Register: Summer Design Sprint
👉 Enroll Here: Designing AI‑Resilient Learning Experiences Design Sprint
Enrollment is now open for our new AI for Educators Design Sprint, focusing on Designing AI‑Resilient Learning Experiences. When AI can complete a high‑stakes assignment in minutes, that’s not student misconduct. It’s a design challenge.
From June 15–18, you’ll work through a hands-on, replicable design process to move one of your learning experiences from AI‑vulnerable to AI‑resilient. Building from the design considerations covered in our AI for Educators podcast (see below), you’ll start by diagnosing what’s no longer working and end with a design plan tailored to your learners that clarifies what to change and why.
The four-day Design Sprint includes two live sessions, guided independent work, and a small cohort of educators across K–12, higher ed, and professional learning. This Design Sprint is not about AI‑proofing assessments or finding ways to catch cheating. It’s about designing AI‑resilient learning experiences where:
- Thinking is visible
- The learning process matters
- AI supports learning rather than replacing it
Listen: Podcast Episodes Available Now
👉 nextpathdesign.com/podcast | Spotify | Apple | YouTube
Also, the latest episode of the AI for Educators Design Lab podcast is live! The focus is on data privacy, security, and safety in AI‑integrated learning. Is it an IT problem, or a design decision we make every time we choose a tool, write a prompt, or build an assignment?
This podcast series focuses on the agency we have to design effective learning experiences when AI is present and to make informed decisions in the face of this new reality. Here's a recap of the episodes available now:
- S1E0: AI for Educators Design Lab Podcast Trailer introduces the podcast's mission to help educators navigate the complexities of AI integration in teaching and learning.
- S1E1: Academic Integrity in the Age of AI examines academic integrity and assignment vulnerability as a learning experience design challenge, not a detection problem.
- S1E2: Rethinking Learning Goals in the AI Era explores how AI not only makes assignments more vulnerable but also prompts a review of traditional learning goals.
- S1E3: AI Literacy: Helping Learners Think Critically About AI makes the case that AI literacy needs to be a consistent design intention running through the full learning experience.
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S1E4: Designing for Human Presence in AI-Integrated Learning explores what it looks like to make deliberate design decisions about human presence when AI is in the mix
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[NEW] S1E5: Designing for Data Privacy and Security in AI-Integrated Learning argues that privacy risk in education is not limited to rare, large‑scale breaches. It is embedded in everyday instructional decisions and workflows.
Keep an eye out for Design Sprint podcast updates over the summer. Then, we’ll jump back into the rest of our planned series of topics this fall.
Design: Free Companion Design Briefs
👉 nextpathdesign.com/designbriefs
The free Design Brief for Episode 5 picks up where the podcast leaves off. To help you work through the covered design considerations in your own context, I've created a free companion Design Brief for this episode. It includes a worksheet to help you map your current AI workflow against these considerations, identify gaps, and draft a course-level boundary statement you can use.
When you sign up for the free Design Briefs, you get access to the full library. The library includes this Design Brief and all future Design Briefs as they're released.
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.
