Target Audience
This AI Awareness training course is designed for volunteers, staff, and managers who use or intend to use AI-powered systems, tools or applications in their work. It is also for board directors and senior managers who are tasked with developing and implementing AI related policies in their organisations, and in particular Acceptable AI Usage Policies.
Outline
Since February 2nd, 2025, employers must ensure that employees using AI systems have adequate AI literacy. Organisations must also ensure that the use of AI systems in the workplace is transparent. Hence, this eLearning resource is structured as a Level 1 awareness raising course comprising eight component parts.
This course aims to:
- help you develop a solid understanding of what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is and its future potential;
- look at ways you might typically deploy or use AI systems, tools and applications in your work;
- provide you with an overview of the European Union AI Act 2024;
- outline how an Acceptable AI Usage Policy might be developed and implemented to raise AI awareness among staff members.
Course Structure
The course takes approximately 1.5 hours to review. This course can be accessed for up to 90 days after purchase. Topics are self-contained to facilitate micro-learning for the time conscious participant.
Lesson 1: The Evolution of AI
We chart how AI has evolved, particularly since 1950. We learn about Turing Tests and some of the pioneering programmes that laid the foundations for AI as we know it today.
Lesson 2: AI Applications
AI now plays a crucial role in numerous business sectors, enhancing efficiency and improving customer experiences. We consider this topic from the perspective of AI’s use in addressing societal challenges. We also consider how AI is supporting individuals in their everyday lives.
Lesson 3: AI Driven Productivity
AI is helping to transform the way we work, impacting the business processes, tools and applications we rely on to help us carry out our job roles. We consider how common tools and applications such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Canva and Leonardo are used and the importance of writing effective prompts when using generative AI.
Lesson 4: AI Regulatory Compliance
We explore the implications of the European Union AI Act 2024 and why regulatory compliance is necessary to safeguard the development of AI systems into the future.
Lesson 5: Ethical AI Policy Development
In this topic, we take a practical look at how managers might develop an Acceptable AI Usage Policy to help safeguard the deployment and use of AI systems, tools and applications in the workplace. Participants may download sample policy templates upon completion of this lesson.
Lesson 6: AI Security
Deploying AI systems, tools, and applications comes with a range of risks. In lesson 6, we consider some of these risks and actions that may help to mitigate systems failures, data security breaches and the unethical use of AI.
Lesson 7: AI Future Trends
In this topic, we look to the future. We consider how our use of AI-powered tools and applications will further evolve over time, particularly as Custom GPT become commonplace.
Lesson 8: Final Course Quiz
Upon successfully completing the course, participants may download free of charge a course Certificate of Completion.
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Learners from outside the Republic of Ireland are advised to contact training@carmichaelireland.ie before booking, in order to ensure proper access to the course.
Fees
| €44.90 | Nonprofit Organisation |
| €44.90 | Carmichael Resident Organisation |
| €44.90 | Statutory Organisation |
| €44.90 | Corporate Organisation |