This presentation introduces a transformative framework for co-teaching with Artificial Intelligence (AI), integrating design thinking and co-intelligence to reshape pedagogical practice. Central to this model is the design process, where educators engage in iterative prototyping of activities and simulations by combining psychological priming of AI with structured feedback loops from students. These feedback loops allow for both rapid, real-time refinement and longer-term revisions of assignments and activities, fostering continuous improvement and adaptability. A key feature of this framework is its focus on leveraging AI to stimulate creativity. By generating novel ideas, exploring diverse perspectives, and presenting realistic, emotionally engaging scenarios, AI acts as a collaborative partner that enhances educators’ ability to create dynamic, immersive learning experiences. Practical applications include simulations for leadership decision-making, role-plays for handling difficult conversations, and personalized feedback for student research projects. The model also emphasizes structured outcomes, ensuring that co-teaching with AI produces measurable results across four dimensions: learning outcomes, emotional engagement, reflective practice, and accuracy/bias assessment. These structured outcomes provide educators with clear indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of activities, such as mastery of content, empathy development, and critical thinking skills, while safeguarding against inaccuracies and biases in AI-generated outputs. Attendees will gain insights into implementing this innovative framework, including strategies for design, collaboration, and outcome measurement. This session offers a visionary approach to integrating AI into teaching, positioning it as a co-teacher that enhances creativity, fosters reflection, and drives meaningful, equitable learning experiences.
Dr. M. Elizabeth Azukas is an Associate Professor at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, with over 25 years of experience in educational leadership and innovation. Specializing in leadership and innovation, she has played a central role in the development and implementation of large-scale blended and online learning initiatives, including an accelerated online principal preparation program and a micro-credential certificate in virtual leadership. Her research focuses on change leadership, systems thinking, online learning, and innovative educational practices, inlcuding AI.
Professor David Gibson, is the UNESCO Co-Chair on Data Science in Higher Education Learning and Teaching at Curtin University in Perth Australia. He received his doctorate in Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Vermont in 1999 based on a study of complex systems modeling of educational change. His study demonstrated the feasibility of bridging from qualitative information to quantifiable dynamic relationships in complex models that verify trajectories of organizational change. He provides thought leadership as a researcher, professor, learning scientist and innovator. He is creator of simSchool, a classroom flight simulator for preparing educators and provides vision and sponsorship for Curtin University’s Challenge, a mobile, game-based learning platform. His research has extended from learning analytics, complex systems analysis and modeling of education to application of complexity via games and simulations in teacher education, web applications and the future of learning. Dr. Gibson has also advanced the use of technology to personalize education via cognitive modeling, design and implementation.