AI-Resilient Materials: From Foundational Principles to Practical Design

A free webinar from TESOL's Materials Writers Interest Section (MWIS). As Generative AI reshapes language education, materials writers face a critical challenge: how to design learning resources that prevent AI-dependent substitution while maintaining pedagogical rigor. The session approaches AI resilience from three perspectives: foundational principles and capabilities for content creators; cognitive realities and student engagement in AI-saturated environments; and practical design — actionable task designs, templates, and classroom-tested AI-based materials that mandate deep cognitive processing. Presented by Dr. Mathias Schulze (San Diego State University), Rawan Saqfalhett (EFL teacher and PhD candidate, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), and Joshua Yardley (ELT materials writer).