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VOL. 7, ISSUE 2 (2025)
Integrating Generative AI in arts design education: Enhancing PBL for critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration
Authors
Xu Yang, Lay Kee Ch'ng
Abstract
Generative AI such as ChatGPT, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are
disrupting arts design education, providing tools to promote critical thought,
creativity and collaboration. Despite the emergence of these tools, their use
is still far from integrated into project-based learning (PBL) frameworks and
very little guidance has been provided to educators on how they can use AI
effectively to further pedagogical aims. This literature review thus fills this
research gap by systematically reviewing the existing research on the
application of generative AI in design education, specifically its potential to
facilitate critical thinking, innovative problem-solving, and collaborative
learning processes. By synthesizing relevant knowledge from various
disciplines, the review highlights specific approaches that can make the
integration of generative AI into crucial phases of the PBL cycle (including
idea generation, design refinement and team dynamics) more feasible and
actionable. Additionally, it addresses key challenges, such as ethical
implications, intellectual property issues, and the dangers of over-reliance on
AI, while providing guidance on overcoming these obstacles. Results suggest
generative AI can add to students’ abilities with it, blurring the lines
between long established art design pedagogies and current digital practice
rather than replacing them. Strengths and limitations This study's limitations
were the use of secondary data and the emerging literature. Nevertheless, the
review offers a useful structure for the integration of generative AI in the
PBL context and announces the areas to be researched further, for example,
longitudinal research on effects on learning and interdisciplinary research.
Implications emphasize the importance of balanced uptake: making the most of
AI’s positive contributions to creativity and critique, while protecting
students’ agency and capacity for original thought.
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Pages:164-171
How to cite this article:
Xu Yang, Lay Kee Ch'ng "Integrating Generative AI in arts design education: Enhancing PBL for critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration". International Journal of Social Research and Development, Vol 7, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 164-171
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