Webinar: From Learners to Creators: Connecting AI Literacy and Personalized Language Learning Through GenAI

This session will showcase an AI literacy course designed for multilingual learners in academic English contexts. The session highlights how students learned to use generative AI ethically for academic purposes, with a focus on effective prompting as both a linguistic skill and a framework for working with AI as a learning partner. Students explored multiple AI and educational tools to support different language skills and how to discern which tools and approaches best support learning goals. The course focused on applying principles of personalized learning, such as critical thinking, through student-designed bots. Practical takeaways to help ESL/EFL teachers integrate AI literacy into their classrooms will be shared.

Presenter Info:

Meghan Killeen is an education specialist in curriculum design, AI literacy, and project-based learning, currently serving as Curriculum and Assessment Specialist for the Temple Center for American Language and Culture (TCALC). She holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics and Literature from the University of Westminster (London, U.K.) and has 15+ years of teaching experience, including roles in Japan and combining her love for multimedia and language by teaching at institutions such as Pratt Institute and The New York Film Academy. Passionate about interdisciplinary approaches, Meghan integrates technology into language learning, developing content for apps like Busuu and Chatterbox and collaborating with Kyron Learning to enhance multilingual AI accessibility. Committed to connecting people and bringing together communities across sectors, she has also contributed to OpenAI Academy’s Professors Teaching with AI series, co-leads the Future of Higher Education Philadelphia Chapter, and supports the Education Hub for Philly AI Connect. In her very little spare time, she loves hiking, reading and is involved with immersive theater.