“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn,” said Phil Collins. How true that is. I discovered the experience when I sat down to put an online, self-paced course together on a subject most people might say, “There’s already a many courses about that.” One of the points I continue to make is that while such a statement is true, those courses aren’t necessarily MY approach to a topic. And, that is quite similar the approach you can take to anything, from blogging to playing a musical instrument. 

A New Course

Working on a ChatGPT for Educators course two weeks ago, I was pleased to see it reach the light of day last week. The course had been outlined by a colleague who then asked me to record the videos and add content. Of course, it was a great experience for me. I got out of the heavy lifting of thinking of the direction of the course, and more focused on creating content, and adding relevant resources.

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This activity worked because it gave me the opportunity to dig deeper into something I wanted to learn more about. And, I did learn quite a bit. While the course focuses on topics such as:

• Understanding ChatGPT and Similar Tools

• Personal Uses for ChatGPT

• Professional Uses for ChatGPT
• Using ChatGPT with Students
• Other Tools Related to ChatGPT

…I also shoehorned additional topics as “bonus bits.” One of them was how to create GPTs using ChatGPT. I hadn’t actually created those, but I find doing so quite helpful now, provided one has access to ChatGPT Plus. They are nice alternatives to long prompts (a.k.a. mega prompts).

There are other tidbits in the course, and I really enjoyed putting ChatGPT 3.5 (free) and Plus (4.0) version through its paces, as well as comparing results to other AI models and tools, such as the free and paid versions of Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, MS CoPilot.

One of my favorite resources is a table where I combine what each AI says about themselves. It’s a little like asking people, “What do YOU think you are?” and then juxtaposing responses. The answers are interesting.

Anyways, you might also find my course on Canva’s Magic Studio tools, TCEA Canva Specialist course, as well as my colleague, Dr. Bruce Ellis’ course, Artificial Intelligence Educator of interest. All the courses are $39 each, or $34 for 10 or more participants. That’s incredibly affordable if you want to satisfy your curiosity about what a few folks thought was worth curating and sharing.

Of course, there’s an awful lot out there but picking through it all can be a time-consuming journey. That’s why I like these TCEA courses.