The latest episode of the AI for Educators Design Lab podcast hosted by Next Path Design is live! As I was working on Episode 2, I kept coming back to a question I keep hearing from educators: If AI can now complete our assignments, does AI change our learning goals?
In Episode 1, I focused on academic integrity and assignment vulnerability. Episode 2 goes deeper, to the backbone of those assignments: the learning goals they were built to serve. AI isn't just changing what students can produce. It's also revealing that some of our legacy learning goals were written for a time when recall and reproduction were the dominant aims and indicators of learning.
Listen to the Podcast
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In this episode, I walk through five design considerations to help you audit whether your current learning goals are still relevant, sufficient, and aligned with what learners need in a world shaped by human-AI collaboration.
Go Deeper with the Companion Design Brief
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The Design Brief for Episode 2 picks up where the podcast leaves off. You'll choose a learning experience you're concerned about, then work through the five design considerations from the episode applied to your own learning goals. It takes about 15-20 minutes and helps you start to see where AI is revealing gaps, tensions, or opportunities for revision in your own context.
When you sign up for the Design Briefs, you get access to the full library. This includes the Episode 1 AI Assignment Vulnerability Audit and all future briefs as they are released with new podcast episodes.
Looking Ahead: Summer Design Sprints
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Later this summer, we'll be hosting AI for Educators Design Sprints, short design challenges where small cohorts move from diagnosing the problem to making design decisions tailored to your context. While the podcast and Design Briefs help you surface the design tensions, the Sprints are where we pivot to application. More details coming soon.
Thank you for being here. I look forward to engaging with you in this conversation.
Jennifer Maddrell, PhD
Next Path Design
About the Podcast Series:
With AI, we're facing a tension I like to call the convergence of messy and the magical. AI promises exciting innovation and efficiency, but it also raises significant concerns. This podcast series isn't quick tips or AI tools to hype. Instead, it's about the agency we have to design effective learning experiences and make informed decisions in the face of this new reality.
