This week’s post is inspired by a 2018 movie called Upgrade. Without giving too much of the movie away, an AI chip is implanted into a paralyzed man to enable him to walk again. Sounds good right? It turns out that this chip can do a lot more than just […]
As we have discussed in previous posts, there are several different ways to personalize learning. Some AI applications generate personalized learning paths based on learner performance and background data such as job role. Other AI platforms make content suggestions based on the learner’s actions in a course. In both cases […]
After reading a post favoring active learning over passive learning I began to think about how personalized learning fits in. At first glance it might be easy to assume that personalized learning is more active than a more traditional linear course. However, some non-adaptive linear courses can be very engaging, […]
As I wait for my delayed flight home from TechLearn 2019 I am thinking about my presentation on personalized learning that I gave earlier today. I was asked if even though the learning content was personalized, would everyone get the same exam? I knew right away, that would be a […]
I just finished reading Leveraging Personalized Learning to Increase Member Engagement on the ATD website. Andra Popescu presents a concise summary of the same three adaptive design steps that I have been explaining. To understand the learner, Andra suggests using the Socratic questioning techniques that I suggest using for building […]
Last week I had the privilege of presenting a webinar for Trivantis. How to Personalize Learning Without AI.” I explained how to use the Learner Intelligence adaptive design model to create a personalized eLearning course in Lectora. The recorded webinar is available here in case you missed it. Prior to […]
How do you serve multiple masters? Very often instructional designers are tasked with the challenge of satisfying many stakeholders with different learning objectives or priorities. One SME may want more technical information, a manager may want to emphasize the sales aspects, while the support team wants to address recurring issues. […]
You may be surprised to learn how powerful the LI adaptive design method can be. Check out these amazing numbers.
With the recent forays of artificial Intelligence (AI) in education there seems to be some confusion with how the terms adaptive and personalization are used. I am increasingly seeing the term adaptive learning used, but is the learning process really adapting, and if so, to what is it adapting? Even […]
Learner Intelligence (LI) design easily blends with other design strategies and is not an “all or nothing” design decision. A common blended design is when a course starts in a linear fashion because the content is required and remains the same for all users. Then at some point during the […]