This curriculum is designed for instructors, facilitators, and organizations who want to teach modern AI concepts using accessible tools, without needing high-power computers or GPUs. All exercises can be completed using free, browser-based platforms.
You can use this curriculum as a complete program or select individual modules to fit your audience and time constraints.
How Modern AI Models Work
Prompt Engineering & AI Communication
AI for Productivity & Knowledge Work
Ethics, Safety & Responsible AI
Building Simple AI Systems (No-Code / Low-Code)
Intro to AI Development (Optional Coding Track)
AI in Organizations & the Future of Work
Professionals
Students
Educators
Government, non-profits, small businesses
Anyone curious about AI
Browser
Free accounts (OpenAI, Google, HuggingFace, etc.)
No specialized hardware needed
Short course: 1 to 2 days, high-level overview with selected hands-on labs
Bootcamp: 4 to 6 half-day sessions
How transformers work
Tokenization & embeddings
Attention mechanisms (visual demos)
Fine-tuning vs prompting
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Inference vs training
Why “bigger” doesn’t always mean “better”
OpenAI Playground
Gemini Playground
Neet.ai transformer visualizer
HuggingFace Spaces demo apps
Explore how attention layers highlight words
Inspect how a model tokenizes different phrases
Run small hosted models using HuggingFace Spaces
How transformers work
Tokenization & embeddings
Attention mechanisms (visual demos)
Fine-tuning vs prompting
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Inference vs training
Why “bigger” doesn’t always mean “better”
OpenAI Playground
Gemini Playground
Neet.ai transformer visualizer
HuggingFace Spaces demo apps
Explore how attention layers highlight words
Inspect how a model tokenizes different phrases
Run small hosted models using HuggingFace Spaces
Let's go
Research and summarization
Email drafting and documentation
AI-assisted planning and decision support
Enhancing sales, procurement, HR, and finance tasks
AI for data analysis with browser-based tools
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
Google Workspace AI
Whimsical, Notion AI
PDF/Document analysis tools (AskYourPDF, ChatPDF)
Create an AI-assisted SOP
Convert a long article into a structured report
Build a personal “AI workflow” for a real task
Let's go
Bias and hallucinations
Security and privacy best practices
Corporate and regulated environment considerations
“Safe vs unsafe” prompting
When not to use AI
Any model with safety settings
Online red-teaming guides
Identify safety risks in example prompts
Red-team a prompt to stress-test model guardrails
Rewrite risky prompts into safe alternatives
Let's go
Simple AI agents
Workflow automation
Connecting AI to external tools
Intro to APIs (conceptual)
No-code RAG systems
Designing effective assistants
Make.com
Zapier
n8n (hosted options available)
Replit Agents
No-code RAG tools (Flowise Cloud, AskYourPDF+)
Build a simple task-running AI assistant
Create a RAG chatbot using your own files
Create a multi-step Make or Zapier automation
Let's go
Python basics (browser notebooks)
Using open models via API
Running tiny models (1B–3B) using hosted inference
Micro-fine-tuning demonstration
Google Colab (free)
HuggingFace Inference API
Kaggle Notebooks
Small models: LLaMA 3.2 1B, Phi-3 Mini, Gemma 2B
Build a simple text classifier
Create a tiny AI-backed web app (Flask/FastAPI demo)
Fine-tune a micro-model on a small dataset
Let's go
AI maturity models
Governance, risk, and policy frameworks
AI implementation strategies
Change management for AI rollout
Workforce transformation
Templates & worksheets
AI strategy frameworks
Governance checklists
Create an AI opportunity map
Build a one-page AI strategy
Draft an AI policy or guideline
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Instructor guide
Slide decks
Printable PDFs
Step-by-step hands-on labs
Templates & worksheets
GitHub starter kit
Assessment quizzes
Certification exam
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