Six-step design methodology: elicit values, minimal intervention, multi-level multi-outcome evaluation, iterate, simulate scale, sunset¶

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Description¶

The paper outlines a design process expanding design thinking, value-sensitive design, and participatory design. Steps are: elicit stakeholder values and perform contextual inquiry (using rapid methods like VALA/AID where possible); design a minimal viable prototype; deploy in authentic settings and evaluate effects at multiple levels and outcomes and timeframes; iteratively revise aiming for good enough results across levels; model and simulate diffusion at wider scales; and repeat until ripple effects can no longer be measured, then sunset the project.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• longitudinal, multi-level measurement of multiple outcomes during deployment

Constraints¶

• the definition of concrete design methods that align with this vision, such as resolving value tensions, remains an open challenge

Target Learners¶

• learners in authentic educational settings, from single classrooms to school districts

Target Learning Goals¶

• cognition and knowledge
• metacognitive ability
• well-being

Affordances¶

• Aied Emancipatory Vision Learner Flourishing

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• User-centered R&D with A/B tests and rapid prototyping to tailor interventions to a target population

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Luis P. Prieto, Yannis Dimitriadis. (2026). An emancipatory vision for designing (generative) AI for learner flourishing. International Workshop on Critical and More-than-human Perspectives on AI in Education (at EC-TEL 2026). https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.07715