🎓 Alternative Learning Summit: AI in Education: The Future of Personalized and Purpose-Driven Learning
📅 Date: Saturday, April 25th, 2026
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
📍 Location: Live on YouTube | Facebook | LinkedIn | Zoom
🔍 Event Overview
This April, we explore how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping learning for the next generation. From intelligent tutoring systems to AI learning companions, this summit highlights how ADollarClass is harnessing AI to support affordable, flexible, and deeply personalized education for everyone.
Participants will learn how to use AI for self-coaching, skill building, portfolio creation, and emotional support, especially for underserved communities.
🗓️ Program Itinerary
🟢 Opening Remarks (5 mins)
Convener: Osaretin Agbonavbare
Host/MC: Zara Ekong
Welcome, agenda preview, and a recap of March’s learning-to-earning event.
🧠 Keynote Address (20 minutes)
🗣️ Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ifeanyi Odu – AI Education Pioneer & Founder, FutureEd Africa
🎤 Topic: “How AI is Personalizing Education and Empowering the Next Billion Learners”
Dr. Odu shares inspiring use cases of AI in non-traditional education across Africa and how tools like chatbots, learning recommendation engines, and digital portfolios are closing the opportunity gap.
🎙️ Panel Discussion (60 minutes)
Moderator: Rita Amara – Learning Experience Designer & AI Ethicist
🔹 Panel Segment 1: AI as a Learning Coach (15 mins)
🎤 Speaker 1: Software Developer & Mentor
📌 Topic: “How AI Helped Me Learn to Code Faster and Build My Portfolio”
Explains how tools like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and AI coaches helped accelerate career growth.
🔹 Panel Segment 2: Building Emotionally Aware AI for Learners (15 mins)
🎤 Speaker 2: Mental Health Advocate & AI Content Curator
📌 Topic: “Supporting Student Mental Health with AI Companions”
Shares how ADollarClass integrates social-emotional learning into AI systems to reduce anxiety and support motivation.
🔹 Panel Segment 3: Teaching with AI: Instructor Tools & Tips (15 mins)
🎤 Speaker 3: Educator & Digital Course Creator
📌 Topic: “How I Use AI to Design Courses, Engage Students & Save Time”
Step-by-step on integrating AI to build learning content, quizzes, feedback systems, and track progress.
🔹 Panel Segment 4: AI for Underprivileged Learners (15 mins)
🎤 Speaker 4: Nonprofit Leader & EdTech Access Champion
📌 Topic: “Bringing AI-Powered Learning to Rural Communities”
A field story of enabling AI learning offline and online through community hubs and SMS/chatbot interfaces.
💬 Interactive Showcase + Live Demo (25 minutes)
Facilitators: Ikenna Nwosu & Blessing Edeh
Live demo of the ADollarClass Personalized AI Learning Assistant, showcasing:
- Prompt-based learning coaching
- Career suggestion AI
- Mental health self-check features
- Curriculum generation tools for educators
🎁 Closing + Call to Action (5 minutes)
Convener: Osaretin Agbonavbare
Appreciation and call to action:
- Sign up for AI Learning Labs
- Apply as an AI-powered instructor on ADollarClass
- Share your AI learning story for community impact
🎯 Summit Goals
- Demystify AI in education for learners, instructors, and changemakers
- Showcase ADollarClass’s AI-first model of inclusive, adaptive education
- Inspire communities to build with and around AI tools for lifelong learning
