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iDesign partners with colleges and universities to create, expand, and support fully online to hybrid, adaptive, or competency-based educational programs.

iDesign and University of Central Florida promotional graphic that reads “Join Us at the 4th annual Teaching and Learning with AI Conference hosted by UCF.” Session title: AI-Informed, Not AI-Driven, A Framework for Responsible Course Redesign, June 12, 9:00 to 9:30am EDT, Lafayette 3. Headshots of Briana Johnson, MBA, Vice President of Partner Success at iDesign, and Amanda Major, Assistant Director of the Digital Learning Innovation Lab at UCF.

A professor points to a document while meeting with a student wearing an Augsburg hoodie in a university office.

A split image of a solo workspace with a laptop and coffee next to a collaborative group brainstorm with notebooks and sticky notes.

A study desk in a sunlit university library with tall arched windows. A stack of books on AI ethics — including titles like "AI & Society," "Ethics in Artificial Intelligence," "Algorithmic Bias," and "Machine Learning Ethics" — sits in the center, surrounded by highlighted research papers, sticky notes, a notepad with handwritten notes, a laptop, and a University of Virginia mug. A whiteboard in the background lists key themes: Data Sovereignty, Transparency, Responsible AI, Human-Centric, and Fairness. Students study at tables in the distance.

Woman in industrial coveralls studies a manual at a workbench in a welding shop with work booths and a schedule board in the background.

Numerous papers fall into a large funnel on a wooden table, emerging from the bottom as five small university diplomas.

Comparison of a rigid residential student calendar gear and a flexible modern learner gear with multiple entry points and start dates.

A faculty member and instructional designer collaborate at a shared laptop displaying a two-column course blueprint, redesigning assignments around a five-level AI literacy scale, representing Indiana Wesleyan University's AI-Enhanced Course Refresh Institute.

Two men review an EV Skills Map on a laptop in a workshop featuring an electric vehicle chassis and automotive safety signage.

Sankey diagram showing the flow of 876,237 Texas public high school graduates into higher education. Of the 540,159 who enrolled in Texas colleges and universities, 30,789 accumulated 60 or more credit hours but earned no credential (potential completers), 251,218 left with fewer than 60 credit hours and no credential, and 258,152 completed a certificate, associate's, or bachelor's degree. An additional 94,329 enrolled out of state and 241,749 were not found in higher education.

iDesign "Meet Us at UPCEA" graphic featuring Briana Johnson (VP of Partner Success), Whitney Kilgore, PhD (CAO and Co-Founder), and Jessica Smith, PhD (Director of Partner Success and Instructional Design), with event details: April 15–17, New Orleans, LA, Booth 211.

An instructional design scene contrasting compressed course structure with intentional eight-week redesign, built for working nurses balancing careers and coursework.

iDesign's Align platform displaying AACN's nursing competency framework, with curriculum mapping tools designed for nursing faculty and program teams.

A candid, photorealistic image of two academic professionals collaborating in a bright, modern university design studio. A man in a blue blazer points to a complex, colorful flowchart displayed on a large interactive digital whiteboard, while a woman in a green cardigan looks on thoughtfully. In the softly blurred background, students work together on laptops and models at collaborative tables, bathed in natural light from large windows.

Paxton Riter, CEO of iDesign, an edtech leader specializing in university program design and AI-powered academic tools.

Sankey diagram showing Fall 2024 DE enrollment flows from student states to institution states, with 63.6% staying in-state and 36.4% out-of-state.

A man and woman collaborating using the iDesign Align interface on a desktop monitor. The screen shows a detailed radial chart and data list, emphasizing a modern, analytical workspace with a university campus in the background.

A young man and woman in medical scrubs stand by a hospital bed, focusing on a digital IV pump. The male professional is adjusting the settings while the female professional looks on with a supportive smile. A female patient lies in the bed, looking up toward them. The setting is a bright, modern hospital corridor with large windows and other medical staff in the background.

A powerful, low-angle photograph captures a confident female university Chief Online Learning Officer (COLO), represented by an East Asian woman in a dark business suit holding a tablet. She is the central focus as she confidently descends a grand, sunlit modern staircase in a bustling campus atrium. She is surrounded by other students in motion who are slightly blurred, symbolizing her strategic leadership in navigating significant institutional challenges.

A male graduate wearing a black gown and yellow honor cords stands beneath a large metal archway reading "ROWAN UNIVERSITY," joyfully tossing his mortarboard cap into the air.

A candid, documentary-style photo in a modern university workspace filled with bookshelves and plants. A female data analyst with glasses sits at a desk, pointing a pen at her computer monitor while explaining a data conflict to a male colleague standing beside her. The screen displays a high-contrast visualization: the left side shows chaotic, jagged red line graphs indicating system volatility, while the right side features a complex, colorful web of interconnected data nodes. The scene captures a moment of human oversight and "data governing" within a higher education administrative environment.

A high-fidelity infographic illustrating the conflict between a university's internal technology ecosystem and a vendor's external toolset. On the left, rooted in a university building illustration, blue branching lines connect "University Internal Toolset" components, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), CRM, Governance Process Tools, and Internal Project Management Systems. On the right, stemming from cloud icons, rigid grey lines connect "Third-Party Vendor Toolset" components, such as Standardized Playbooks, Vendor Project Management Platforms, and Mandated Communication Portals. In the center, large arrows from both sides collide in a jagged red explosion labeled "Consternation & Harmonization Challenges," surrounded by warning triangles. Below the collision, a central box with a broken chain icon reads "The Clash: Duplication of Effort & Fragmented Workflows," surrounded by smaller bubbles detailing consequences like "Double Entry of Tasks," "Communication Silos," "Data Integration Hurdles," and "Administrative Burden Increase."

A data visualization titled "Percentage of respondents (N = 1,960)" featuring two side-by-side donut charts comparing attitudes toward AI in higher education.

The left chart, labeled "Respondents' general attitude toward AI," shows that 48% feel "a mix of caution and enthusiasm," 33% feel "very enthusiastic/enthusiastic," and 17% feel "very cautious/cautious."

The right chart, labeled "Respondents' impressions of leaders' general attitude toward AI," shows a similar trend but with slightly higher perceived enthusiasm: 38% are seen as "very enthusiastic/enthusiastic," 36% as "a mix of caution and enthusiasm," and 15% as "very cautious/cautious."

A teacher helping a student in a classroom with a digital tablet showing a lesson observation checklist.

A high-fidelity, candid photo of a focused university student sitting at a round wooden table in a sunlit campus cafe. She is looking intently at a laptop screen while holding a pen over a notebook and printed drafts, actively editing her work. Through the large window beside her, blurred students walk by outside, creating a vibrant, academic atmosphere.

A bright, low-angle exterior photograph of a main building at Iona University on a sunny day. The red-brick structure features a grand white entrance portico with tall classical columns. Two large maroon vertical banners reading "IONA UNIVERSITY" hang prominently between the columns, flanking an American flag. Green tree leaves frame the top of the image, and wide stone steps lead up to the entrance.

A young mixed-race woman in a navy blue uniform with an 'Advanced Manufacturing' patch stands in a bright industrial lab, smiling proudly while holding a framed professional certificate. In the blurred background, a diverse group of students and an instructor are gathered around a robotic arm.

A moody, charcoal-style sketch illustration showing three higher education professionals huddled intensely around a messy table in a dimly lit room. A man in a blazer and two women in sweaters lean over open laptops, large curriculum maps, and scattered sticky notes. A single overhead light casts dramatic shadows, highlighting their focused expressions, discarded coffee cups, and lanyards. Text in the bottom right reads: 'THE UNSEEN GRIND: CURRICULUM DESIGN'.

A diverse team collaborates in a sunlit library around a large digital surface displaying the Canvas platform. Floating, connected icons hover above the screen representing integrated tools: a Security shield, OpenAI, Google, AWS, Grammarly, and Apple.

Two students in different locations—one in a library and one outdoors—connecting remotely via laptops while wearing Tennessee Volunteers gear.

A group of healthcare professionals wearing blue scrubs and white coats walk together down a bright hospital corridor, viewed from behind.

Bar chart titled Community question scores in 2024 and 2025 comparing three statements about postgraduate taught student community. For 'I feel part of a community of postgraduate taught students': 2024 score 69 percent, 2025 score 70 percent. For 'I feel a sense of belonging at my institution': 2024 score 70 percent, 2025 score 71 percent. For 'There are sufficient opportunities to interact with other postgraduate taught students': 2024 score 64 percent, 2025 score 65 percent. Across all statements, 2025 scores are 1 percent higher than 2024.

A bar chart titled, "Unlike teachers, nurses tend to have access to differentials for hard-to-staff assignments." The chart displays a comparison of minimum and maximum salary differentials (as a percentage of base pay) for nurses and teachers in six districts. Nurses in the three analyzed districts (Manchester, Cincinnati, and New Brunswick) receive differentials ranging from 6% to 24% for working evening, overnight, or weekend shifts. Teachers in the three matched districts receive 0% differential for their hard-to-staff assignments (serving in a high-poverty school).

A single, tall wooden ladder standing on a city street between skyscrapers, with a young, professional woman looking up at the top.

A group of scientists and doctors in white lab coats stand on a ridge overlooking a vast, misty, green valley. The image, rendered in a soft, artistic style, visually represents thought leaders collectively surveying the new frontier of the human workforce in the age of AI.

AI doesn’t just challenge higher education—it clarifies the work only higher ed can do. The most important progress happens where disciplines meet. Humanists must frame technology, and technologists must guide ethics. Learning can’t separate technical fluency from ethical judgment or creative thinking from computational reasoning.

A golden circular diagram representing interconnected learning dimensions, with glowing nodes arranged in symmetrical geometric patterns around a bright central light. The outer ring contains labeled sections reading Foundational Knowledge, Application, Integration, Human Dimension, Caring, and Learning How to Learn, connected by a network of thin lines and small spheres set against a soft blue background.

A figure resembling a Greek philosopher, holding a scroll and standing on a pedestal, transmits glowing blue data streams to a seated, diverse classroom of students, with a digital Parthenon structure in the background.

Laptop on a wooden desk in a dimly lit library displaying a dashboard titled Proactive Adviser Agent with a glowing clock icon and personalized progress chart, surrounded by an open notebook, pen, desk lamp, and blurred bookshelves in the background.

Split graphic showing contrast between rising demand and restricted access, with the left side in blue featuring an upward arrow labeled ‘40% demand increase’ above a free running female figure, and the right side in red showing a map of the United States locked with chains and padlock above a kneeling, shackled female figure with the word ‘RESTRICTED’ across the center.

3D illustration of interlocking gold gears labeled ‘Systems Before Scale’ pushing up a large blue and green arrow labeled ‘Dual Enrollment Growth’ against a light, futuristic background

Illustration of a large iceberg floating in dark blue water, with a small visible tip above the surface and a massive portion hidden below. The text reads “ADA Title II Deadline: April 2026” above the waterline and “Thousands of Videos – Audio Descriptions Mandate (WCAG 2.1 AA)” below the surface, symbolizing the unseen scale of accessibility work required.

A digitally composited image of two business professionals shaking hands, symbolizing collaboration between education and technology. The left side shows a classroom environment with students, while the right side depicts a data center with servers. Futuristic digital elements overlay the handshake, representing innovation and partnership between academia and tech.

Steps representing educational and career progress — wooden blocks arranged as a staircase with a graduation cap and diploma at the bottom, red arrows pointing upward toward a hand placing a bullseye target at the top.

Promotional graphic for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Academic Nursing Leadership Conference, November 2, 2025. Features Whitney Kilgore, Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer at iDesign, with the session title ‘From Gaps to Gains | Using Technology to Transform Nursing Competency Alignment.’ Includes the iDesign and AACN logos.

A luminous digital artwork depicting a glowing brain surrounded by swirling light and data streams, symbolizing the fusion of human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Two transparent hands clasp at the center beneath the brain, representing collaboration. The words “Interactionalism — Human Knowledge + AI Guidance” appear above, with a futuristic cityscape faintly visible below against a dark, starry sky.

A young boy sits cross-legged on the floor in a warmly lit room, gazing upward with wonder as glowing digital networks and holographic data swirl around him, symbolizing curiosity, imagination, and the fusion of learning with technology.

Futuristic university building illuminated by glowing blue digital energy streams, symbolizing data connectivity and technology integration across campus. The image features the title “The Synergetic Campus: Higher Ed by 2030” against a twilight sky, representing the transformation of higher education through innovation and digital synergy.

The incoming class at Coppin State pose in the shape of the institution’s initials.

Promotional graphic for WCET 2025 conference session hosted by iDesign and Southern New Hampshire University. The session is titled “BOP-It: Inside SNHU’s Scalable Course Optimization Model,” scheduled for October 22nd from 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Mountain Time in room Colorado A-B. Featured speakers are Brian Tidwell from SNHU and Leah Davis from iDesign, with their headshots shown below the session details. iDesign and Southern New Hampshire University logos appear at the top of the image.

Four healthcare professionals in blue scrubs are actively engaged in a medical simulation, gathered around a patient training dummy while using tablets and monitoring vital signs on large screens.

A large early 20th-century steamship is trapped in a frozen sea surrounded by towering blue ice formations. In the foreground, on the deck railing of another vessel, rests a brass compass and a cracked nautical map device dusted with frost. The atmosphere is cold and misty, with the ship’s smokestacks faintly releasing dark smoke into the icy haze.

The University of Mississippi School of Law building at dusk, featuring large white columns, tall glass windows, and red-brick exterior walls illuminated by warm interior lighting.

A smiling woman with long blonde hair in a black blazer shakes hands with another person across a desk in a professional office setting.

Chart of U.S. higher ed students taking at least one online course, 2012–2023. Pre-COVID online enrollment grew steadily, spiked to 74% in 2020, then settled around 54% by 2023—well above pre-pandemic levels.