The elective course "Basics of artificial intelligence" for high school students

Abstract

The article emphasizes the relevance of studying topics on artificial intelligence in a modern school, and points out the corresponding problems. The degree of representation of these topics in the school informatics course is analyzed. The author's elective course "Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence" is described, the features of teaching high school students in the framework of this course are considered. The course is electronic and presented on the educational portal of the Omsk State Pedagogical University. Particular attention in the course is paid to the use of interactive elements that make it possible to organize interaction a teacher with schoolchildren both in distance and in blended learning. The article draws conclusions about possible improvements to the course, depending on the initial level of training of students in the field of informatics and information technology.