Practical training in responsible AI, digital skills and cybersecurity
Research-informed workshops for organisations, educators, community groups and young people. Every session is designed so that participants leave able to use AI tools with confidence, recognise online risks and keep human judgement in charge.
Workshops
Delivered face to face across Greater Sydney or online, in English or Arabic, and adapted to the age, sector and setting of each group.
AI and Digital Skills for Young People
A hands-on introduction to generative AI for study, creativity and work. Participants practise using AI tools well, checking what AI produces, and deciding when their own thinking should come first.
Staying Safe Online
Scams, phishing, privacy settings, deepfakes and safe use of social media, taught through real examples and short practical activities.
Responsible AI for Educators
How generative AI can support learning without weakening it, covering assessment design, academic integrity and classroom practice, and drawing on the SAGE framework.
CyberSafe at Work
Recognising phishing and social engineering, protecting sensitive data and communicating securely, delivered with realistic workplace scenarios.
AI at Work
Using AI for drafting, summarising, analysis and routine tasks, with a clear process for checking output and protecting client and organisational data.
Custom Programmes
Multi-session programmes designed around a project's goals, including curriculum design, train-the-trainer sessions for staff and mentors, and outcome evaluation.
Approach
The training draws on the SAGE framework for responsible generative AI in education, which has been applied across university units in Australia and in international programmes. The central principle is simple: AI may assist, but people remain responsible for their work and must be able to explain and defend it.
Sessions are short on lecturing and long on practice. Participants work through realistic tasks, compare their own judgement with what AI produces, and leave with take-home resources they can keep using.
Working with young people
Programmes for people under 18 are delivered in line with NSW child-safe requirements and in partnership with the host organisation's own safeguarding arrangements.
Working With Children Check and insurance details are supplied with every proposal.
Facilitator
Dr Mahmoud Elkhodr is a cybersecurity and AI-in-education researcher and university educator based in Sydney, with a PhD from Western Sydney University and more than a decade of university teaching. He comments regularly on cybersecurity and digital privacy in national media.
Full profile: About and Publications. Research foundation: SAGE.
Request a proposal
Share a little about your group, the outcomes you need and your timeframe, and a tailored proposal with indicative costs will be provided within two business days.
Dr Mahmoud Elkhodr, ABN 46 881 048 895, delivering the CyberAI Academy programme. Training services are provided in a private capacity, independently of any employing institution.