AI Foundations: 4-Hour Overview
AI-101 · 4 HOURS
What is AI, where does it fit, how do I use it responsibly, and how do I get better results? Building your AI skills for work and life.
Why take it
AI can take on routine drafting, sorting and tedious tasks once you know where it fits and what to check. That can free time for the thinking only you can do.
Crawl, Walk, Run. This morning is mostly crawling, with AI as your guide, and everyone loops back as they learn.
What you'll have the opportunity to build
- A first question, improved and compared
- One of your tasks: AI's part, your part
- A weak prompt, rebuilt and checked
- A 7-day plan to try AI on one task
Want more? The two-day course goes deeper: better results step by step, how AI can change the way you work, and a 30-day plan.
Cross-check with two or three AI platforms to catch errors and find better answers.
4-hour overview or two-day course?
AI Foundations comes in two lengths.
| 4-Hour Overview | Two-Day Course | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | 4 hours, one morning | 2 full days |
| Depth | Key ideas and short guided practice | Full method, practice on your own work, a 30-day plan |
| Best for | A first look, or deciding whether the full course fits | Building the skill for daily work |
Since mid-2024, NWETC has changed its ways of working by incorporating AI tools. We earned that expertise the hard way, through constant practice, success and failure, and every class gives you hands-on time applying AI tools in your professional role.
Course details
Anyone, at work, at home or in the field, who is skeptical, curious or already using AI.
No experience needed.
- Understand AI: What AI does well, where it goes wrong, and what's safe to share.
- Work With AI: AI's part and your part. Low, moderate or high stakes set how closely you check.
- Direct AI: Ask, verify, improve. The first answer is a draft, and AI can guide you.
- Apply AI: Files, photos and data, plus a first look at how AI can change the way you work.
Attendees will receive a course ebook.
Computer with internet access
An AI tool you're allowed to use