Independent Learners
AI Literacy to Fluency
An online program designed for everyone, from independent to adult learners, providing essential skills for navigating an AI-driven modern world without needing deep technical programming expertise. Start anytime. No expiration.
Start Here
For All Learners
Two ways in, depending on how far you want to go. Begin with the books — then add the full platform when you're ready for Alia, assessments, and more.
Step 1 · Lowest Cost
Start with the Books
Order Volume 1 and Volume 2. They're affordable, beautifully designed, and the QR codes throughout connect you to the author's full video library — your phone becomes part of the experience. This is the simplest, lowest-cost way to begin.
Get the Books →Step 2 · The Full Experience
Add the Full Program
To work with Alia — our customized AI learning assistant — and to unlock the assessment system, with its quiz types, a running gradebook, and your CE certificate, plus our podcast library, enroll in the full program. Not sure yet? You can try Chapter 1 free first.
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Your AI Learning Assistant
Meet Alia
Alia is built right into the program — and she's no generic chatbot. She's trained specifically on this curriculum, so she guides you Socratically through the very material you're studying, meeting you wherever you are.
Across the program she takes three specialized forms — a tutor, a lab partner, and a creative collaborator — so the right kind of help is always within reach.
The Platform
Join Us On a Guided Path Through the Curriculum
You'll find everything in one place: video lessons, interactive labs, AI tools, quizzes, and study guides designed to take you from the foundations of how AI works to its societal and creative implications.
You can start anytime, stop anytime, and pick up exactly where you left off. There is no expiration date on your enrollment.
The full program is $195 and earns up to 40 hours of continuing education credit across all eight chapters. The pace you set is up to you.
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What You Get
Everything in One Place
For $195, you get the complete learning environment.
Three Alia AI Instances
Alia-Tutor is trained specifically on this curriculum and guides you Socratically. Alia-Lab supports hands-on AI experiments. Alia-Creative assists with your writing project, including artifact handling for your evolving manuscript. Not one generic chatbot, but three specialized AI learning tools.
Full Color Curriculum Pages
The complete curriculum in PDF tablet ready form is embedded directly into the platform in full color — all lessons, spotlights, labs, and projects. The printed books are a wonderful study companion for those who prefer less screen time, but you do not need them to complete the program.
Embedded Video Lessons
Every core lesson includes a video from the author — the same videos accessible via QR code in the printed books. On the platform, they are embedded directly alongside the reading. Commercial free, always available, always in context.
Automated Assessment
Three quiz types build your point total: Video Quizzes (5 pts each), Reading Checks (5 pts each), and Homework Practice Sessions (10 pts each). Points accumulate — there is no percentage, no failure for a wrong answer. You simply keep building. Reach the chapter threshold and download your certificate.
Unit Exams and Study Guides
PDF unit exams that are collaborative in nature and designed for reflection and discussion rather than high-stakes testing. Accompanied by study advice and commentary from the authors to help you get the most from each chapter.
Real Human Tech Support
When you have a question, a real person responds. We are a small team that cares about your experience. If you exhaust the question bank and still need points to reach a threshold, you can submit field journal photos for manual review — because the only way not to succeed is to stop trying.
How Credentialing Works
Points, Not Percentages
We use a point accumulation system where everyone starts at zero and moves upward based on demonstrated effort. Points are earned only for correct answers. Incorrect answers remain the learning opportunity that they are.
Reach the threshold for a chapter and download a personalized 5-hour continuing education certificate with your name and date. Complete all eight chapters to earn a total of 40 hours of professional development.
Along with the certificate, you'll finish with a much deeper understanding of the nature of AI and how to work with it effectively.
Your personalized certificate — downloadable when you reach each threshold
Video Quizzes
5 points per correct answer
Reading Checks
5 points per correct answer
Homework
10 points per correct answer
Chapter Certificate
5 hours CE — complete the chapter
Program Certificate
40 hours CE — complete all chapters
Enroll Today
Start Anytime. Go at Your Own Pace.
To enroll, go to Conceptual Academy and sign up. When prompted for a Course ID, enter one of the codes below. Payment for the full program is accepted via PayPal or credit card.
Try It Free — Chapter 1
Course ID: UAI01FreeFree · 5 CE hours
Experience Alia and the platform with no commitment.
The Full Program — All 8 Chapters
Course ID: UAIHome$195 · up to 40 CE hours
Full Alia access, every quiz type and your gradebook, the podcast library, and your certificate.
Each person needs their own account. Group discounts are available for coops, departments, and college adoptions — contact us to discuss.
Sign Up at Conceptual Academy →
Enter your Course ID where it says Course ID — UAI01Free for the free chapter, or UAIHome for the full program. You can leave the “vendor code” box unchecked.