In today's rapidly evolving technology landscape, educators need innovative professional development to keep pace while consistently meeting the learning goals of their students. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) provides educators with research-based strategies to help all students succeed. When combined with AI, these strategies offer powerful opportunities to future-proof your teaching skills and enhance learning by making education more accessible, inclusive, and personalized.
This essential online course reveals how AI-driven tools are rapidly transforming classrooms in the form of adaptive learning platforms, tutoring systems, lesson-planning assistants, and other education tools, and how their true potential is realized when they are designed and implemented with the game-changing UDL framework.
This open enrollment course introduces educators to practical ways of harnessing AI guided by the inclusive principles of UDL Guidelines 3.0—from smart prompting techniques to understanding AI literacy and accessibility—all while keeping ethical considerations and student agency at the forefront.
Get ready to discover how AI can become a powerful partner in creating dynamic and inclusive learning experiences, all at your own pace within a flexible, asynchronous format.
Course Structure
This open enrollment online course is designed for those who prefer to explore the content at their own pace. The course is completely self-guided and includes approximately 2-3 hours of materials spread across 7 learning modules. Each module of the course varies and will include a mix of readings, multimedia, and quizzes/activities.
Enrollment includes one month access, and the materials can be completed in about two weeks.
What you'll learn
- Advanced strategies for using AI to identify and address barriers to learning, along with novel approaches to adopting AI in your classroom instruction for improved student outcomes.
- Innovative AI prompting techniques and strategies for interacting with AI as a strategic partner, enabling you to design and implement new equitable and dynamic learning experiences.
- The principles of AI accessibility and how to critically analyze the ethical considerations when deploying AI, emphasizing student agency and adherence to UDL Guidelines 3.0.
Who should enroll?
This course is designed for classroom teachers, instructional designers, and other educators who are ready to apply UDL principles to real-world teaching scenarios and leverage AI tools to empower all students in expressing their knowledge and skills. Whether you're an experienced educator seeking to stay ahead of the curve with cutting-edge technology, or someone exploring new, accessible methods to reach every learner, this course provides the professional learning and development needed to thrive in today's AI-powered classroom.
Enrollment Window
This course launches on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
You can register for this course at any time. Enrollment includes one month of access to the course platform.
