{"id":1283,"date":"2026-04-01T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:53:57","slug":"ball-state-joins-a-national-effort-to-rethink-curriculum-design-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2026\/04\/01\/ball-state-joins-a-national-effort-to-rethink-curriculum-design-with-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball State Joins a National Effort to Rethink Curriculum Design with AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"snippet wp-block-paragraph\">Learn about how Ball State University&#8217;s Teaching Innovation Team is joining a multi-year research study to examine the use of AI in curriculum design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ball State&nbsp;University\u2019s Teaching Innovation Team, part of the Division of Online and Strategic Learning, was&nbsp;recently&nbsp;selected to&nbsp;participate&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<strong>QM+iDesign&nbsp;Human\u2013AI Collaboration in Online Program Design initiative<\/strong>, a national, multi-year research study led by Quality Matters (QM) and&nbsp;iDesign.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;Division&nbsp;of Online and Strategic Learning selected two programs&nbsp;in&nbsp;the Miller College of Business&nbsp;for participation: the MS in Business Analytics (MSBA) and the MS in Accounting (MSA). Together, these programs allow us to study not just&nbsp;<em>what works<\/em>, but&nbsp;<em>how and when it works<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idesignedu.org\/latest-news\/national-research-initiative-launches-to-explore-human-ai-collaboration-in-online-program-design\">press release announcing this initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Designing What Comes Next: AI, Alignment, and the Future of Course Design\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Over the past year, conversations about artificial intelligence in higher education have accelerated quickly. Most of those conversations focus on students, how they use AI, what it means for assessment, and how faculty respond in the classroom. But&nbsp;there\u2019s&nbsp;another side of this shift that is just as important, and&nbsp;perhaps less&nbsp;visible: how AI is beginning to shape the way we design courses, align curricula, and ensure academic quality across programs.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>At Ball State, our Teaching Innovation Team has been exploring exactly that space.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative brings together a small group of institutions across the United States to examine how artificial intelligence can support and strengthen program-level curriculum design, as&nbsp;higher education&nbsp;faces&nbsp;increasing pressure to scale online and hybrid programs while&nbsp;maintaining&nbsp;coherence, alignment, and academic rigor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a competitive application process, only&nbsp;nine&nbsp;institutions were invited to participate.&nbsp;Ball State is one of them. That matters. It means our work is part of a broader national effort to understand how human&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;and AI can work together in meaningful, responsible ways and how institutions can&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;quality while adapting to new tools and new expectations. This&nbsp;work places&nbsp;Ball State in a meaningful position, not only&nbsp;participating&nbsp;in a national conversation but helping shape it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Curriculum Alignment, and <\/strong>W<strong>hy <\/strong>D<strong>oes it Matter?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At its core, curriculum alignment is about coherence. It asks a deceptively simple question:&nbsp;<br>Does&nbsp;what we say students will learn actually connect to what we teach, and how&nbsp;we&nbsp;assess it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash-1-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Image of documents pinned to a wall with strings of yarn stretching between them, charting a path from one image to the next.\" class=\"wp-image-1285\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7138873396542108;width:347px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/31104045\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash-1-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/31104045\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/31104045\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/31104045\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash-1-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/31104045\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash-1-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/03\/31104045\/alvaro-reyes-qWwpHwip31M-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In practice, this means carefully mapping relationships between:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Course-level learning outcomes\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Program-level outcomes\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assignments and assessments\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This process is essential for accreditation, program review, and continuous improvement. But it is also complex, time-intensive, and often difficult to scale across entire programs.&nbsp;That\u2019s&nbsp;where AI begins to enter the picture,&nbsp;not as a replacement for faculty&nbsp;expertise, but as a potential support for the alignment process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across higher education, there is growing recognition that while AI may help accelerate parts of this work,\u00a0maintaining\u00a0quality, rigor, and disciplinary nuance still depends on human judgment. One of the central questions of this initiative, and of our work at Ball State, is where that balance lives in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Three Ways of Doing the Same Work<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the&nbsp;QM+iDesign&nbsp;initiative, we are examining three different approaches to curriculum alignment:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Manual mapping<\/strong>, using traditional tools and human review\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Human\u2013AI collaboration<\/strong>, where AI supports early-stage alignment through prompting and iteration\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI-enhanced tools<\/strong>, designed specifically for alignment workflows\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By working across these approaches, we&nbsp;can&nbsp;ask more meaningful questions:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Where does AI actually save time, and where does it not?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What kinds of alignment gaps or redundancies become more visible?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do we\u00a0maintain\u00a0academic rigor while introducing automation?\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across higher education, there is growing recognition that while AI may accelerate aspects of design work,&nbsp;maintaining&nbsp;quality, rigor, and disciplinary nuance still depends on human&nbsp;expertise. What makes this work especially valuable is that it is happening in real programs, with real curricular structures, not in abstract or simulated environments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Extending the Work at Ball State\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In parallel with the national initiative, our Teaching Innovation Team is conducting an institutional research study focused on how instructional consultants integrate AI into curriculum alignment workflows.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This study&nbsp;examines a topic&nbsp;often overlooked in conversations&nbsp;about&nbsp;AI in higher education:&nbsp;<strong>professional practice<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather than focusing on student use of AI, we are examining how instructional designers:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make decisions while using AI tools\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluate efficiency and usability\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Balance speed with disciplinary nuance and academic judgment\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study is grounded in our day-to-day work as instructional consultants. It&nbsp;is designed to generate&nbsp;<strong>practice-based evidence<\/strong>, insights that are directly applicable to how we support faculty and programs at Ball State.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As outlined in our research brief, the goal is not simply to test whether AI \u201cworks,\u201d but to understand how it&nbsp;operates&nbsp;within real instructional design workflows and&nbsp;shapes professional decision-making.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"sfsi_subscribe_Popinner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<form method=\"post\" onsubmit=\"return sfsi_processfurther(this);\" target=\"popupwindow\" action=\"https:\/\/api.follow.it\/subscription-form\/cTJLaWprRTQ2YzhFYTFzR0dkUFBIY2hObFlFMUw2bjVTa0pUUy9QNDdNYkdVcGlBdHZYcGhNWE13MVY0bGtlSWEyaEpjZmJvRkU5N2pnbFFkQzlFaVlwRzJDZVUxa3lYemdBOWlHMkMyN2txV0E3OWdmamlzck41a1B3M0c1dWF8QUZWc0g1alNsSzVIMXpBU092WUk0YXdocXljN29WRWFZZDZ4RFcwcUgxVT0=\/8\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Get new posts by email<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sfsi_subscription_form_field\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"followPub\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Enter your email to subscribe\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sfsi_subscription_form_field\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why This Matters for Faculty<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many faculty, AI can feel overhyped or overwhelming, or simply one more thing to navigate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This work is not about asking faculty to adopt new tools for the sake of innovation. Instead, it is about strengthening something that already matters deeply: clarity, coherence, and intentional design in our courses and programs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If AI can help:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Surface misalignments more quickly\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support clearer connections between outcomes and assessments\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce time spent on repetitive mapping tasks\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then&nbsp;it has the potential to free up more space for what matters most: disciplinary thinking, student engagement, and meaningful learning experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, our work is grounded in a clear principle:&nbsp;<strong>AI should support\u2014not replace\u2014expert academic judgment<\/strong>. Some aspects of curriculum design require context, nuance, and deep disciplinary knowledge that&nbsp;AI&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;automate. One of the most important parts of this project is understanding where that line exists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Quiet Kind of Leadership<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the things I value most about this work is that it reflects how innovation often actually happens in higher education\u2014not through large announcements or sweeping changes, but through careful, collaborative, and sometimes invisible work, testing ideas, refining processes, and asking better questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This initiative grew out of a desire to make our work at Ball State more intentional, more evidence-informed, and more forward-looking. It also reflects a willingness to take thoughtful risks: to explore new tools, to engage in national research conversations, and to position our institution as part of shaping what comes next.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also reflects something larger: Ball State being part of a small group of institutions actively contributing to how AI is understood and implemented in program design at the national level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That work is never individual. It is made possible by a team that is deeply committed to supporting faculty and programs across the university, and by partnerships, like those with the Miller College of Business, that allow us to engage in meaningful, program-level work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Looking Ahead<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are still in the&nbsp;early stages&nbsp;of this project, and many of our most important insights are yet to come.&nbsp;But even now, one thing is clear: the conversation around AI in higher education is evolving. It is moving beyond questions of access and policy toward deeper questions of design, quality, and practice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ball State has an opportunity to be part of that shift, not by adopting AI uncritically, but by engaging with it thoughtfully, rigorously, and in ways that align with our values as educators.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is the work we are doing. 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