Ignite Student Agency with AI
Empower your students to think, create, and learn with AI.
Move beyond basic AI tools and discover how to make your classroom a space where students lead their own learning. The AI Innovations in Student Agency Badge is designed for educators and leaders who want to transform teaching by putting the power of AI directly into students’ hands.
This professional badge goes beyond lesson planning. It’s a hands-on, practice-based journey that helps you guide students to use AI as:
- A personal learning assistant that supports individualized learning goals.
- A tool for reflection and metacognition, helping students understand their own thinking.
- A collaborative partner that fosters creativity, inquiry, and critical problem-solving.
What You'll Learn
By earning this badge, you will learn to:
- Facilitate Personalized Learning — Empower students to design their own learning paths, locate resources, and work at their own pace using AI.
- Foster Metacognition — Use AI to help students reflect on their progress, set goals, and strengthen self-awareness as learners.
- Deepen Critical Thinking — Teach students to use AI for evaluating evidence, analyzing complex ideas, and challenging assumptions.
- Boost Engagement and Creativity — Integrate AI into student projects as a creative collaborator for storytelling, design, and innovation.
- Enhance Peer Collaboration — Guide students to use AI as a shared research and brainstorming partner to strengthen teamwork.
Cultivate Responsible AI Use — Model ethical and critical approaches to AI that prepare students for an AI-informed world.
What You'll Create
You’ll leave the program with a working prototype of an AI-assisted learning app or tool designed for authentic classroom use.
Who Should Enroll
This badge is ideal for:
- K–12 educators and instructional coaches building AI fluency in students.
- Curriculum designers and educational leaders integrating AI across disciplines.
- Education innovators committed to advancing equity, creativity, and agency through technology.
Program Overview
- Cost: $150 total
- Professional Development: Earn 8 ISBE PD Hours (Illinois educators only)
- Format: Fully asynchronous with guidance from NLU faculty experts. (It takes approximately 8-12 hours to complete)
Build the Future of Learning with AI
Be among the first educators to lead the next era of AI-powered teaching and learning.
Ready to build the future of learning with AI?
For questions or more information, contact AIBadge@nl.edu.
