ponder the future of AI and lifelong learning

August 15, 2023 — 
“AI is evolving much faster than we can anticipate. It is necessary to be aware and identify the opportunities and challenges, and how we will appropriately respond.” - Rod Lastra

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Extended Education

Consider the future of AI and how to work with it

July 10, 2023 — 
This fall, learn about AI and lifelong learning at a series of free webinars offered by UM Extended Education, and understand the possibilities with a micro-certificate to be offered early next year.

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Extended Education

Preparing for the future with micro-certificates

December 13, 2022 — 
“Micro-credentials like these micro-certificates can play an important role, complement a degree, be stand-alone and provide employers with what they are looking for.” – Rod Lastra

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