At work, they asked me to run courses for universities and companies. I'm teaching four lessons, three hours each, about AI. Twelve hours in which I try to explain that "write this prompt better" is not dark magic, although sometimes, looking at certain prompts, I understand why people in the Middle Ages reached for fire.
I have to say I really enjoy explaining how to write prompts, sharing the "tricks of the trade" I've learned through years of use, and showing how to build web apps or work better (and less) by delegating to agents all those tasks that, at work or in study, nobody really wants to do (like creating slides, documents, summaries, or optimizing business processes). Basically, I teach people how to steal hours back from bureaucracy, which is a public service that still lacks official recognition.
That said, I have to admit something: I love the nerds. They ask questions, they are curious, they participate. Every time I say: "Bring me problems you have and, in the next lesson, we'll try to find a way to solve them with AI." And they actually do it, which in the adult world is almost moving: people hear a request and respond to the request. A technology rarer than AI.
From a teacher's point of view, you can really feel the engagement: you do not have the feeling you are talking to a wall. Also because, at the end of the day, I am explaining how to work less (so there should be interest in sharing what you do in study or at work). In return, I teach you how to get rid of the most boring tasks and focus on the truly interesting ones. An honest deal: you bring real problems, I try to keep them from ending up in an Excel file called "final_definitive_v7".
I underestimated active participation in a course or lesson a lot. Now that I am behind the lectern, I realize that teachers also need motivation to teach well, otherwise they switch off and end up reading slides with the voice of someone who has just accepted an existential defeat. Ask your professors questions, we are here for this. We want to teach you, and they do not pay us just to talk to ourselves (even if some calendars seem designed exactly for that).