The most critical challenge in integrating AI into instructional design is pedagogical alignment (14 of 28 studies, 50.0%)¶
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q3 i? Pedagogical Alignment — difficulty ensuring coherence between instructional goals and AI-generated outputs — was the most reported challenge (n = 14), followed by Teacher/Designer Readiness (n = 12), Trust & Reliability (n = 11), Prompting Iteration Workload (n = 10), Ethical Uncertainty (n = 8), and Organizational Barriers (n = 7). → Pınar Nuhoğlu Kibar & Hale Ilgaz 2026
Evidence¶
Pınar Nuhoğlu Kibar & Hale Ilgaz 2026¶
Pınar Nuhoğlu Kibar & Hale Ilgaz. (2026). The intersection of artificial intelligence and instructional design practice: a systematic review. Educational Technology Research and Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-026-10624-z
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Thematic synthesis of challenges (Table 6) across the 28 studies. The review reports, citing Stefaniak & Moore (2024), that such outputs "require intentional mediation by teachers or instructional designers to ensure coherence with learning objectives".
"the most critical issue was Pedagogical Alignment, defined as the difficulty of ensuring coherence between instructional goals and AI-generated outputs (n = 14)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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- Theoretical quality of agent outputs strongly correlates with benchmark performance (r = 0.656) — related
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The most critical challenge in integrating AI into instructional design is pedagogical alignment (14 of 28 studies, 50.0%) |
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The most critical challenge in integrating AI into instructional design is pedagogical alignment (14 of 28 studies, 50.0%) |
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