ProFuturo and the Center for Curriculum Redesign (CCR)—a global non-profit organisation that aims to improve education by redesigning the curricula for the 21st century—have signed a collaboration agreement to bridge the educational digital gap and promote artificial intelligence training for teachers in vulnerable environments.
This strategic alliance will focus on the adaptation and translation into Spanish and Portuguese of the AI Literacy course: Thinking with machines, originally developed by the CCR. The training content will be made available on a large scale through ProFuturo’s global education platform, thus reaching thousands of teachers in regions where the digital gap represents an obstacle to equal educational opportunities.
Charles Fadel, founder of the Center for Curriculum Redesign, will bring his international experience and expertise to the course adaptation process, ensuring that the quality and relevance of the content is maintained while adapting it to the specific contexts in which ProFuturo currently operates.
Regarding the ‘AI Literacy: Thinking with Machines’ course
The programme is designed as a comprehensive introduction to artificial intelligence for teachers, regardless of their previous level of technology or computer science knowledge. The course will provide them with the skills needed to understand and use AI effectively in their disciplines, so that they can also train their students to be successful in an increasingly AI-driven world.
A commitment towards the future
This partnership reflects the commitment of ProFuturo and the Center for Curriculum Redesign to improve education quality and promote digital inclusion. Through teacher training in artificial intelligence, these entities seek to prepare new generations for the challenges and opportunities presented by the digital revolution, with a special focus on the most vulnerable communities.
Focusing on Latin America, ProFuturo and the Organisation of Ibero-American States (OEI) recently gathered in Madrid to reflect on the challenge of training teachers in digital skills. In addition, both organisations have expressed their interest in exploring additional lines of collaboration that will include: teacher training to implement other training programmes on the pedagogical use of technologies, collaboration for the development of content and materials that integrate digital skills and 21st century competences in vulnerable environments, joint research on the impact digital transformation has on education and how to achieve best practices and, finally, conducting studies to measure the impact of educational interventions and to improve the strategies implemented continuously.
ProFuturo has recently launched its collection of Chat GPT courses, allowing teachers to delve deeper into the challenges and opportunities that this tool offers.
