An interactive journey into how AI transforms learning, collaboration, and innovation in higher education. Designed for engineering educators at universities of applied sciences.
Artificial Intelligence has become pervasive in our daily lives. For future professionals, gaining at least basic knowledge in AI is essential to be prepared for the future. The Understanding AI program helps you harness data and AI to contribute to a wide range of societal issues through transdisciplinary collaboration.
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Within the Understanding AI program, all stakeholders are equal, each with their own expertise, interests, skills, and talents. Together, we form a learning community where education, research, and practice intersect.
Click or hover over each stakeholder to explore their role in the community
Click on any stakeholder to learn about their role in the learning community
💡 Key Insight: All stakeholders are equal partners, each contributing their unique expertise to create a collaborative learning environment.
Key Principle:
To realize your plans, you will embark on this learning journey alongside your fellow students, learning coaches, researchers, partners, and other stakeholders. The learning community provides a safe environment with a clear structure, encourages mutual growth, and puts the collective goal first.
The Understanding AI program helps you develop into an AI Superuser—someone who possesses the qualities to collaborate transdisciplinary, look beyond boundaries, work with technology, and build professional relationships. This journey follows three interconnected pillars.
Click on each circle to explore the pillars, or click the center to see how they integrate
Click on any pillar to learn more, or click the center to see how they integrate
Five Focus Areas:
The methodology used in the Understanding AI program is inspired by the metaphor of a mountain hike: you climb a mountain to reach the top. The program consists of several 'Climbs' based on the Design Thinking process.
Click on each stage to explore the Design Thinking journey
Click on any stage marker on the mountain to begin your climb
Key Quote:
"Design Thinking is about solving all kinds of problems like a designer would."
— Based on "Change by Design" (Tim Brown, 2008) and "The Design of Business" (Roger Martin, 2009)
Now that you've explored the Understanding AI approach, let's reflect on how you can apply these concepts in your engineering education context.
How can you create a learning community in your courses that brings together students, industry partners, and researchers?
What real-world AI challenges in engineering could your students tackle through design thinking?
How might you help students develop the three pillars of authentic leadership (qualification, socialization, personal leadership)?
What would a 'climb' look like in your curriculum? How could you structure project-based learning around the design thinking process?
Key Takeaways: