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Spring 2025 baseline · June 2026 update
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San Diego Continuing Education

Region: San Diego / Imperial

At a glance

San Diego Continuing Education follows the district-wide approach led by Vice Chancellor Michelle Fischthal's Institutional Innovation and Effectiveness team, which was recognized at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit and secured a $1.5M California Education Learning Lab grant through the Equitable AI Alliance with SDSU and UC San Diego. SDCE has delivered a robust series of Flex Flash professional development sessions on AI literacy, accessibility, prompt engineering for ESL, and chatbot integration, and its faculty and students now have access to the district's June 2026 AAAI Micro-Credential badge program and three-option syllabus policy framework.

Updated Scan Findings

11 new 🆕· 13 source-verified findings from the updated web scan
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines · 8
  • 🆕Flex Flash session: AI Demystified - An Introduction to A.I Literacy. SDCE hosted a faculty/staff professional development (Flex Flash) session 'AI Demystified: An Introduction to A.I Literacy' (Flex ID 36508) on Friday, February 7, 2025, providing an accessible introduction to generative AI technologies like ChatGPT and building confidence in engaging with AI. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Flex Flash session: Leveraging AI to enhance course accessibility. SDCE offered a Flex Flash session 'Leveraging AI to enhance course accessibility' (Flex ID 36667) on Friday, March 14, 2025, with hands-on practice using AI to make images and documents more accessible. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Flex Flash session: AI in Education - AI Across the Disciplines. SDCE faculty professional development session exploring how AI and LLMs can transform teaching and learning across all disciplines (not just writing), shifting focus from product to process and adapting assignments/assessments to incorporate AI meaningfully. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Flex Flash session: Chatbot overview & Workshop (5-platform comparison). SDCE workshop informally compares five chatbot platforms (ChatGPT, Chattybot, Pickaxe, Playlab, and Build-a-Bot), examining each interface and pros/cons, with supported hands-on experimentation. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Flex Flash session: GenAI Literacy for ESL (prompt engineering). SDCE offers a GenAI Literacy for ESL Flex Flash session covering generative AI literacy and prompt engineering, aimed at the ESL instructional context. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕SDCCD AI leaders honored at ASU+GSV 2025 (Leading Women in AI / AI Innovators). In April 2025 SDCCD's Institutional Innovation and Effectiveness division was recognized at the ASU+GSV Summit, with Vice Chancellor Dr. Michelle Fischthal named to 'Leading Women in AI' and staff Elaine Chance, Rodrigo Gomez, and Alison Gurganus named '2025 AI Innovators'; this district leadership drives AI efforts across colleges including SDCE. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Flex Flash session: Practical Guide to Leveraging AI with Digital Goodies. SDCE faculty/staff professional development session offering a practical guide to leveraging AI tools in teaching and administrative work, listed among SDCE's Flex Flash AI resources. 2025 · medium confidence — source
  • SDCE represented on SDCCD team for AAC&U Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum. SDCCD was selected (one of 124 institutions nationwide) for the AAC&U Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum (Sept 2024 through April 2025); Mary Burns represented the College of Continuing Education on the district implementation team led by Vice Chancellor Michelle Fischthal and Rodrigo Gomez. Fall 2024 · high confidence — source
AI Policies · 1
  • District faculty AI syllabus policy framework (three options) applies to SDCE faculty. SDCCD faculty resources state faculty are free to set their own course AI policies and provide three sample syllabus frameworks (full AI use with citation, conditional/assistive use, and no AI use) plus templates such as a Week-1 Canvas announcement and an 'AI Contract' acknowledgment quiz. undated · medium confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 4
  • 🆕Flex Flash session: Enhancing Learning with AI Chatbots (Nectir AI). SDCE professional development session introduces AI chatbots such as Nectir AI as resources to enhance the student experience, with strategies for integrating chatbots into course workflows for communication and on-demand academic support. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕AAAI Micro-Credential (free AI literacy badge) open to SDCE students/staff. The district-wide Academic Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Micro-Credential, a free self-paced five-module program (2-4 hours) yielding a digital badge, is open to all SDCCD students, faculty and staff including those at SDCE; the public launch was announced June 1, 2026. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Equitable AI Alliance $1.5M California Education Learning Lab grant (incl. SDCCD). The Equitable AI Alliance (SDCCD with SDSU and UC San Diego) was awarded a $1.5 million AI Grand Challenge grant from the California Education Learning Lab (Nov 2024) to advance equitable AI access, literacy, and tools across the institutions; SDCE is one of SDCCD's four colleges covered. 2024 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Equitable AI Alliance regional partnership (SDCCD, SDSU, UC San Diego). SDCCD (including SDCE) partners with SDSU and UC San Diego in the Equitable AI Alliance, a regional collaboration built on three pillars (assessing AI needs, AI literacy education, and creating/scaling accessible AI tools) launched in 2024 to reduce AI equity gaps. 2024 · high confidence — source

Spring 2025 baseline

AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines

V2030: People
Team/Lead: San Diego Continuing Education
  • See above-noted district approach
  • Survey: There are then pockets through the colleges in the following disciplines in which I am aware: English and languages, ICT, Business, noncredit, career services

AI Policies

V2030: PolicyV2030: People
Team/Lead: San Diego Continuing Education
  • Please review the above-noted SDCCD approach
Team/Lead: San Diego Community College District

AI Courses, Tools & Resources

V2030: ResourcesV2030: PeopleV2030: Systems
Team/Lead: San Diego Continuing Education

Entities from the knowledge graph

college: San Diego Continuing Educationinitiative: Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a Partner in the Learning Processinitiative: AI Demystified: An Introduction to A.I Literacyinitiative: AI in Education: AI Across the Disciplinesinitiative: AI and Research: A Showcase of Tools You Need to Knowinitiative: Maximizing Efficiency with AI: Strategies and Tools for Your Work Dayinitiative: Enhancing Learning with AI Chatbots: Strategies for Integration and Engagementorganization: English and Languages Departmentorganization: ICT Departmentorganization: Business Departmentorganization: Noncredit Programsorganization: Institutional Innovation and Effectiveness

Links & artifacts

AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 4