Understand AI.
Keep your judgement.
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0%0 of 54 lessons complete on this deviceUnderstand, prompt and choose
Build the mental model, communicate clearly and select text, image, audio, video, data and mobile capabilities by task.
Verify, apply and work properly
Protect truth and rights, apply AI to everyday life, then build reusable file, knowledge, prompt and mobile workflows.
All 54 Foundations lessons
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What AI actually is
Patterns, predictions and people - without the fog machine.
Open lesson →02F1.2 · 17 minWhat AI is not
Useful boundaries for avoiding both panic and worship.
Open lesson →03F1.3 · 20 minThe short history that helps you understand today
Seven useful stops from hand-written rules to generative AI.
Open lesson →04F1.4 · 19 minFour jobs AI does well
Classify, predict, generate and assist - then add judgement.
Open lesson →05F1.5 · 18 minYour first useful conversation
Turn a vague wish into a small, testable exchange.
Open lesson →06F1.6 · 19 minWhy AI can sound confident and still be wrong
Fluent sentences need evidence, not applause.
Open lesson →07F1.7 · 21 minFree, paid and open tools: what you actually need
Choose by task, access, privacy and total cost—not logo collection.
Open lesson →08F1.8 · 18 minSet up a calm, organised AI workspace
Fewer tabs, safer files and a place for the useful prompts.
Open lesson →09F2.1 · 17 minWhat a prompt is
An instruction, some context and an agreement about the output.
Open lesson →10F2.2 · 20 minThe anatomy of a strong prompt
Build with task, context, constraints, format and checks.
Open lesson →11F2.3 · 17 minState the task clearly
Give the model one visible target before adding detail.
Open lesson →12F2.4 · 18 minGive only the context that helps
Filter for relevance, permission and freshness.
Open lesson →13F2.5 · 18 minAsk for a usable format
Design the answer for the action that follows.
Open lesson →14F2.6 · 19 minUse examples to teach the pattern
Show what good looks like—and where the edges are.
Open lesson →15F2.7 · 21 minBreak large work into steps
Create checkpoints before complexity creates surprises.
Open lesson →16F2.8 · 18 minIterate: the first answer is a draft, not a prophecy
Improve one variable at a time and know when to stop.
Open lesson →17F3.1 · 18 minThe map of AI tools and capabilities
Choose the job before the brand name.
Open lesson →18F3.2 · 20 minText and research assistants
Draft, compare and investigate with a source trail.
Open lesson →19F3.3 · 19 minImage and design tools
Create visual options with rights and purpose.
Open lesson →20F3.4 · 18 minVoice, speech and audio tools
Transcribe, speak and edit without stealing a voice.
Open lesson →21F3.5 · 20 minVideo and animation tools
Plan motion, generate responsibly and edit for meaning.
Open lesson →22F3.6 · 20 minData, spreadsheet and document assistants
Ask better questions of structured information.
Open lesson →23F3.7 · 18 minAI inside tools you already use
Use what is already in the software before adding more.
Open lesson →24F3.8 · 18 minChoose by task, risk, cost and access
Four criteria beat one recommendation.
Open lesson →25F3.9 · 18 minVoice-first AI
Speak, listen and work without a keyboard.
Open lesson →26F3.10 · 19 minAI in African and multilingual contexts
Know where these systems are weakest, and work accordingly.
Open lesson →27F4.1 · 19 minWhy AI gets things wrong
Understand the failure before trusting the fluency.
Open lesson →28F4.2 · 20 minVerify claims, sources and calculations
Open the evidence and do the arithmetic.
Open lesson →29F4.3 · 19 minProtect personal and confidential data
Share the minimum and use the right environment.
Open lesson →30F4.4 · 19 minBias and fairness in plain language
Ask who benefits, who is missing and who can appeal.
Open lesson →31F4.5 · 20 minSpot scams, deepfakes and synthetic deception
Pause, trace and verify before you react.
Open lesson →32F4.6 · 19 minCopyright, consent, attribution and likeness
Permission is part of production.
Open lesson →33F4.7 · 19 minHigh-stakes decisions need qualified humans
Match review strength to possible harm.
Open lesson →34F4.8 · 18 minUse and disclose AI honestly
Tell people what matters without theatre.
Open lesson →35F5.1 · 18 minWrite everyday messages and documents
Draft faster without losing context or voice.
Open lesson →36F5.2 · 19 minRead, compare and summarise long material
Keep the source beside the summary.
Open lesson →37F5.3 · 19 minResearch a question and build a source trail
Search broadly, verify narrowly.
Open lesson →38F5.4 · 19 minLearn with an AI tutor
Ask for scaffolding, feedback and retrieval practice.
Open lesson →39F5.5 · 18 minPlan and organise projects
Turn a goal into owners, dependencies and checks.
Open lesson →40F5.6 · 18 minPrepare for jobs and interviews
Practise honestly with your real evidence.
Open lesson →41F5.7 · 19 minTranslate and communicate across languages
Preserve meaning, tone and local use.
Open lesson →42F5.8 · 18 minStudy without cheating
Use AI to think harder, not to hide the thinking.
Open lesson →43F5.9 · 18 minSupport home and family tasks responsibly
Plan useful routines without surrendering care decisions.
Open lesson →44F5.10 · 18 minWork on a low-cost phone and limited data
Design a workflow that survives real constraints.
Open lesson →45F6.1 · 19 minBuild an everyday AI workflow
Turn a good chat into a repeatable process.
Open lesson →46F6.2 · 19 minWork safely with files, images and tables
Know what was actually read before trusting what comes back.
Open lesson →47F6.3 · 18 minCapture, organise and retrieve knowledge
Build something you can find again in six months.
Open lesson →48F6.4 · 18 minUse projects, memory and instructions carefully
Persistent context helps until it quietly stops being true.
Open lesson →49F6.5 · 18 minBuild and maintain a prompt library
Turn what worked once into something anyone can run.
Open lesson →50F6.6 · 18 minUse voice, camera and mobile workflows
Work from the phone in your hand, deliberately.
Open lesson →51F6.7 · 23 minCollaborate, name versions and keep an audit trail
Make it obvious what changed, who approved it and which file is final.
Open lesson →52F6.8 · 22 minRecover from common beginner mistakes
Pause, preserve the evidence and return to a known-good step.
Open lesson →53F6.9 · 24 minUse AI when reading, hearing, seeing or typing is difficult
Choose access support with the learner—not merely for them.
Open lesson →54F6.10 · 25 minChoose your next learning pathway
Turn foundations into a focused plan for work, enterprise, building, society or teaching.
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