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Supporting Language Learning with Generative AI

In today’s data-driven classrooms, AI provides educators with transformative tools to enhance assessment practices, making feedback more personalised and impactful. This one-day workshop equips you with practical strategies to incorporate AI into integrative and formative assessment, allowing you to provide adaptive feedback and track individual progress efficiently. You’ll gain hands-on experience with AI-powered assessment tools, learn how to design AI-enhanced assessments that promote continuous learning, and explore the ethical implications of using AI in evaluation. By the end of the day, you’ll leave with actionable insights, AI-powered assessment strategies, and a toolkit for delivering responsive, equitable, and effective assessment practices that support every student’s learning journey.

What you will take away:

  • Integrate generative AI tools to support personalised language learning, real-time practice, and adaptive feedback tailored to each learner.
  • Create culturally responsive content that reflects and respects students’ diverse backgrounds, fostering a supportive multilingual environment.
  • Gain hands-on experience with AI tools that provide immediate feedback, help improve language proficiency, and enhance student engagement.
  • Understand ethical considerations specific to language learning, including cultural sensitivity and data privacy.
  • Leave with a strategic action plan for integrating generative AI to create more inclusive, effective language learning experiences.

Learning Outcomes:

Knowledge

  • Understand the core concepts and principles of integrating generative AI in language learning.
  • Explore the potential benefits and challenges of using generative AI to enhance language education.
  • Discover various AI-powered tools and technologies that can support and transform language learning.
  • Gain insights into ethical considerations and responsible AI use in education, particularly in relation to language learning and cultural sensitivity.

Skills

  • Master the use of generative AI for personalised language practice, including real-time feedback and adaptive learning support for diverse language learners.
  • Create culturally relevant, multilingual content using AI, enhancing student engagement and supporting language diversity.
  • Develop AI-enhanced language learning strategies that foster communication, collaboration, and inclusivity across various cultural contexts.
  • Navigate ethical concerns in language AI, focusing on cultural sensitivity, fairness, and data privacy to support an inclusive learning environment.

Target Audience: Teachers, Key Personnel, School Leaders, instructional designers, and administrators/executives from all levels of education. No prior AI experience is required. This workshop is suitable for educators across all levels of experience, whether you're completely new to AI or looking to enhance your existing knowledge.

About the Presenter: 

Dr Jim Wagstaff

Dr Jim Wagstaff has called Singapore home for nearly 20 years. He is an educator and entrepreneur whose practical experience, teaching practice, and research expertise centre on digital pedagogy–specifically, the application of AI in teaching and learning. In 2018, Jim co-founded Noodle Factory, an AI-powered teaching and learning platform designed to support differentiated instruction.

Jim earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Liverpool (UK). His ongoing research focuses on how educators can reliably and safely harness the power of digital capabilities to support teaching and learning.  Jim has also earned his post-doctoral diploma in academic practice in coordination with the Fellowship for Higher Education in the UK, where his current work includes action research related to the impact of generative AI in teaching and learning.

Through his work with Noodle Factory, Jim has the opportunity to work with teachers and instructors at all levels of education across many disciplines and faculties. Jim has advised and assisted dozens of secondary and tertiary educational institutions and educators in applying generative and conversational AI to teaching and learning. These include institutions and educators in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Jim is also currently involved in supporting the work of action researchers studying the impact of generative AI in teaching and learning at the University of London, Lusófona University (Portugal), and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) in Singapore.

Registration Details

Course Code: JW04325

Topic: Supporting Language Learning with Generative AI

Presenter(s): Dr Jim Wagstaff

Date(s): 4 March 2025, Tuesday

Time: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Mode of Delivery: Face-to-face

Venue: Orchard Hotel

Closing Date: 31 January 2025, Friday

Workshop Fee: S$450.00 per participant and fee is subject to GST.

Please get in touch with Joseph Loy by email at joseph@pai.sg or tel: 6363 0330 if you require further information.