In the AMALEA project, a joint project group of the ZML and the Institute for Information Processing Technology (ITIV) created a German-language Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the topic of applied machine learning algorithms. The MOOC provides both a basic understanding of machine learning and practical skills in dealing with algorithms. Developed in close cooperation with the KI Campus AMALEA has been available to all interested parties without restrictions on the AI Campus platform since September 2021: https://ki-campus.org/amalea.
AMALEA is based on the award-winning course "Laboratory for Applied Machine Learning Algorithms" (LAMA) at KIT and targets competence development at both theoretical and applied levels. ZML and ITIV have jointly developed a MOOC that combines learning videos, classic quiz formats and programming tasks in interactive Jupyter notebooks.
The individual course topics are offered in chapters, with the teaching videos presenting the basic content of each topic and the associated Jupyter notebooks allowing students to deepen their knowledge and apply it in practice using programming tasks. This combines classic teaching methods with executable software code.
Following the QUA3CK process developed at KIT, participants learn to identify AI use cases step by step, to understand and interpret AI results and to select and implement suitable machine learning (ML) methods themselves.The ML methods covered include both classic methods and various neural networks, including convolutional and recurrent neural networks.
In total, the course comprises six learning weeks, each lasting around eight hours.
AMALEA was developed in close cooperation with the KI-Campus. The target of this BMBF-funded pilot project is to set up a digital learning platform specializing in AI.
Project result: Since September 20, 2021, the MOOC AMALEA has been freely accessible on the KI-Campus learning platform and enables a broad audience to learn machine learning skills at university level regardless of location and time. The course has had a steadily growing number of participants since its publication.
Here's the link to AMALEA
