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Pathway Badge · $35

Human in the Loop Pathway

Use AI safely, define the work it touches, and lead it well, with twelve stackable credentials.

Three courses. In order. Free to learn.

Start the Pathway I have all twelve: claim it

The lessons are free. Each certificate is paid when you pass its test, and the pathway badge is $35 once you hold all twelve.

Why this pathway matters

AI makes drafting cheap; it does not make judgment cheap. This pathway follows the Human in the Loop series in order: using generative AI tools well and checking what they produce, defining the things a system is made of so AI works inside agreed definitions, and leading that work across a team, from a ninety-day pilot to governance that NIST's framework can check. You finish with one credential that anyone can verify.

What you'll learn

Twelve credentials, each earned by passing its own test. Every question cites a lesson you can study first.

Generative AI at Work

• Full Certificate in Generative AI at Work the full course final · $20
  • The whole course: 199 lessons and 10 lectures
  • A 45-minute, 50-question final
• Micro-Certificate in Prompting AI Safely 18 lessons · $5
  • Prompt anatomy
  • Prompt technique
  • Safe prompt patterns
• Micro-Certificate in Checking AI Output 18 lessons · $5
  • Why verify
  • How to check
  • Humans in the loop
• Micro-Certificate in AI Governance and Documentation 17 lessons · $5
  • Privacy and IP
  • Vendors and rules
  • Documenting AI

The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI

• Full Certificate in The M-CaReM-AI Method: Defining Work for AI the full course final · $20
  • The whole course: 202 lessons and 12 lectures
  • A 45-minute, 50-question final
• Micro-Certificate in Mapping and Cards 18 lessons · $5
  • Mapping your world
  • Writing cards
  • Cards in practice
• Micro-Certificate in Packs and Validation 18 lessons · $5
  • Object Packs
  • Building and keeping Packs
  • Checking against reality
• Micro-Certificate in Traceability and Change 18 lessons · $5
  • Why trace
  • Building a matrix
  • Using it for change

Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice

• Full Certificate in Leading AI at Work: Governance, Rollout and Practice the full course final · $20
  • The whole course: 186 lessons and 9 lectures
  • A 45-minute, 50-question final
• Micro-Certificate in Running a Pilot 18 lessons · $5
  • Starting in practice
  • The ninety days
  • Roles and the case for it
• Micro-Certificate in Operating Model and Governance 18 lessons · $5
  • Hats and rituals
  • Boundaries and measures
  • Govern and manage
• Micro-Certificate in Teaching and Leading 18 lessons · $5
  • Teaching principles
  • Drills and practice
  • Leading your next ninety days

Who this pathway is for

• Professionals who use AI tools in their daily work
• Analysts, product owners and architects who define work for systems
• Team leads and managers rolling AI into real work
• Risk, governance and policy staff overseeing AI

Time to complete

each micro-certificate: 12–16 minutes of lessons plus a 15-minute test

~30 min

each full course certificate, lessons, lectures, quizzes and exams included

10–11.5 hours

the whole pathway, most of it the three courses

~37 hours

Lesson times are the measured length of the recordings. The micro-certificates draw on the same lessons as their courses, so time spent on one counts toward the other. Go at your own pace; nothing expires.

What you receive

• Human in the Loop Pathway CertificatePrint it or save it as a PDF. It lists all twelve credentials it rests on.
• Human in the Loop digital badgeA 600-pixel badge image you can download and post.
• Verification numberIts own SW-HIL number and a public page that links to all twelve credentials.
• Add to LinkedInOne button fills in LinkedIn's Licenses & Certifications form for you.

How to claim it

1. 1
   Earn all twelveOrder each certificate with the same email address. The pathway finds them by that email.
2. 2
   Check your credentials belowEnter that email and any one of your certificate numbers, so nobody can look up an email that isn't theirs.
3. 3
   Claim the pathway for $35You get the pathway certificate with its own verification number, the badge image, and an Add to LinkedIn button.

The Human in the Loop Pathway certifies StudyWalks certificates, each earned by passing its own test. Scores are StudyWalks scores, not college credit. StudyWalks is not currently an approved provider of continuing-education credit for any licensing board or professional body.