Scaling Global Education: An Ethically Aligned AI Deployment
Miriam Chickering, NextGenU CEO, and her team successfully achieved ethical alignment and leveraged generative AI to scale its curriculum production.
The future for AI exists when small aligned teams use Generative AI to amplify impact. These teams are already leveraging compact language engines to scale their work.
Learn how NextGenU successfully scaled its educational platform using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Background
NextGenU, an innovative educational platform, has embraced the transformative power of artificial intelligence to expand its global reach and enhance its curriculum. Initially offering free, competency-based courses without the traditional barriers of cost, advertisements, or environmental impact, NextGenU faced the challenge of scaling its offerings while maintaining quality and doing so in a way that aligned with its ethical management.
The Webinar
This webinar is a lively and interactive conversation between Bob Royce, co-founder of The Understanding Group, Daniel Heck, TUG’s Chief AI Ethicist, and Miriam Chickering, NextGenU’s CEO, as they discuss how NextGenU was able to successfully scale and do so within an ethical framework that mirrored the organization’s values.
Learn how Miriam and the NextGenU.org team have integrated AI into their complex workflows to increase the quantity and improve the quality of their offerings while managing costs and meeting the needs of their learners worldwide.
After watching the presentation, join Dan Heck for monthly office hours where you can ask questions about ethically useing AI to scale your own content production, challenges you might face, and the future of AI content generation.
About the Presenters
Bob Royce
President, TUG
Bob Royce is the founder and president of The Understanding Group. As an educator, executive, and consultant for the past 25 years, Bob thrives in utilizing information technology to solve business issues, with a personal joy in the fusion of visual, verbal, and computational realms. His evolution from educator and graphic designer to leadership in business showcases his multifaceted expertise. At TUG, he brings his diverse background and prior experience, including his role as managing director at RFD Insight and leading positions at DNA Software and AppNet/Commerce One.
Miriam Chickering
CEO, NextGenU
Miriam Chickering, RN, BSN, NE-BC, the CEO of NextGenU.org is a trailblazer in online healthcare and science education. Her leadership has steered NextGenU.org to remarkable heights, delivering over 800,000 learning sessions monthly and reaching every country on the map. With learners through more than 2,000 institutions, including over half of the U.S. medical schools, Miriam is committed to fulfilling the foundation's mission to democratize education. Her work spans an impressive range, from public health to humanitarian response and from addiction and mental health to primary STEM education.
Dan Heck
Chief AI Ethicist, TUG
Dan Heck is TUG’s Chief AI Ethicist. Dan’s passion is for clarifying complex issues to foster collective ethical decision-making. Drawing from 20 years in nonprofit leadership, his work integrates diverse perspectives for ethical, effective strategies, driven by the belief that ethical groups must prevail in competitive realms. Off-duty, he explores AI’s boundaries, indulges in AI-assisted art, and delves into imaginative storytelling with his daughter.