Critical Thinking: A Brain-Based Guide for the ChatGPT Era Specialization
Critical Thinking: A Brain-Based Guide for the ChatGPT Era Specialization
Enhance Critical Thinking with Neuroscience and AI. Master neuroscience-based techniques and AI insights to strengthen your critical thinking and decision-making skills.
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Specialization - 4 course series
This Specialization is designed for professionals, educators, and lifelong learners seeking to enhance their critical thinking skills through neuroscience-based strategies. Across four courses, you will explore how the brain influences decision-making, uncover cognitive biases, and learn practical techniques to improve reasoning and problem-solving. This Specialization equips you with advanced critical thinking skills applicable in both personal and professional contexts.
Applied Learning Project
Apply neuroscience-based critical thinking techniques to analyze real-world scenarios, allowing you to identify cognitive biases and improve decision-making processes in professional or personal contexts.
Create personalized strategies using course insights to enhance your problem-solving skills, helping you make more informed and rational decisions in complex situations.
This Specialization has four courses, each containing two modules. A reasonable pace is to do one module per week for eight weeks (two months). You can safely consider two to three hours per week as a doable timeframe.
No particular background is needed to complete this specialization
It's recommended, but not mandatory, to take the courses in the order:
Although you will not earn university credit for completing the Specialization, you may be able to obtain continuing education credits by following the instructions within each of the courses. You will find that this Specialization will give you background information that can help provide a solid foundation for any career involving teaching that you may wish to undertake.
After completing the "Critical Thinking: A Brain-Based Guide for the ChatGPT Era" specialization, you will be equipped with powerful tools to navigate the complexities of modern reasoning and decision-making. You'll gain the ability to recognize and apply different types of reasoning, from deductive to abductive, in various real-world contexts. This course will sharpen your skills in analyzing arguments, identifying logical fallacies, and overcoming cognitive biases that often cloud judgment. You'll understand the neural underpinnings of critical thinking, allowing you to better leverage both fast intuitive and slow deliberative thinking processes. The specialization will cultivate your "scout mindset," enabling you to approach problems with intellectual curiosity and openness. You'll learn to evaluate information more objectively, considering multiple perspectives and questioning assumptions. Importantly, you'll develop strategies to combat confirmation bias and actively seek out diverse viewpoints. This comprehensive training will enhance your ability to think critically in both personal and professional spheres, preparing you to tackle the unique challenges and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence and large language models in our rapidly evolving digital landscape.
This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
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Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free. If you cannot afford the fee, you can apply for financial aid.
