About
As part of our exploration of artificial intelligence, we’ve created this digital learning module. If you’re interested in artificial intelligence (AI), and have half an hour to spare, this module is designed for you.
We hear a lot about how we should be worried about AI, usually illustrated with an image from Terminator, but most of us frequently use AI - without even noticing - to do things that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago.
This module was originally created in 2020, before the emergence of generative AI tools like ChatGPT. While some technologies have evolved rapidly since then, the ethical questions explored here remain just as relevant today — perhaps even more so.
Through videos, articles and exercises, the module explores why that might be. If you haven’t got a whole half an hour, you can even split the module into four shorter chunks.
New places released on the 1st of every month
This 30-minute digital learning module is delivered using our online course support functionality within Microsoft Teams.
You will be sent full joining instructions once your application has been processed.
Who should attend
This module is open to anyone that's interested in the use of artificial intelligence and the ethics surrounding it.
These sessions are suitable for a wide audience from these sectors:
- Further education
- Higher education
- Independent education
- Multi-academy trusts
What we cover
The digital learning module will cover the following:
- What an AI application is
- What makes AI unsettling
- Individual and social concerns
- Sociable AI
- Respectful AI
Training outcomes
Start your journey thinking about your own uses of AI and how you can make them more likely to be perceived as useful rather than unsettling.
What is a digital learning module?
A digital learning module is an online, self‑paced training unit designed to provide clear, accessible learning on a specific topic through interactive content, scenarios, and knowledge‑checking activities. Our digital learning modules are built to support all levels of staff and learners, offering informative and engaging materials on priority areas such as information security, data protection, digital accessibility, copyright and emerging fields like AI. They can be delivered off‑the‑shelf or fully tailored to an organisation’s policies and context, ensuring relevance and consistency across staff training. Organisations can deploy these modules to give all learners access to up‑to‑date, structured training that can be completed flexibly and tracked as part of internal development pathways.
Pricing and eligibility
- Jisc members: inclusive to membership
- Non member, not-for-profit and international academic institutions: £50 + VAT
This module is free to anyone from a Jisc member organisation (UK further education colleges, specialist colleges or higher education institutions). You will therefore need to register with your institution's email address.
Non member, not-for-profit organisations, for example Multi Academy Trusts, schools and Independent HE and and international academic institutions must register and pay to access this module.
Looking to train your whole organisation?
This module is now available to download and host on your own Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), please read full details including pricing on our main digital learning modules page. If you would like temporary access to fully review the module please register for a trial.
Contact
For more information, email training@jisc.ac.uk, phone 01235 822242 or contact your Relationship Manager for a quote.
Find out more
For more information view our artificial intelligence YouTube playlist or visit our artificial intelligence blog.