Programme administrator:
Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp
Purpose statement:
Equip participants with knowledge of AI foundations and applications in higher education.
Build competence in designing AI-enhanced, ethically aligned curricula and assessments.
Support institutional capacity-building in AI governance and policy development.
Modules:
DEEAP02 - Designing Ethical and Effective AI-Enhanced Pedagogy
Purpose:
PART I AI MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS
Ethical use of AI: fairness, bias, privacy, plagiarism
PART II POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
Institutional policy considerations and AI governance
PART III DESIGNING AI-ENHANCED CURRICULUM
Assessment design using AI (feedback bots, essay grading tools)
Using AI for learning analytics and student engagement
Developing AI-use guidelines for educators and students
PART IV STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR AI INTEGRATION
AI Planning strategy tailored to your institutional role
Future skills for educators in the AI era
FAIHE01 - Foundations of AI in Higher Education
Purpose:
Introduction to AI management and its types (machine learning, NLP, generative AI)
AI management in education: global trends, tools, and platforms
Generative AI tools: ChatGPT, Copilot, Bard, and others
AI management in Open Distance eLearning (ODeL)
Curriculum alignment with AI-enhanced teaching
Risks and challenges of over-reliance on AI
