Human-Centered AI Design Studio
Build AI That Actually Helps People Learn
Design and build your own educational AI app while learning a proven framework for creating AI that strengthens reflection, creativity, and real-world action.
No coding required.
Coming August 2026
Not ready to build yet? Start by evaluating the AI tools you're already using. Download the Human-Centered AI Evaluation Tool to assess whether an AI experience supports reflection, creativity, application, agency, engagement, and deeper learning.
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Most AI tools help people do more. Few help people become more.
You can feel the difference. You've used AI that races to the answer and leaves you with nothing. You want to build something better, AI that helps people reflect, create, and act for themselves.
But maybe you're not a coder, and every course you've found just teaches you to make a faster chatbot.
The RootHuman AI Design Studio is different. You'll learn to design AI that strengthens human learning, and build a real app yourself, step by step.
Human-AI Learning Design Framework
Grounded in the learning sciences. The foundation for everything you'll build, learn how reflection, creation, and application work together to support human growth.
Most AI courses teach apps. This Studio teaches design.
Grounded in the learning sciences, three design tools you'll learn and keep
Five-Step Design Method
Move from idea to implementation through a repeatable five-step method that takes you from a rough idea to a working design, every time.
Human-Centered Evaluation Tool
The Human-Centered Evaluation Tool, learn to see what most people miss: whether an AI experience truly helps people learn, or just looks like it does. The same lens you'll use to refine your own build.
Imagine What You Could Build
The Studio teaches a repeatable design process that can be applied to many types of educational AI. Examples include:
- Learning coaches
- Reflection companions
- Writing partners
- Career exploration coaches
- Professional learning assistants
- AI-powered course companions
- And whatever you're already imagining
Your project will be unique to your goals, learners, and context.
What Learners Walk Away With
Every learner leaves with a portfolio of artifacts they authored, and a repeatable design process they can use on the next build.
- Human-Centered AI Design Blueprint
- Learning Experience Map
- Human + AI Roles Blueprint
- Engagement Strategy
- Knowledge Ecosystem Map
- Working AI Prototype
- Evaluation Report and Improvement Plan
- A repeatable, reusable human-centered design process
And the real outcome: you'll become more intentional AI designers, stronger learning experience designers, sharper evaluators of AI, more skilled at preserving human agency, and more confident building AI that supports human growth. You leave not with just a tool, but with a new way of thinking about AI.
You’re Not Building Alone
Every participant works with the AI Design Partner and joins a community of fellow builders. You'll never be stuck wondering what comes next, or building in isolation.
Root, The AI Design Partner
A companion through every step, trained on the Human-AI Learning Design Framework, and a living example of the human-centered AI you're learning to design. Root helps you:
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Reflect
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Brainstorm
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Design
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Build
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Evaluate
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Refine
Notice how it works with you: reflecting, expanding your thinking, and always keeping you in the lead.
Build with a community of your peers
Learning is better together. As you move through each module, you can share your work, learn from fellow builders, and get feedback from people designing alongside you.
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Share ideas and inspiration
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Learn from fellow builders
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Work through challenges together
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Get feedback on your designs
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Discover new tools and resources
And for those who go deeper, Studio Professional members join an ongoing community of practice, a place to keep building, connecting, and growing long after the course ends.
Who This Is For
This Studio is for people who want to build, not just use, AI that helps people learn.
Built for:
Learning Designers & Instructional Designers — you shape how people learn, and you're ready to shape the AI that supports it.
Learning Technologists & EdTech Teams — you're already building, and you want a human-centered way to do it.
Course Creators, Coaches & Innovation Teams — you have a vision for learning, and you want to bring it to life as a real tool.
New to this work, or come from a different corner of education? You're welcome here. If you want to design and build AI that helps people learn and grow, this Studio is for you.
No coding experience required.
Two Ways to Join
Studio Professional
Most Popular
Features
- Everything in the Studio version, plus:
- Design Blueprint Review
- Final Prototype Review
- Human-Centered AI Design Certificate
- Verified Digital Badge*
- Deep Community Access
- Live Studio Sessions (attendance optional)
- Human-Centered AI Certified seal for your app, $295 member price (a $995 value)
- Continuing Education credits available for extra fee
Founding Price: $795 $695
Regular Price: $995
