Live event + certification
The AI x Instructional Design Mini Summit September 2026
AI can generate a course. Can it design the learning? Join our learning and AI experts to examine the teaching choices hidden inside AI and rethink the role of instructional designers as AI takes on more of the production work.
September 10, 2026
9:00 AM PT | 12:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM UK
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Outlook.comAI is already teaching. Make sure it teaches well.
This free mini-summit looks beyond faster content production. Through three expert-led sessions and a live panel, you’ll examine how AI affects instructional decisions, how it can support learners inside a course, and where human expertise remains indispensable.
SESSION 1 – (50 MIN) – 9:00–9:50 AM PT | 12:00–12:50 PM ET | 5:00–5:50 PM UK
Pedagogical bias in GenAI: Who decided how your AI teaches?
AI models aren’t neutral teaching tools. Their responses reflect assumptions about knowledge, instruction, authority, and the learner. Simon will show how these hidden pedagogies influence AI-generated course content. You’ll learn how to identify problematic defaults, question the model’s instructional choices, and guide AI toward the learning experience you intended to create.
You’ll take away:
- A clearer understanding of the pedagogical assumptions built into AI-generated content
- Ways to recognize bias in how AI explains, structures, and prioritizes information
- Questions you can use to evaluate AI output before adding it to a course
- A more deliberate approach to directing AI’s teaching style
Simon Strehler
Learning Experience and AI Product Specialist, LearnWorlds
SESSION 2 – (50 MIN) – 9:55–10:45 AM PT | 12:55–1:45 PM ET | 5:55–6:45 PM UK
Go beyond agents and chatbots: Seamless AI interactions within the course
AI is moving from the course creation process into the learning experience itself. Yan will demonstrate an embedded AI instructor that responds to learners within their course, remembers relevant context, and adapts its support to their needs. You’ll see how AI can provide personalized guidance without sending learners to a separate chatbot or removing the structure of the course.
You’ll take away:
- A practical example of an AI instructor embedded in a learning environment
- A clearer view of how memory and context affect personalized support
- Ideas for making courses more responsive to individual learner needs
- Design principles for adding AI without letting it take over the experience
Yan Weng
Learning Experience and AI Product Specialist, LearnWorlds
SESSION 3 – (50 MIN) – 10:50–11:40 AM PT | 1:50–2:40 PM ET | 6:50–7:40 PM UK
Design faster with AI: creating learning experiences that build skills
AI tools have changed considerably over the past year. The central challenge hasn’t: producing content faster means little if learners can’t use what they learn. Marina will share updated AI workflows, new developments, and lessons from applying AI to course design. She’ll show how to move from scoping and drafting to review and delivery while keeping adult learning principles and skill development in view.
You’ll take away:
- An updated workflow for designing course content with AI
- Practical ways to scope, draft, and review learning materials
- Criteria for checking whether AI-generated content supports skill development
- Lessons from a year of changing tools and instructional design practice
Marina Arshavskiy
Instructional Design Consultant, Author & Educator at Your ELearning World
live panel discussion – (20 MIN) – 11:45 AM–12:05 PM PT | 2:45–3:05 PM ET | 7:45–8:05 PM UK
Do we still need instructional designers in the AI era?
The panel will discuss which responsibilities AI can take on, which decisions still require human expertise, and how instructional designers can contribute when content production is no longer the hardest part of building a course.
Bring your questions and join the discussion on what the profession needs next.
Panelists:
- Marina Arshavskiy – Instructional Design Consultant, Author & Educator at Your ELearning World
- George Palaigeorgiou, CPO & Co-Founder, LearnWorlds
- Yan Weng – Learning Experience and AI Product Specialist, LearnWorlds
- Simon Strehler – Learning Experience and AI Product Specialist, LearnWorlds
Who this event is for
Training & program managers. Find practical ways to create and update training with AI while protecting quality across programs and audiences.
Instructional designers. Examine the pedagogical choices AI makes, decide where it belongs in your process.
Business owners and creators. Move beyond quick drafts and design courses that help learners build useful knowledge and skills.
L&D professionals. See how AI can support employees, customers, and partners through more contextual learning experiences.
Turn what you learn into a recognized skill
Your learning continues after the live summit. Complete the self-paced workshop to apply the ideas from the sessions and earn a certificate in AI-powered instructional design from LearnWorlds. You can add the certificate to your portfolio, share it on LinkedIn, or use it as a record of your professional development.
What participants said about the previous summit
“It was fascinating to see how each layer, from foundational concepts to advanced applications, interconnects to create a robust learning experience. The hands-on approach made it easy to visualize how AI can enhance course design.”
“I truly enjoyed going through each step breaking down the engineering of prompts. Also, I loved that it was broken down into digestible chunks with measurable outcomes. Thank you!”
“It was a great session; I really enjoyed the demos each facilitator shared, and their personal experiences with learning AI are priceless.”
Don’t let AI make the teaching decisions for you
Learn to question what AI creates, decide where it belongs in the learning experience, and use your expertise where it matters most. Join us live on September 10.
FAQ
The AI x Instructional Design mini summit is a free online event about the changing relationship between AI, course design, and the learner experience. It includes three expert-led sessions, a live panel discussion, and access to a self-paced certification workshop.
The summit is for instructional designers, course creators, training and program managers, L&D teams, customer education professionals, and learning business owners. It will be particularly useful if you already use AI to create learning content and want to make more informed instructional decisions.
No specific level of AI experience is required. A basic understanding of courses, training, or learning design will help you connect the sessions to your own work.
You’ll learn how to use AI in real instructional design workflows. That will cover everything from planning programs, to creating and sequencing courses, and analyzing your audiences and data.
You’ll also leave with a certification to prove your skills.
There are three 50-minute live sessions with Q&A and a 20-minute panel discussion. The certification workshop is self-paced, and you can complete it on your own time.
Yes. Register to receive access to the session recordings and supporting resources after the event.
Register for the summit and complete the self-paced certification workshop. Instructions and completion requirements will be shared with registrants.
The certificate will be issued by LearnWorlds.
The summit is organized by LearnWorlds, an AI-powered learning management system for creating, managing, and selling online learning experiences.