This specialization is primarily designed for higher education educators but is equally valuable for trainers, instructional designers, and education professionals across all learning contexts, seeking to design meaningful, innovative, and AI-enhanced learning experiences. It provides foundational and advanced methodological tools—ranging from pedagogical frameworks to smart hybrid learning design and the conscious use of generative AI—to foster coherence, engagement, and personalization in both in-person and online environments. Learners will develop critical and practical skills in instructional design, active learning, assessment, and the integration of AI to support self-directed and effective learning processes.
Smart Teaching and Learning with AI Specialization
Smart Teaching and Learning with AI Specialization
Smart Teaching and Learning Design with AI. Innovative strategies and AI tools to design effective and future-ready learning experiences
Instructors: Daniela Casiraghi
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level
Recommended experience
3 months at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level
Recommended experience
3 months at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Design engaging and coherent learning experiences using active learning strategies and digital tools.
Integrate AI-powered tools, such as Large Language Models, to enhance personalized and effective learning.
Apply the Smart Learning Design methodology to plan teaching in hybrid, online, or face-to-face contexts.
Overview
Skills you'll gain
- LLM Application
- Instructional Design
- Student-Centred Learning
- Learning Strategies
- Instructional and Curriculum Design
- Student Engagement
- Innovation
- Blended Learning
- Interactive Learning
- Lifelong Learning
- Educational Materials
- Differentiated Instruction
- Artificial Intelligence
- Course Development
- Pedagogy
- Large Language Modeling
- Curriculum Planning
- Open Source Technology
- AI Personalization
- Education Software and Technology
What’s included
Shareable certificate
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Taught in English
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October 2025
50 practice exercises
Advance your subject-matter expertise
- Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts
- Master a subject or tool with hands-on projects
- Develop a deep understanding of key concepts
- Earn a career certificate from Politecnico di Milano
Specialization - 3 course series
What you'll learn
Basic theoretical-methodological tools such as Constructive Alignment and the Learning Innovation Network
Pedagogical frameworks of the active learning methodology
New assessment strategies
Skills you'll gain
Innovation, Student-Centred Learning, Pedagogy, Instructional Strategies, Learning Theory, Curriculum Planning, Open Source Technology, Course Development, Learning Strategies, Student Engagement, Educational Materials, and Instructional and Curriculum Design
What you'll learn
Recognize key motivations and trends shaping today’s educational landscape, identify the components of innovation in hybrid teaching environments
Apply the SLD25 method to design teaching and learning activities that effectively and coherently integrate all variables of the hybrid context
Critically evaluate in-person and online learning options when designing the detailed learning events that make up a course
Skills you'll gain
Blended Learning, Innovation, Instructional Design, Learning Strategies, and Interactive Learning
What you'll learn
How to Use Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Your "Power to Learn"
Skills you'll gain
Learning Strategies, AI Personalization, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Education Software and Technology, Student-Centred Learning, ChatGPT, LLM Application, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning Principles, Generative AI, and Human Learning
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