Certificate in Emerging Learning Technologies and AI

Use emerging technologies to combine deep attention to how people think and learn in real-world settings

  • School
    Peabody College
  • Duration
    12 Hours
  • Format
    Online
  • Enrollment
    2026

ÌÀÍ·Ìõ the Program

Technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are ubiquitous in our lives and hold enormous potential for education. Through this certificate, students interested in the interplay of cognition, learning and technology will capitalize on faculty expertise and human-centered design principles to support learning and human development in contexts both inside and outside of classrooms, by children and adults.

Positions for graduates with knowledge and experience in emerging learning technologies and AI include learning interaction designer, AI learning consultant, educational technology specialist, technology integration coach, instructional designer, E-learning developer, or learning and development specialist

Key Takeaways

Upon completion of the certificate, students will be able to:

  • Identify opportunities and limitations of new and established technologies for particular learning situations
  • Critically analyze how technologies form part of larger systems of activity where people think and learn
  • Imagine new futures for how technology could be designed differently to support cognition and development
  • Create socio-technical designs that leverage the learning possibilities of novel technologies

Who Should Enroll?

  • Prerequisites: Completed Bachelor’s degree plus current enrollment in a master’s or doctoral degree program within ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
  • Note: Not all Peabody professional degree programs include enough elective credits to make earning an additional certificate possible. Students are encouraged to confer with their program director as well as with certificate directors to ensure they can meet all requirements for both degree and certificate programs.