AI and the Humanities: Navigating the Intersection Across Grade Levels - EDU-X774U
Course Description
Gain Insight into AI's Potential to Enhance Human Engagement
This course explores the intersection of artificial intelligence with literature, history, ethics, and other humanistic disciplines. Participants will delve into AI’s transformative role in reshaping the way we study and teach the humanities across all grade levels, with a focus on thoughtful integration into the classroom. By examining pedagogical strategies that emphasize critical thinking and human intelligence, this course highlights the importance of maintaining empathy, creativity, and ethical reasoning, while addressing the biases and limitations of AI. Educators will gain insights into AI's potential to enhance, rather than replace, human engagement in the humanities. It is especially suited to educators who want to integrate AI thoughtfully without compromising critical thinking, emotional intelligence, or deep interpretive work.
Learner Outcomes
- Foster a deeper understanding of AI’s role in humanities education and learn how you can integrate these technologies thoughtfully and effectively into your teaching practices
- Examine pedagogical strategies that preserve the essence of critical thought, ensuring that AI is used as a tool to enhance and augment human intelligence, not as a replacement
- Address the ethical, cultural, and philosophical questions AI brings, especially its biases, limitations, and implications for how students think about humanistic knowledge
- Develop the ability to critically evaluate AI tools and outputs while fostering an appreciation for uniquely human skills such as empathy, creativity, and ethical reasoning that AI cannot replicate
Course Details
Number of Units: 1.0 graduate level extension credit in semester hours
Who Should Attend: This course is designed primarily for K–12 humanities educators—teachers of literature, language arts, history, social studies, philosophy, and ethics. Secondary audiences include instructional coaches, curriculum leaders, and school administrators seeking to support faculty in navigating AI’s pedagogical, ethical, and cultural implications while preserving the human core of humanities education.
Course Materials: No textbook requirement.
Online Self-Paced courses are a perfect blend of accessibility, convenience and flexibility for you to control your learning pace. You will use course textbooks, manuals, assignments and exams to learn and earn credit. Depending on the course, you may also use streaming audio and video, CD-ROM, and download embedded materials through the Internet. Communication with your instructor will take place through your course site online. Your instructor will provide feedback via written responses on your assignments and exams. Grades are based on completed projects, assignments and exams. You can register at any time and you will have six months from the time of registration to complete your course.