Progressive Vision
(from ExPAND SG to SL levels)
The ExPAND framework is designed to grow with students, shifting the focus from learning about AI to learning beyond it. As students progress, their role evolves from passive recipients to intentional, ethical creators, supported by increasingly learner-led pedagogical strategies and integration models.
SG (Student-guided)
Learning ABOUT AI
Pedagogical Focus: Teacher-directed, skills-based tasks using the CRAFT model
Engagement Mode: Passive Recipient
Students begin as explorers, experimenting with AI tools under close teacher guidance. The pedagogy is teacher-directed, focusing on curiosity, foundational skills, and structured use of AI. Students learn to see AI as a tool for support while teachers scaffold exploration and prevent over-reliance.
SD (Student-driven)
Learning WITH AI
Pedagogical Focus: Shared agency via the POWER model + the PFSs + the POWER Bots
Engagement Mode: Active Collaborator
Students become active co-creators, using AI collaboratively for tasks and genre-based writing. The pedagogy shifts to student-centred collaboration, where teachers scaffold prompt design, critical reflection, and task application. AI acts as a coach or teammate, and students begin to take responsibility for refining and improving their own outputs.
SL (Student-led)
Learning BEYOND AI
Pedagogical Focus: Student-led creation, ethics, authorship using the SMART model
Engagement Mode: Intentional Driver
Students grow into self-directed innovators, setting goals, managing their learning, and applying AI across contexts. The pedagogy moves towards autonomous, inquiry-driven learning, with AI as a partner in reflection and innovation. Learners design their own prompts, transfer knowledge across subjects, and use AI ethically and critically to support lifelong learning.
