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Elements of AI — free national AI literacy course

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A free online AI-literacy course from the University of Helsinki: 1M+ completions and 2M+ sign-ups from 170+ countries, translated into 26 languages — a public-good model for building AI skills at scale.

1,000,000+
Course completions
2,000,000+
Sign-ups
170+
Countries reached
26
Languages available (since 2019 (Finland's EU presidency))
Elements of AI — free national AI literacy course

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
University of Helsinki & MinnaLearn
Region (NUTS)
FI1B
Keywords
AI literacy, AI literacy & skills, free course, multilingual, public

Context

Elements of AI is a free, online introductory course on artificial intelligence created by the University of Helsinki and MinnaLearn, aimed at the general public. It was translated into 26 languages during Finland's 2019 EU presidency with the explicit goal of training 1% of EU citizens.

Objectives

To build broad public AI literacy at scale, free of charge and accessible without prior technical background.

Activities

Self-paced online course on AI basics, made freely available worldwide and translated into 26 languages.

Results

More than 1 million people have completed the course and over 2 million have signed up, from more than 170 countries.

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