Google Higher Ed Faculty AI Fellowship

Christie Shin — Master Plan & Roadmap

Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) · Inaugural North America Cohort 2026
Department: Creative Technology & Design — UX/UI Design, UX Research, Branding

🎯 My Challenge Statement (Final)

Sharper — specific, measurable outcomes Bolder — solves at scale Integrated — names specific Google tools

"How might we use Google Stitch, Nano Banana (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image), Gemini Gems, and NotebookLM to build a Cognitive-Process Assessment framework that captures the domain expertise UX/UI designers apply when directing, writing, and refining AI-assisted design, making the invisible 'intellectual fingerprint' of expert design judgment verifiable, assessable, and protectable as student IP, scaled as the global standard for design higher education by 2027?"

✅ Posted to Fellows Community Hub → "Session 1 Challenges" thread

Browse the Site

Everything about the fellowship, organized by page

What I submitted, how I heard about it, and the vision behind it — plus the full original verbatim.

The core framework: grading how students thought, not just what they produced.

All eight dimensions with their evidence trails, the three error types, and how to adapt it. Open source under CC BY 4.0, and the page the printed handout points to.

The Intervention

The refined workflow, the verification mechanism, and why it isn't a hypothetical.

The five Google tools locked into the framework and each one's role.

Fellowship Journey

The full timeline, kick-off through the in-person Institute in Sunnyvale.

What happened June 10, the Three Lenses critique, and the homework that followed.

Empathy Interviews

Both write-ups: James Pearce on FIT's policy, budget, integrity, and sandbox gaps, and Thalia Merino on the judgment underneath Christie's own classroom pilot.

Grounded Reasoning: Assessment in the Age of AI — completed July 15. Google's REVEAL framework now backs the CPA rubric.

Design Thinking + Institute prep — completed August 5. Google named the shift from output-based to process-based assessment.

The six-minute talk delivered to the cohort on Aug 5, script and delivery notes. The starting point for the Institute showcase.

In-Person Institute

The 10-minute Fellowship Voices slot, plus Google's three prep deliverables: Problem Breakdown, Empathy Interviews, Vulnerability Map.

Key Data Points

Stats to anchor conversations, plus the pilot evidence: awards, Gold Cube, job placements.

Every link: program page, workbook, recordings, cohort contacts, Google tools.

Immediate Next Steps

The priority action list with deadlines, kept current.

My Presentation (10 min)

Eleven slides for the Sept 17–18 Institute showcase, timed from measured word counts, plus the cut order and what stays in reserve.