The WSU Online Creed on AI Use: Our Human-Centered Promise
The heart of a great course is lived experience, expertise, and the joy of discovery, not an algorithm. For that reason, WSU Online instructional designers and LMS administrators use AI as a consultant, not a creator.
How our IDs and LMS admins use AI to support you:
As experts in instructional design and LMS support, we collaborate with AI while using our own unique and creative ability to assist faculty and training instructors to create effective, quality-driven, and human-centered courses.
We:
- Start with an original idea
- Critically evaluate AI output
- Use AI as a consultant (a human at the beginning and end of an AI interaction)
- Review AI-produced info and citations
- Design courses that encourage critically examining what AI produces
Why AI can never replace the human element in instructional design and Canvas support:
As you well know, WSU’s mission goes beyond mere delivery of information. WSU Online is dedicated to developing a student’s character and capacity through critical thought and civil discourse — something that AI, by itself, wouldn’t be so great at.
As honest-to-goodness humans, we can do this together by:
- Personalizing instruction through human storytelling and lived experience
- Connecting people through community-based learning opportunities
- Fostering mental well-being and emotional intelligence
- Encouraging empathic approaches to teaching and learning
- Reducing environmental impact caused by AI overuse
- Leveraging faculty expertise and creativity through a tiered approach to course design
Review our instructional design services to partner on creating excellent courses, regardless of the tools that we use.