📀 Historian 📀 Instructional Designer📀

📀AI Innovator 📀

I help schools, colleges, and teams use AI responsibly—without losing rigor, creativity, or the human touch. My toolkits (80+ GPTs) and workshops turn AI anxiety into practical, classroom-ready design.

What I do

• AI-Integrated Course Design — build or refresh courses with OER-aligned, assessment-ready materials.
• Faculty & Staff PD — live workshops on responsible AI, assignment design, and policy.
• Custom GPTs for Education — safe, scoped tools that align with outcomes and rubrics.
• Curriculum Strategy — roadmap for AI adoption across departments or gen-ed.

Why work with me

• Humanities-first rigor: creative assignments, clear outcomes, and academic integrity.
• OER-aligned: built around widely used, high-quality resources.
• Play + design thinking: students learn more when they make things.
• Proven: 15+ years designing online courses across History, Communication, and Game Studies.

Signature offerings

• Creative AI for the Arts (🎺📀 Music • 🎭 Theater • 🪡 Fashion)
• AI for Humanities Toolkit
• Creative AI for STEM
• AI for Peace Studies

Background

I help educators and institutions integrate AI-driven innovation into teaching and learning without sacrificing rigor, drawing on over fifteen years of experience in online course design across history, communications, and game studies.

My work has been recognized with the Arizona State University/OpenAI Innovation Challenge (2024), where I developed projects to scale feedback, quizzes, and assignment design in high-enrollment courses. Earlier, I was a fellow at the first NEH Humanities Gaming Institute, which shaped my long-term interest in using games and play to enhance learning and cultural memory.

In 2025, my first play, Why My Office Almost Went Remote, was produced in Budapest. I’ve also authored Advertising in the Age of Persuasion (Palgrave) and the widely cited game studies article “Gaming History”. My current projects bridge AI, ludology, and digital pedagogy. I also continue my historical research. As a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a descendant of leaders including Basil LeFlore, I ground my work in a commitment to ethical and inclusive approaches to technology in education.

Selected topics I teach

• Responsible AI in the classroom • Assignment design with AI
• OER + AI alignment • Assessment, rubrics, and academic integrity
• Game-based learning and “renewable” assignments
• AI Media literacy

Let’s work together

• Schedule a consultation (15 minutes)
• Book a workshop for your department or district
• Explore the toolkits to see examples and start building

Enjoy the curriculum and have fun with the tools!

Logos & Artwork
All logos and artwork across this site were created by Dawn P. Spring, PhD using DALL·E and ChatGPT. Every design reflects the same creative experimentation and innovation that drives my educational work.