Professional Development Course “IT and AI Opportunities in Education” Underway

At Atyrau University named after Kh. Dosmukhamedov, a professional development course titled “Using IT and AI in the Educational Process” is being conducted, organized by the Office for Staff Retraining and Professional Development.

The course aims to enhance educators’ ICT and digital competencies and teach them to effectively integrate modern IT tools and artificial intelligence technologies into the teaching and learning process. The program for this course was developed by Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor Galiya Saltanova.

During the course, participants are learning to:

• Work with widely used platforms such as Canva, Quizizz, Wordwall, LearningApps, Genially, Padlet, Google Jamboard, Miro, and Stepik;
• Create electronic portfolios;
• Develop interactive tasks and feedback tools;
• Prepare instructional video lessons.

The sessions are delivered by experienced instructors and professors from the University’s Department of Informatics, where participants are gaining practical skills in integrating AI tools into their lessons through popular digital platforms.