CEC 0270-1 | AI Literacy Workshop

Course: CEC 0270-AI Literacy Workshop

This two-hour, in-person workshop is designed for executives and organizational leaders. It will engage participants in five essential moves they need to make with AI right now:

• The AI Mindset
  • Embrace exponential improvement rather than relying solely on linear planning.
• Hands-On Fluency
  • Learn practical ways to save an hour today—and every day—with AI.
• Directing AI, Not Prompting It
  • Learn how to provide AI with clear instructions, context, iteration, and constructive critique.
• From Chatbots to Agents
  • Understand the major mindset shift from using AI chatbots to leveraging AI agents, including where they belong—and where they do not belong—within the organization.
• Thinking in Workflows—and in Risks
  • Identify where human judgment is required and where repetitive thinking and tasks can be effectively assigned to AI.

Course Schedule:

The workshop doors will open at 9:30 a.m, with light refreshments and opportunity for informal networking.

The workshop itself will run from 10AM - 12PM, and is located on the Concordia University Campus-Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center Main space on the first floor- RP 127. 

The presenter and graduate admissions team will be available after the workshop, from 12 PM -12:30 PM to answer questions and share more learning opportunities.

Requirements:

Please bring a charged smart cell phone or laptop

Workshop Presenter-Dr. Michael Litman

Dr. Michael Litman is a computer scientist, professor, technology strategist, entrepreneur, author, and speaker who helps audiences understand the technologies transforming business, education, society, and everyday life.

As Professor and Chair of Computer Science at Concordia University Wisconsin, Michael helps lead work in artificial intelligence, computer science, and emerging technology. He is a co-founder and faculty leader of Concordia's AI & Quantum Innovation Lab, where students, researchers, and industry partners explore practical applications of next-generation computing.

He is the author of Litman Books, a library of interactive computer science and AI-literacy textbooks; co-author of the audiobook You Are The Asset; and host of Tech Unfiltered with Dr. Mike, a short-form show about what artificial intelligence is actually doing.

Across more than 25 years in software engineering and higher education, he has built and shipped technology, mentored future technologists, advised innovators, and learned a useful truth: the best explanation is usually the one that makes people say, "Oh! Now I get it."