REPAC: Critical Questions to Inform EdD Programs in an Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Date
2025-02-07
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Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice
Abstract
This essay presents a framework of critical questions designed to guide EdD program leaders and faculty in integrating generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into their curricula and policies. The REPAC framework aids in reflecting, reenvisioning, and redesigning educational practices to better incorporate GenAI, focusing on how candidates learn with and about AI tools. These questions ensure that program transformations are evaluated through equity, ethics, and justice lenses. Moreover, they provide a foundation for revising policies and practices, developing new guidelines, and promoting innovative AI use while upholding academic integrity. Authored by faculty from three institutions, this framework includes scenarios that illustrate the educational potential and impact of GenAI, scaffolding the decision-making process and fostering an understanding of AI tools in EdD programs.
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This article was originally published in Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.5195/ie.2025.469.
Copyright (c) 2025 Elizabeth Langran, Paula Cristina R. Azevedo, Oliver Dreon, Stephanie Smith Budhai, Clara Hauth.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords
generative Artificial Intelligence, AI, education doctorate, technology, program design
Citation
Langran, Elizabeth, Paula Cristina R. Azevedo, Oliver Dreon, Stephanie Smith Budhai, and Clara Hauth. 2025. “REPAC: Critical Questions to Inform EdD Programs in an Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence”. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice 10 (1):66-72. https://doi.org/10.5195/ie.2025.469.