Artificial intelligence (AI) provides educators and instructional designers with powerful tools to enhance the student learning experience. This guide presents compelling examples of AI’s role in transforming instructional design. It features practical examples of AI applications that are versatile and suitable for a broad spectrum of instructional activities, alongside others that have more specific uses.

The textbook explores effective ways AI can generate high-quality course content, foster creativity, personalize learning, and drive innovation. Across the 18 chapters, the authors emphasize that we must work together to ensure AI’s ethical and responsible use in educational settings.

This open textbook was developed for the Educational Technology and Design (ETAD) program in the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan. It contributes a collection of work submitted by graduate students enrolled in ETAD 873: Instructional Design. We concur with David Wiley’s (2023) perspective that generative AI tools hold the potential to significantly broaden and diversify the range of open educational resources (OER), making it an “absolutely incredible time to be an instructional designer!”

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Wiley, D. (2023, January 23). AI, instructional design, and OER. Improving learning: Eclectic, pragmatic, enthusiastic. https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/7129 

Book Organization

The 18 chapters of this textbook are organized into four thematic sub-sections for ease of navigation and to illustrate the diverse applications of AI in teaching and learning. Starting with foundational concepts, the book progresses to more detailed applications and then explores AI’s broader role in curriculum and content development. This structured approach underscores both the general and specific influences of AI in the field of instructional design.

Part 1: Foundational Concepts in AI and Instructional Design

• Harnessing Perplexity AI for Research and Effective Source Identification
• Reducing Workload with Eduaide AI, an Educator’s Assistant
• Maximizing the Effectiveness of Your Emails Using YAMM
• Chatting with a PDF Resource Using ChatDOC

Part 2: AI Tools for Specialized Instructional Strategies

• Supporting Career Exploration and Guidance with AI-Powered Tools
• Integrating Hemingway Editor in the Classroom
• Creating Graded Texts for Language Learning and Assessment with ChatGPT
• Making Meaningful Accommodations Through Task Lists for Neurodivergent Students

Part 3: AI in Curriculum and Instruction

• Coding with ChatGPT: Engineering Effective Prompts for Micro:bit Programming
• Enhancing Instruction with MagicSchool AI
• Utilizing Plaito AI in High School Classrooms
• Leveraging ChatGPT as a Teacher and Student Resource
• Unleashing the Power of Curipod AI for Teacher-Generated Interactive Lesson Planning

Part 4: AI-Generated Instructional Materials

• Transforming Learning Opportunities with Gamma Presentations
• Designing Engaging Microlearning Videos with Lumen5
• Enhancing Comprehension by Building Essential Background Knowledge using Nolej AI
• Creating Digital Stories using Artflow AI
• Generating Images with Morpheus AI to Enhance Learning Outcomes and Inspire Creativity

ATTRIBUTION

When attributing derivatives of AI-Enhanced Instructional Design, please use the following attribution:

Desjardins, D., Drought, B., Fischl, B., Frampton, S., Giannios, M., Jodrey, H., Korchinski, K., MacDowell, P., Moser, S., Moskalyk, K., Neibrandt, J., Neufeld, P., Peters, A., Otegbade, T., Schindelka, A., Tide, D., Tilford, L., Tooke, K., & Washlowsky, M. (2023). AI-Enhanced Instructional Design. University of Saskatchewan. https://openpress.usask.ca/etad873aienhancedinstructionaldesign

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For technical issues with this book or discussions relating to publishing, contact paula.macdowell@usask.ca.