Levels of Analysis: A framework for maintaining AI alignment across course design elements
Patricia Turner
Link to the video [video.ucdavis.edu]
Description
How can we develop a coherent approach to Generative AI in our course, whether we encourage its use, limit it to certain use cases, or choose not to use it? This session introduces a multi-level, multidimensional framework for thinking about AI and demonstrates how it can be used to align course design questions, learning outcomes, and assignments with an instructor’s goals and values. Viewers/participants will have opportunities to consider where their own approaches fall along a continuum, from AI use to metacognition, critical thinking, and ethics, and explore how greater alignment in course materials can help students understand this new technology and make informed decisions about when and when not to engage with AI.
Submit a question for Dr. Turner to answer during the live discussion panels at SITT.
Resources:
- Turner, P. (2025, April 2). Mapping a Multidimensional Framework for GenAI in Education. EDUCAUSE Review.
About the Presenter
Patricia Turner, Ph.D., is an Education Specialist with the Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE). Patricia earned her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from UCLA and has taught for 30 years in all three systems of public higher education in California. She has held faculty positions at UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and Santa Monica College and taught extensively at UCLA while completing her doctoral studies. Her pedagogical interests include inclusive and student-centered teaching practices, graduate student teaching development, online course development, and the teaching of disciplinary literacy.
At CEE, Patricia enjoys collaborating with faculty, graduate students and staff on the design and implementation of engaging, student-centered instruction that results in significant learning for diverse groups of students. Patricia received her B.A. in Psychology at UC Davis and is happy to return to UCD to engage in work on learning and teaching.
