Synthesizing Learner Autonomy and Community Learning in Self-Directed Writing: 

An AI-integrated Framework for Prompting Design

The Creating Community Learning Together 9 (CCLT9) was held on November 30, 2025, at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan. This year’s theme was “Learner Development for an Inclusive and Connected World: Practices, Stories, & Challenges.” More details about the conference can be found on the official website: CCLT9 Showcase.

I presented a poster session titled “Synthesizing Learner Autonomy and Community Learning in Self-Directed Writing: An AI-Integrated Framework for Prompting Design.” Through the analysis of human-AI writing interactions, my paper proposes the AI-Integrated Self-Directed Writing (SDW) Framework to foster learner autonomy by integrating Rhetorical Scaffolding (explicitly articulating audience, purpose, and genre in prompts) with Connected Learning (bridging individual AI use with community support).

The presentation promotes this framework as an essential scaffolding approach for closing the “Gulf of Envisioning” in AI-supported writing, with the goal of helping L2 writers challenge “Algorithmic Nativespeakerism” and move from passive acceptance of corrections to active, reflective collaboration.