Six-phase AI-assisted instructional design pipeline under the Curriculum as Code paradigm

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Description

The article formalizes instructional material creation as an engineering process analogous to CI/CD pipelines, composed of six sequential phases: Context Injection, Pedagogical Calibration, Technical Calibration, Planning, Iterative Implementation, and Review. It "replaces unstructured human-AI interactions with a systematic, stage-gated pipeline" that embeds the instructor's tacit knowledge via few-shot calibration, enforces cognitive load theory constraints, and generates LaTeX/Beamer slides plus Python figures through text-based interfaces. Validation occurred in a PBL higher-education institution across eight modules and 28 project contexts.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Instructor-supplied foundational scoping documents (syllabus, Project Charter), previously validated teaching materials for few-shot calibration, and an institutional custom Beamer class defining visual identity rules

Constraints

• Validated with a single authoring instructor in a single institution; generative models exhibit behavioral drift after provider updates, occasionally requiring prompt recalibration

Target Learners

• Undergraduate computing and business administration students in project-based learning programs

Learning Goals

• STEM content mastery (mathematics, computing, engineering topics) delivered through contextualized, active-learning instructional materials

Claims

• Ai Pipeline 75 Percent Prep Time Reduction [+M]
• No Conceptual Hallucinations 28 Contexts [+M]

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Key Sources

• Henrique Mohallem Paiva. (2026). Curriculum as Code: An AI-Assisted Architecture for Instructional Design in STEM Education. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.07364

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title	Six-phase AI-assisted instructional design pipeline under the Curriculum as Code paradigm
description	The article formalizes instructional material creation as an engineering process analogous to CI/CD pipelines, composed of six sequential phases: Context Injection, Pedagogical Calibration, Technical Calibration, Plan...
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-10
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