Teaching & Learning With AI Certificate
About the Program
This 6-week online program is designed for educators ready to move beyond AI tips and tricks and into meaningful classroom transformation. Through a step-by-step, hands-on approach, participants redesign one of their own lessons using AI to create engaging, personalized, and classroom-ready learning experiences.
Grounded in a proven instructional design framework, the program helps educators thoughtfully integrate AI to strengthen effective teaching practices and design learning experiences that keep students thinking, creating, and actively engaged. AI is used to enhance learning—not replace it—while keeping student thinking and creativity at the center.
The certificate aligns with academic goals and incorporates project-based learning, differentiated instruction, and authentic assessment.
At a Glance
Classes Begin June 16
What You'll Learn
- Classroom-Ready Results: Walk away with a complete AI-powered lesson.
- Smarter Lesson Design: Align AI tools with learning objectives and standards.
- Faster Planning: Use AI to streamline your workflow without sacrificing quality.
- More Engaging Learning: Design experiences that motivate and inspire students.
- Data-Informed Teaching: Use AI to analyze needs and improve instruction.
- Future-Ready Skills: Position yourself as a leader in AI-enhanced education.
Who Should Enroll
- Classroom teachers (K–12 and higher education)
- Instructional coaches and curriculum specialists
- Educators exploring AI in teaching
- Corporate trainers
- Teachers ready to redesign instruction for the future
No advanced technical background required.
Program Outline
Focus: Rethinking Teaching with AI + Understanding Your Learners
This week, you will:
- Understand AI as a co-designer in teaching and learning
- Explore meaningful and responsible approaches to AI integration
- Learn how to use AI as a contributor through effective prompting strategies
- Analyze student needs, engagement gaps, and learning opportunities with AI support
Focus: Building Your Instructional Blueprint & Starting Creation
This week, you will:
- Write clear, measurable learning objectives with AI support for drafting and refining language
- Design your lesson structure, activities, and assessments using AI to generate and organize instructional ideas
- Align your lesson with critical thinking, creativity, and student engagement goals with AI-assisted suggestions and examples
- Begin developing your AI-enhanced lesson materials, using AI to create drafts, examples, and instructional content
- Begin designing AI-enhanced student assignments and learning activities, using AI to support differentiation and creativity
Focus: Building and Refining Your AI-Powered Lesson
In these weeks, you will:
- Create lesson materials, activities, and assessments with AI support for drafting and content development
- Design AI-enhanced student learning experiences, using AI to support engagement, differentiation, and creativity
- Use AI to generate, refine, and enhance instructional content while aligning with your learning goals
- Iterate and improve your lesson through guided feedback, reflection, and AI-assisted refinement
*These weeks are intentionally structured with fewer live sessions to give you dedicated time to create, test, and refine your work with AI support.
Focus: Finalizing and Preparing for Classroom Use
This week, you will:
- Finalize and polish your AI-powered lesson for real classroom use
- Design authentic, standards-aligned assessments, including rubrics, using AI tools to support clarity and alignment
- Plan how to implement and adapt your lesson for your students
- Use AI to support differentiation, feedback, and student learning needs
- Reflect on your growth as a teacher using AI to enhance instruction
- Share your work, receive feedback, and learn from fellow educators
Meet the Instructors
Designed by Educators
This certificate was developed by university faculty with decades of experience in instructional design, educational technology, and teacher preparation. Our approach is grounded in research and focused on practical outcomes—so what you build in this program can be used immediately in your classroom.
