AI Elements is a massive and open education project (MOOC) to bring knowledge and skills about AI and its various applications to the majority of the population. It is a free online course that offers all citizens the opportunity to learn and learn first hand about the functioning and opportunities offered by AI. The Secretary of State for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence will be in charge of launching the project, with the collaboration of UNED.

The initiative aims to ensure that 1% of European citizens have basic competences in this area. In the case of Spain, it will be carried out thanks to the academic support of the National University of Distance Education (UNED), which will provide 2 credits to students who take the course. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation is currently in contact with all Spanish universities through the CRUE so that the course is eligible as an activity of free choice and that university students can obtain credits for its realization.

The course is part of the National Digital Competency Plan and the National Intelligence Strategy Artificia. Both are included in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan –components 19 and 16- and in Spain Digital 2025 agenda.

It has an estimated duration of 50 hours and has six modules composed, in turn, of three sections.

Closing digital gaps is one of Spain’s main objectives for a recovery based on cross-sectional and inclusive digitisation.

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The course is available on the following website: https://www.elementosdeia.gob.es