Artificial Intelligence (AI) Useful for E-Learning Design and Development?

Great discussion - as people have pointed out, this is moving really fast and will have a major impact on the way we all learn and acquire knowledge.

We are using AI in both the design and development phases - and it is making a big difference. We are still experimenting with how to integrate it into the eLearning itself - this is the really interesting part!

But to pick up on a point Luci made - I agree entirely. We need to make sure AI is used ethically and transparently.  We have completely revamped our editorial policy to take account of AI.

• Firstly we make sure our clients know where, and how, we are using AI.
• Secondly, we document ALL AI content enquiries so we know exactly what copy was generated by an AI engine.
• Thirdly, having done our research phase using AI we ALWAYS return to the original brief and start with a blank sheet. AI gives us some really useful pointers and saves us a lot of research time but we are not yet ready to accept AI generated copy as our content.
• Finally, we have strict policies governing statistics, data and quotations generated by AI engines. We always validate the sources and check the authenticity of the information presented. If we can't authenticate it, we don't use it...

Even so, we estimate that design time for eLearning courses has halved and content development time reduced by at least 20%. That's significant - and we know the saving will get bigger as we refine the way we use these tools.

I would be really interested to know what everyone else is doing.