AI is transforming higher education—and every instructor is being asked to decide what that means for their teaching.
AI for Educators is a six-course certification that helps you use AI intentionally and ethically to enhance your teaching practice. Learn how to plan lessons faster, design accessible materials, and give meaningful feedback—while protecting academic integrity and the human connection at the heart of learning.
Each course offers practical tools, guided experimentation, and reflective prompts that help you build confidence using AI in real post-secondary classrooms.
Teach smarter. Lead with integrity. Keep learning human.
What You’ll Learn:
Understand what AI is (and isn’t) in the context of post-secondary teaching. Explore issues of authorship, bias, privacy, and academic integrity. Learn how to use AI transparently, model responsible use for students, and develop an ethical foundation for integrating emerging tools.
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Discover how AI can support creative, efficient course planning. Use AI to brainstorm ideas, align outcomes, scaffold learning activities, and adapt lessons for diverse delivery modes—without losing your professional voice.
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Make your courses more inclusive and accessible using AI-assisted tools. Learn how to generate alt text, transcripts, captions, and plain-language summaries. Explore how AI can help meet UDL (Universal Design for Learning) standards and support multilingual learners.
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Streamline grading and feedback while maintaining fairness and academic integrity. Design authentic assessments that engage critical thinking and reflection. Use AI responsibly to create rubrics, feedback starters, and self-assessment tools that support learning rather than replace it.
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Enhance communication and community in both online and face-to-face classrooms. Use AI to draft announcements, discussion prompts, and empathetic student messages while maintaining professionalism and warmth. Explore how tone and context shape digital presence.
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Look ahead to where AI and higher education intersect. Learn how to stay informed, adapt policies, and evaluate new tools critically. Build confidence navigating evolving technologies while keeping pedagogy, equity, and human connection at the center of your teaching.
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
At The Educator Experience, we acknowledge that our team lives, learns, and works on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many diverse Indigenous Nations across what is now called Canada. We honour the enduring presence, wisdom, and stewardship of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples, whose relationships with these lands continue to this day. We recognize the ongoing impacts of colonialism and the responsibilities we carry as educators and community members to engage in truth, reconciliation, and meaningful action. We are committed to listening, learning, and showing up with humility and respect.
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The Educator Reflection Journal is a guided, semester-long tool designed to help you pause, make sense of your teaching, and grow with intention.
The nearly 100 pages of reflection help you:
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