AI Literacy and Applied Ethics

Learners establish what a generative model does and does not do, then direct one to produce a researched article and a reasoned ethical position. The unit is assessed by examination.

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Main project Examination

Hello World

1.1

How a generative model produces language by predicting the next word — and where that reasoning breaks down. Students frame an evidence-based question and write a structured prompt, separating what AI can reliably automate from what it cannot genuinely think through.

Deliverable

A structured, presented deck

Produce a slide deck that follows a fixed brief (a set of instructions) and keeps one look across every slide. A structured slide deck, made from one full prompt and presented aloud.

AI and Work

1.2

Directing AI to augment human judgement rather than replace it. Students verify every claim against a named source and brief a model to draft from evidence they supply, examining AI’s real effect on jobs and the workplace.

Deliverable

AI and Work

Look into a claim about AI and jobs, check it against evidence, and publish an article that carries ten marks of humanity. A webpage article about AI and jobs. It carries ten identifiable elements the AI model could not have produced by itself, and any numbers on a chart match the source named for them.

AI and Ethics

1.3

Contested applications of AI — algorithmic hiring, autonomous weapons, medical liability — examined through six ethical lenses. Students construct and defend a reasoned argument from an assigned position while naming the cost of the verdict.

Deliverable

AI and Ethics, the Tribunal

Argue a real AI case from the point of view you are given, then explain the opposing side fairly. A written legal document that argues the point of view you were given, plus a spoken argument in front of the judges, who then give their decision.

The Test

1.4

Consolidating and assessing the module’s knowledge under examination conditions. Students apply spaced revision, build a study tool that forces active recall, and sit a timed, closed-book test on the module’s content.

🏆 Capstone deliverable

The Test

Test how well you can recall facts, by building your own study game, then sit the exam. A study game that runs in a browser and makes the player recall the content from week one. Learners also sit a timed test that counts towards their grade, on the course platform.

CAPSTONE

The Test