{"id":44477,"date":"2026-01-11T20:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/?p=44477"},"modified":"2026-01-11T20:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T19:30:59","slug":"openai-courses-supporting-education-and-workforce-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/subject\/artificial-intelligence\/openai-courses-supporting-education-and-workforce-development\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI courses supporting education and workforce development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since September 2025, OpenAI has launched two courses aimed at building practical, job-ready AI skills: <strong>AI Foundations<\/strong> and <strong>ChatGPT Foundations for Teachers<\/strong>. The initiative marks the next step in OpenAI\u2019s commitment to expanding economic opportunity through education and certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/chatgpt-foundations-for-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI Foundations<\/a><\/strong> offers hands-on training directly inside ChatGPT, allowing learners to practice real-world tasks, receive feedback, and earn a certification that verifies job-ready AI skills. The course is launching through pilot programs with leading employers and public-sector partners, including Walmart, Accenture, John Deere, and several U.S. state institutions, with plans to expand access in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside this, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/chatgpt-foundations-for-teachers\/\"><strong>ChatGPT Foundations for Teachers<\/strong> <\/a>is now available on Coursera. Designed specifically for K\u201312 educators, the course helps teachers understand how ChatGPT works and apply it effectively and responsibly in classroom and administrative tasks. More teacher-focused certifications are planned, with a fully integrated ChatGPT learning experience expected in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since September 2025, OpenAI has launched two courses aimed at building practical, job-ready AI skills: AI Foundations and ChatGPT Foundations for Teachers. The initiative marks the next step in OpenAI\u2019s commitment to expanding economic opportunity through education and certification. AI Foundations offers hands-on training directly inside ChatGPT, allowing learners to practice real-world tasks, receive feedback, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[362,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-news"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/files\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-05-114643.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Shirin Izadpanah","author_link":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/author\/shirin-izadpanah\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44479,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44477\/revisions\/44479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media-and-learning.eu\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}