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AISL Academy

AI Collaboration and Development


Explore human-centred AI collaboration, combining educational research, technology, and teaching expertise to enhance learning, professional development, and the ethical, purposeful integration of AI in schools.

About This Course

This course examines AI collaboration and development through a human-centred approach. Educators will explore how combining AI with teaching expertise, research insights, and edtech tools can enhance learning outcomes, support professional growth, and foster ethical, impactful, and purposeful AI integration within educational settings.

The course covers the following topics:

  • Introduction to AI Collaboration and Development
  • AI-Facilitated Collaborative Learning
  • AI for Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
  • AI Equity, Access and Inclusion
  • AI and 21st-Century Skills
  • AI Horizon Scanning

Throughout the course, you’ll have the chance to check your understanding of the key content through knowledge-check questions. 

About the Speakers

Professor Virginia Yip

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. 

Professor Virginia Yip

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. 

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