About the AI Capability Framework

A practical, innovation-driven model for developing applied intelligence across Generative, Agentic, and emerging Quantum AI.

CloudPedagogy’s AI Capability Framework provides a structured, future-ready approach for developing AI capability across multiple sectors — including higher education, research, government, NGOs, healthcare, libraries, cultural institutions, and public-sector organisations.

Grounded in design thinking, systems innovation, and ethical foresight, the framework helps individuals and teams move beyond tool-focused training toward applied, sustainable, and responsible AI use.

It supports capability development across real contexts such as:

  • teaching and curriculum design

  • research workflows and academic writing

  • organisational and digital-learning strategy

  • policy, governance, and oversight

  • public-service delivery and humanitarian response

  • data ethics, communication, and professional decision-making


The Six Domains

  1. AI Awareness & Orientation
    Build foundational understanding of how AI works, where it is useful, and where it is risky — reducing uncertainty and enabling confident experimentation.

  2. Human–AI Co-Agency
    Learn to collaborate with AI as a creative, analytical, and organisational partner, enhancing quality, efficiency, and new forms of professional output.

  3. Generative Practice & Innovation
    Apply Generative AI to real academic and organisational workflows — designing, analysing, synthesising, prototyping, and creating with intelligence.

  4. Ethics, Equity & Impact
    Integrate reflection, transparency, and fairness into everyday use of AI, ensuring decisions remain aligned with institutional values and societal responsibilities.

  5. Decision-Making & Governance
    Strengthen organisational confidence by embedding guardrails, oversight, and clear governance practices that support safe, effective adoption.

  6. Reflection, Learning & Renewal
    Develop the habits, meta-skills, and evaluation practices needed for long-term, adaptive AI capability as technologies evolve.

Together, these domains support capability from basic literacy to advanced system design.


Download the AI Capability Framework (PDF)

The professionally formatted AI Capability Framework (2026 Edition) is available as a free download under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.
It includes definitions, developmental stages, and practical examples for cross-sector use.



AI Capability Framework - Free Course

AI Capability Framework — Free Orientation Course

This free course introduces the framework and shows how to apply it across teaching, research, organisational planning, and public-service practice.

You will:

  • explore each capability domain in depth

  • analyse real-world scenarios

  • complete reflection tasks and ethical prompts

  • apply the framework to your own professional context

The course is free for all registered users.


Generative AI in Humanitarian Response – Free Course

This course demonstrates how the framework can be used in non-academic, real-world environments, especially for public-good applications.

You will learn to:

  • apply generative AI responsibly in emergency and community settings

  • use GenAI for translation, logistics, communication, and analysis

  • work through ethical risk templates and humanitarian scenarios

Free for all registered learners.