AI Essentials for L&D Professionals - Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD)

November 2026

AI Essentials for L&D Professionals - Online (261125AIEV)

Learn the basics of Gen AI literacy and how to use Gen AI to help you create content and assessments, development micro credentials and badges, and provide targeted feedback with expert facilitator Kathryn McGilvray. This is a 1-day, online course (with a follow-up webinar).

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Do you want to transform your L&D workflow and enhance learner experiences using Generative AI? In this blended learning course, you’ll learn how to use Generative (Gen) AI for a range of key L&D functions, including skills gap analysis, content creation, personalised learning and feedback.

Discover the fundamentals of Gen AI literacy and gain hands-on experience with a variety of practical applications. We deep dive into Gen AI literacy, applying skills with provided templates, prompts, and guidelines to enhance L&D efficiency and deliver impactful learning. Ethical considerations and the responsible implementation of AI are also addressed, ensuring participants can confidently navigate the evolving landscape of Gen AI in L&D.

Content

This course delves into the practical applications of Gen AI in L&D environments. AI is a tool that can enhance our learning experiences and workflow activities. Develop Gen AI skills for efficient and impactful learning through hands-on practice and guided resources.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to use generative AI to enhance your work activities, including:

identify skills gaps and align with organisational needs
create AI-enhanced learning, assessments and feedback
automate L&D tasks like content creation, personalisation, and administration
boosting efficiency and tailoring learning experiences
maximise the effectiveness of AI prompts to achieve the desired outcome
apply human oversight to ensure accurate output
identify AI limitations and ethical responsibilities when working with AI.

We will also consider the importance of human oversight to ensure accurate output and awareness of AI limitations and our ethical responsibilities.

AITD Capability Framework

This course connects to the AITD Capability Framework through its focus on Gen AI literacy and the practical, responsible use of AI to support L&D functions, including skills gap analysis, content creation, personalised learning and feedback.

The proficiency levels below indicate the level of capability the course most closely aligns with.

Foundational to intermediate: AI Literacy
Intermediate: Data Analysis & Insight Generation
Intermediate to advanced: Learning Experience Design

Audience

This course is designed for L&D professionals, L&D managers, instructional designers, E-learning designers, content developers, L&D business partners, L&D generalists, and L&D professionals with basic experience with Gen AI (e.g. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or CoPilot) who would like to gain more comprehensive skills for greater impact

Facilitator

Kathryn McGilvray

Delivery Options

AI Essentials for L&D Professionals is offered virtually, face-to-face, and in-house.

Virtual delivery: A blended learning course comprised of self-paced online modules and live virtual classroom sessions. Access to Zoom is required.

Face-to-face delivery: One day workshop – 9:30am – 4pm.

In-house delivery: Delivered to your team exclusively, online or in a location of your choice. Find out more about in-house delivery.

AITD Partners

AI Essentials for L&D Professionals - Online (261125AIEV)