Building confidence in AI skills for English language teaching

Webinar series

Join our live webinar series to learn how to effectively use the latest trends, tools, and tips around AI to enhance your English language teaching.

This series features leading experts in AI, exploring topics such as generative AI, ethics and AI literacy, language testing, AI-enabled learning products and AI-prototypes.

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Building Confidence in AI Skills for English Language Teaching Webinar Series

Our speakers

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Dr. Jules White is Senior Advisor to the Chancellor, Director of Vanderbilt’s Initiative on the Future of Learning & Generative AI, and a Computer Science Professor at Vanderbilt University. He created an early online class in Prompt Engineering, with over 290,000 enrollments, and has published over 170 papers. He is a National Science Foundation CAREER Award recipient and has won multiple Best Paper Awards.

Victoria Lansdown is an AI Instructional Designer for Google, powered by Synergis IT + Creative, where she develops education and workforce programs focused on generative AI and digital skills. She began her career as a K–12 teacher and now focuses on helping educators and organizations adopt AI in practical, human-centered ways. She has led AI-integrated curriculum initiatives for ELL and agentic AI, and previously presented on AI at Pearson, the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business, and UNESCO Digital Learning Week.

Jay (Jarrad Merlo), Avustralya'dan tanınmış bir İngilizce sınav uzmanıdır. Popüler bir çevrimiçi sınav hazırlık sitesi olan E2Language'i kurmadan önce İngilizce öğretmenliği yaptı ve burada PTE Academic dahil birçok İngilizce sınavını yaklaşık 10 yıl boyunca öğretti. YouTube kanalları 3 milyondan fazla aboneye sahip ve sınav hazırlık videoları yüz milyonlarca kez izlendi. Şu anda Pearson’da Değerlendirme İnovasyonu alanında çalışan bir Yapay Zeka Ürün Yöneticisi olarak görev yapıyor.

Kacper Łodzikowski is the Vice President of AI Capabilities at Pearson. His group primarily focuses on natural language processing, computational psychometrics, human-computer interaction, and ethical AI governance. He is also a linguistics researcher and an AI lecturer at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.

Ilya Gogin is the Director of Product Management at Pearson, where he leads the ELL Accelerator team to advance the adoption of emerging technologies for language learning. Previously, he was an Instructional Designer for adult language learning courseware and a Product Manager. He’s been working closely with AI teams at Pearson to incubate AI powered features and products. Before Pearson, Ilya taught ESL in New York, where he also gave workshops to help English teachers adopt new technologies in the classroom. He holds a master's degree in TESOL, specializing on teaching adult learners. Currently, he is working on projects that use generative AI and XR for language learning.

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