LEARN TO DESIGN HUMAN-CENTERED AI
Design AI for Human Becoming
RootHuman is a learning platform and community dedicated to keeping humans at the center of an AI-powered future.
We help learning desigers, educators, creators, organizations, and lifelong learners design AI apps and experiences that cultivate reflection, creativity, wisdom, and meaningful growth.
The Future of AI Is Also the Future of Humanity
Artificial intelligence is transforming how we learn, work, create, and connect. Most conversations focus on what AI can do. RootHuman focuses on what humanity can become. We believe AI should strengthen the qualities that make us most human: Reflection, Creativity, Empathy, Agency, Wisdom, Meaningful connection. The question is not whether AI will change us. The question is how we choose to shape that relationship.
Our Mission
To advance a future where AI serves human flourishing. We believe technology should help people learn more deeply, create more meaningfully, solve important problems, and develop their uniquely human capacities. RootHuman exists to explore, design, and teach approaches to AI that support human growth rather than replace it.
The Collective
A growing community exploring the future of human-centered AI through conversation, collaboration, resource sharing, and experimentation.
Who Belongs Here?
Learning Designers
Educators
Coaches
Consultants
Researchers
Technologists
Organizational Leaders
Creators
Students
Curious Humans
If you care about keeping people at the center of technological change, you belong here.
What Makes RootHuman Different
RootHuman was founded by Dr. Lisa Dawley who has spent decades at the meeting point of learning and technology: immersive learning, virtual worlds, educational innovation, game-based learning, human-centered design, and now AI-supported learning. The Human-AI Learning Design Framework grew out of that work and is published through her research at the University of San Diego. Human-AI Learning Design Framework