Sponsored by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and published by the Indiana University Libraries, the International Journal of Designs for Learning (IJDL) is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal, dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments and experiences created to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field. The IJDL Library of Congress ISSN is 2159-449X.

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025)

Published: 2025-12-18

Introduction to the Special Section on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Learning Design: An Editorial with a Commentary

Victoria Abramenka-Lachheb, Javier Leung, Rajagopal Sankaranarayanan, Olgun Sadik, Ahmed Lachheb

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SciStory: Designing AI-Supported Inquiry in Science Learning Games

Megan Humburg, Joshua Danish, Yeojin Kim, Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Dalila Dragnić-Cindrić, Zach Ryan, Krista Glazewski, James Lester

170-181

Generative AI in Learning Design Practice: Building an Online Course for Biomedical Sciences Research Programs

Divya Darshni Suresh, Melis Dilek, Aliye Karabulut-Ilgu, Evrim Baran, Michael Kimber

244-265

Designing with Generative AI: Using AI as a Design Partner in a Doctoral Program

Lisa Vodola, Michele Stork, Sara Vicas, Krista Bixler

306-315

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The journal provides a venue for designers to share their knowledge-in-practice through rich representations of their designs and detailed discussion of decision-making. The aim of the journal is to support the production of high-quality precedent materials and to promote and demonstrate the value of doing so. Audiences for the journal include designers, teachers and students of design and scholars studying the practice of design.

This journal is a publication of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, published by the Indiana University Libraries.