Course summary
Join us as we chat with Helen Whitehead, Head of Innovation at McAuley Community Services for Women. Together, we take a dive into how gender and social bias impact AI and education.
Video transcript
Hi, I'm Helen. Let's have a chat about how bias is showing up in AI, where it's coming from and what are some practical tips that you can do about it so that you can make the best of AI in your classroom.
You will learn:
- How gender and AI intersect
- How to identify and mitigate social bias in AI
- How to approach AI and bias with your student
Course time:
This course is expected to take between 45 minutes to an hour. Perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
Accreditation:
This course is mapped to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
- 4.5 Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically: Incorporate strategies to promote the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching.
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Cool Conversations: Gender, Social Bias and AI with Helen Whitehead
Course writer
Helen Whitehead is a strategic innovation leader with over 15 years’ experience designing and delivering transformative programs across Financial Services, Education, Social Services, and Community sectors. As Head of Innovation and Business Development at McAuley Community Services for Women, Helen leads cross-sector collaborations that embed trauma-informed, culturally safe, and digitally enabled service models. Her work spans co-design, digital transformation, and systems integration.
In addition, Helen is on the Board of organisations driving transformational change, primarily across the Not For Profit and Education sectors as well as coaching and mentoring multiple start-ups and socially driven ventures.
Helen brings deep expertise in stakeholder engagement, systems thinking, service and inclusive design (specialising in emergency technologies), with a track record of securing funding and scaling programs that improve access for underserved communities. Her leadership is grounded in values of equity, evidence, and impact.
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How long will this take to complete?
This course is expected to take between 45 minutes to an hour. Perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
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Is this course accredited?
All of our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as relevant, teacher-identified professional development activity with all Australian state teaching regulatory authorities. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.
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