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Conference paper
Applying the Project-work AI Integration Framework (PAIIF): Early insights from multi-institutional implementation
2025: ASCILITE 2025 Conference Proceedings, pp.374-379
ASCILITE Publications
2025 ASCILITE Future-Focused: Educating in an Era of Continuous Change, 42nd (Adelaide, Australia, 30/11/2025–04/12/2025)
28/11/2025
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Abstract
The Project-work Artificial Intelligence Integration Framework (PAIIF) was developed to guide educators in embedding AI tools into project-based learning in engineering education. Grounded in the CDIO model, PAIIF extends the traditional four project stages (Conceive, Design, Implement, Operate) by incorporating four additional sub-stages that emphasise evaluation, communication, and reflection. This paper presents the early application of the PAIIF across sixundergraduateand one postgraduateengineering course at fiveAustralian universities during 2024.To evaluate the framework’s effectiveness, a two-phase survey was deployed to capture students’ understanding and usage of GenAItools before and after the integration. The implementation was tailored to each institution’s policies and curricular context, with instructors selecting relevant stages of the framework based on course learning objectives. This paper offers a snapshot ofhow GenAI tools were introduced to support ideation, documentation, and evaluation tasks within project work.While full survey results are still being analysed, early observations suggest that PAIIF provided a valuable scaffold for ethical and pedagogically aligned GenAI use. This work contributes initial practical insights for educators seeking to apply structured AI integration in engineering education and lays the foundation for future large-scale evaluations.
Details
- Title
- Applying the Project-work AI Integration Framework (PAIIF): Early insights from multi-institutional implementation
- Creators
- Zachery Quince - Southern Cross UniversityAnna Lidfors Lindqvist - University of Technology SydneySasha Nikolic - University of WollongongSarah Grundy - University of New South Wales (Australia, Sydney)May Lim - University of New South Wales (Australia, Sydney)Faham Tahmasebinia - The University of SydneyHamish Fernando - The University of Sydney
- Publication Details
- 2025: ASCILITE 2025 Conference Proceedings, pp.374-379
- Conference
- 2025 ASCILITE Future-Focused: Educating in an Era of Continuous Change, 42nd (Adelaide, Australia, 30/11/2025–04/12/2025)
- Publisher
- ASCILITE Publications
- Number of pages
- 6
- Identifiers
- 991013334228002368
- Copyright
- © Lidfors Lindqvist, A., Quince, Z., Grundy, S., Nikolic, S., Lim, M., Tahmasebinia, F. & Fernando, H.2025.
- Academic Unit
- Centre for Teaching and Learning; Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Local Fields
- Evidence Based Practice - SoLT