Pulse Check: Tales from a Community College AI Think Tank — Part 1

About this episode

This episode discusses how community colleges can provide accessible AI literacy programming to their communities.

Welcome to the debut episode of this new Pulse Check series, hosted by Mastering AI tools and techniques takes time. In this episode, we share how community colleges can become the region’s trusted AI onramp by offering accessible, mission-aligned AI literacy programming for students, employees, and community members. We’ll break down how to approach AI as a critical mindset rather than a technical skill set.

People in this episode

Host: Mallory Willsea

Topics covered

• AI literacy
• community colleges
• education
• technology
• accessibility

Keywords

• AI
• literacy
• community colleges
• education
• technology
• programming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: community colleges

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