7 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn advanced AI techniques and guardrails to build trustworthy AI edtech products using no-code platforms.
7 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn advanced AI techniques and guardrails to build trustworthy AI edtech products using no-code platforms.
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Course overview
We are currently launching the second pilot cohort with DISCOUNT CODE available. Submit application first and we will reach out 🚀
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The AI space moves fast—sometimes too fast.
New models launch weekly, tools multiply daily, and it’s genuinely difficult to separate signal from noise.
💡 If you are working in edtech, you’ve probably wrestled with questions like:
Which models are actually reliable for learning? How do you evaluate bias in AI tools?
What does responsible AI development look like when real students are involved?
In the rush to adopt AI, ethical and educational responsibility often fall through the cracks.
This bootcamp is here to change that. Learn the essentials, cut out the noise, and leave with a solid foundation of practical AI skills that you can then go on and upskill yourselves.
🌟 What we offer
Hands‑on ethical frameworks, no-code AI development tools, and real case studies of AI in education applications — so you can build trustworthy learning tools with confidence.
Above all, we create space for the conversations that matter most: what AI can (and can't) solve, for whom, and why.
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Our Approach: Nails and hammers, with Critical Perspectives
Our bootcamp structures around a simple 3-step framework:
❓Identify the nails — the unseen harms and ethical dilemmas that emerge when AI meets education
🔨 Apply the hammers — different LLM techniques and approaches that can address these challenges
⚠️ Acknowledge the limits of each hammer, and communicate proactively
We then take this learning process into practice:
- Bridging sociotechnical harms and biases with advanced prompting and RAG;
- Connecting design justice principles to actual workflows;
- Exploring the tension between equity and impact through hands-on fine-tuning exercises.
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What Makes this Bootcamp Unique?
✅ Grounded in research, biased toward action
Distilling insights from critical AI in education (AIED) research as well as the latest AI research published by leading institutions such as Anthropic and Google Deepmind. Moving beyond jargon and buzzwords, applying these insights directly to edtech prototypes.
✅ Decision-making over coding: leveraging no-code LLM platforms
Learning to use Dify.ai, a popular open-sourced, no-code LLM development platform, and Google AI Studio, enabling quick decision-making and implementation of LLM improvement techniques without getting into the nitty-gritty details of coding.
✅ Multi-disciplinary perspectives
Building capacity in navigating the social, educational, and technical aspects of AI edtech, fostering effective communication with diverse stakeholders for co-creation and collaboration.
How This Bootcamp Benefits Your Career in Edtech?
🎯 Responsible AI is quickly becoming a core competency and competitive advantage in the edtech industry.
🎯 Practitioners who possess in-depth knowledge and hands-on skills in responsible AI are more effective in communicating and influencing product design and development decisions.
🎯 Companies and products that incorporate responsible AI techniques are more likely to build trust and adoption among education stakeholders, which leads to long-term, sustainable engagement.
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Edtech Product Managers, UXR/Designers, and Learning Engineers looking to upskill and gain hands-on experience of responsible AI
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Aspiring edtech Entrepreneurs and Founders passionate about building trustworthy and equitable AI products in education
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Teachers and Researchers interested in building edtech projects, incorporating responsible AI techniques
Develop hands-on AI technical skills - Advanced prompt engineering, RAG, agentic workflows
Master no-code AI development platform such as Dify.ai and Google AI Studio
Apply responsible AI frameworks directly to edtech product design and development
Demonstrate your competencies with 3+ high-impact AI edtech projects
Building a culturally-responsive content generation tool
Designing a personal tutor with advanced prompting and RAG
Applying safety and evaluation guardrails to an auto essay grader using agentic workflows
Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audience on responsible AI
Putting everything together with your own capstone project
Bonus: Fine-tune your own LLM with alignment, using Supervised Fine-tuning (SFT), Synthetic Data Generation, and Constitutional AI
Live sessions
Learn directly from your instructors in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of practice
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
15 live sessions • 34 lessons • 6 projects
Sep
24
Week 1 Live Session
Sep
26
Oct
1
Week 2 Live Session
Oct
3
Oct
8
Week 3 Live Session
Oct
10
Oct
15
Week 4 Live Session
Oct
17
Oct
22
Week 5 Live Session
Oct
24
Oct
29
Week 6 Live Session & Guest Lecture
Nov
1
Optional: Office Hour by Learnest
Oct
31
Nov
3
Optional: Office Hour by Learnest
Nov
5
Demo Day!
Hannah L.
Anvit G.
Founder & Entrepreneur & Data Scientist
Founder@Thinkvas AI (thinkvasai.com) 🌱 Reimagining Human-knowledge Interaction
Founder@Learnest (www.learnest.org) 🚀 Responsible AI in Education
7+ years in the edtech ecosystem pursuing edtech innovations, gaining deep and diverse experiences from academia, big and mid-market edtech firms, startups, and non-profit and philanthropic sectors.
MS, Stanford University 🌲
BA, University of California, Berkeley 🐻
Co-Founder, Learnest AI | AIED Researcher & Practitioner
With multidisciplinary experience spanning educational research, edtech development, and AI policy, Yoyo's work centers on creating systems-level changes for responsible and responsive designs of digital learning environments.
Yoyo holds a B.A. in Education, Policy, and International Development from the University of Cambridge and is currently pursuing an M.S. in Education Data Science at Stanford. Her published work includes research on edtech discourses, AIED ethics, and socio-emotional impacts of GenAI.
Team Lead, Learnest AI | Program Director @ Plug & Play Foundation
Sophie is a creative problem solver who spends a lot of time thinking through and creating value add in various aspects of life. She holds a Master's in Learning Design and Technology from Stanford University and brings expertise in learning sciences, mixed-methods research, and designing technology-enhanced learning. Her research and practice focus on understanding how students interact with educational technology and ensuring AI tools meaningfully support, rather than replace, human learning relationships.
Inspiring responsible and human-centered AI in education
Founded at Stanford University, Learnest is a leading 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization to promote impactful and human-centered innovations in education through training, community building, and research advancement.
https://www.learnest.org/
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Pilot Cohort 2
$999
Dates
Application Deadline
5 - 7 hours/week
Pre-live session course materials
2 - 3 hours per week
Live Sessions
1.5 hours every week
Weekly assignments and projects
1 - 2 hours per week
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
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Join an upcoming cohort
Pilot Cohort 2
$999
Dates
Application Deadline