AISL Academy
AI Literacy and Education Webinar
This webinar explores the definition and essential components of AI literacy for educators and learners.
About This Event
In the rush to embrace the potential benefits of AI in education, it’s important to build AI literacy among educators to ensure consistency in AI-supported pedagogy, and to consider the essential components of AI literacy within schools. This webinar explores the definition and key components of AI literacy for educators and learners.
The following topics are covered:
- Definition of AI literacy
- AI literacy principles
- AI competency framework
- AI literacy in practice.
About the Speaker
Dina Foster
Dina Foster is head of educator AI training at Educate Ventures. She is an experienced former secondary school Deputy Head teacher and is currently a doctoral candidate at UCL with a research focus on how schools develop AI strategy to harness the benefits of AI, and augment teaching and learning. She gained her MA in Education and Technology and also holds a Master’s in Teaching, both from the Institute of Education. Dina is particularly interested in supporting school leaders with the development and implementation of successful EdTech strategies to address school priorities.
Dave Turnbull
Dave Turnbull is a deputy head of educator AI training at Educate Ventures. Dave’s seven years’ experience in primary classrooms, including 5 years as his school’s Computing Curriculum Lead, has given him a front-row view to the challenges schools face in developing coherent digital strategies. As Deputy Head of Educator AI Training at EDUCATE Ventures, he’s helping to build next generation CPD for leaders and teachers in this space. Dave has a BA in Media Arts from Royal Holloway University of London and worked in film and television prior to completing a PGCE at Goldsmiths, specialising in Early Years. He planned, developed, and implemented his school's digital strategy, enabling him to guide the staff through remote teaching during the pandemic. He recently left teaching to become the primary caretaker for his son, and is excited to apply his experience to system-level digital capacity building in education.