
About the Podcast Design Briefs
The following Design Briefs are companions to Next Path Design’s AI for Educators | Design Lab podcast series, which explores AI integration as a design challenge that requires an educator’s professional judgment, contextual awareness, and ethical considerations. Each Design Brief explores the tensions and trade-offs associated with teaching and learning in the age of AI and provides approaches to consider AI integration in your own context with your own learners.
Hosted by: Jennifer Maddrell, PhD at Next Path Design
Latest Design Briefs
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Design Brief 5: Protecting Privacy, Security & Safety
In Season 1, Episode 1 of the AI for Educators Design Lab podcast, we looked at how AI is exposing vulnerabilities in our assignments. In Episode 2, we stepped back and examined whether our learning goals still hold up when AI can handle so many of the tasks those goals were originally built around. In… Read More
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Design Brief 4: Designing for Human Presence
In Season 1, Episode 1 of the AI for Educators Design Lab podcast, we looked at how AI is exposing vulnerabilities in our assignments. In Episode two, we stepped back and examined whether our learning goals still hold up when AI can handle so many of the tasks those goals were originally built around. And… Read More
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Design Brief 3: AI Literacy & Fluency
With AI, educators are facing a tension I like to call the convergence of messy and the magical. While AI promises exciting innovation and efficiency, it also raises significant concerns. ๐๏ธ Podcast Focus In Season 1, Episode 3 of the AI for Educators Design Lab podcast, we move from the question of what students should… Read More
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Design Brief 2: Rethinking Learning Goals
With AI, educators are facing a tension I like to call the convergence of messy and the magical. While AI promises exciting innovation and efficiency, it also raises significant concerns, including academic integrity, student privacy, and inclusion. ๐๏ธ Podcast Focus In Season 1, Episode 2 of the AI for Educators Design Lab podcast, we move… Read More
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Design Brief 1: Academic Integrity in the AI Era
With AI, educators are facing a tension I like to call the convergence of messy and the magical. While AI promises exciting innovation and efficiency, it also raises significant concerns, such as academic honesty, student privacy, and inclusion. ๐๏ธ Podcast Focus In Season 1, Episode 1 of the AI for Educators Design Lab podcast, we… Read More
