The AI Empowered Teacher (NC State Friday Institute)
From Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University
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What you'll learn
You build AI literacy, learn how generative AI works and where it fails, work through bias, transparency and ethical choices, and design learning and assessment that use AI for personalized learning.
- AI literacy and human centered values
- How generative AI works and its limits
- Bias, transparency and ethical decision making
- Designing learning experiences with AI
- Personalized learning and assessment
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish. It costs nothing to take.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced, about 365 days.
- How to use it
- Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.
- Why it's worth it
- Fast, practical proof that you are ahead on AI. It shows initiative, gives you skills you can use the same day, and hands you something concrete to talk about with every hiring manager.
What you will payNothingThe learning and the certificate are free.
- Time
- 15 PD hours; nine modules. Access lasts 365 days from registration.
- Before you start
- Free NC State Brickyard account created through the REPORTER system (course ID CED FI AIED).
- How you are tested
- Online, self paced and asynchronous; can be done alone or with a cohort.
- Renewal
- None stated.
- Full cost details
- Free.
- Where it applies
- Online; open to educators. Built with the Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina and Wyoming state education agencies. CEU acceptance depends on your state and district. Registration closes July 1, 2027.
Checked at the source Oct 21, 2026
Sources and what we verified
Friday Institute course page: free, nine modules, 15 PD hour certificate, registration closes July 1, 2027 ↗What we verified: Page states free, self paced, certificate of completion for 15 PD hours, completion requirements, partner state agencies and the July 1, 2027 registration deadline.
Fees and eligibility can change. Confirm current terms with the issuer before you pay.
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