In 5 Years, No One in L&D will be Talking about AI

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Prediction

I am not predicting the end of AI, far from it, however, like many tools and concepts, the existing tools within the field of L&D will have AI functionality built right in. AI will become part of our common toolkit. I thought it might take a few years for the process to happen but it's already happening.

7Taps Course

Today I received a message inviting me to try out a sneak peak of the AI tool within the microlearning tool 7Taps. I am not an affiliate and don't have any monetary skin in the game but the concept has been quickly incorporated into the tool.

Here is a course I created with AI on the topic of "Learning Games". I used the prompt "Learning Games" within 7Taps.

Check it out with this link on my microlearning course "Learning Games"

Observations

Here are my thoughts on the AI generated microlearning.

1. Everything you see was AI generated (even the quiz) except the image on the "Simulations Game" Card. I thought some images would be nice. I see that as a natural next step in the tool picking images.
2. The quiz and even the feedback from the quiz was AI generated.
3. The info is good, solid but it's choppy. It doen't tell a "story". So some context is missing. It's just a list of some types of learning games.
4. It's pretty powerful! As 7Taps indicates itself, it's not a substitute for the hard work of an instructional designer but it does prevent you from starting with a blank screen. It provides a great jumping off day.
5. The next example (below) is on making pizza. It is good but...it wants you to put the toppings right on the dough (yuk). It seems to be missing the steps of "add sauce" and "add cheese". It might be helpful (and more tasty) to include those steps (still early in the AI cycle, it's the Beta release).
6. TRY IT OUT! ChatGPT is great but it is used in isolation, not as part of a tool, So, it's a bit of a leap to imagine it within another tool (not a big leap but...). However, with 7Taps you can see AI in action within a common tool used for creating learning. It's potential is amazing and mind boggling.

Here's the pizza microlearning lesson.

Conclusion

What does this all mean? This early experiment indicates to me that every major tool and many minor tools within our field will start integrating AI into the main tool kit. It will be another tool in Photoshop or another options in Storyline or Rise or iSpring. Or branching options will be completed initially in Branchtrack with AI. And soon PowerPoint will be creating entire presentations complete with images and branching. We won't have to go outside of our tools and find the right AI tool, it will be built right in.

It reminds me of early on when we had to run a separate program to "package" a course for a LMS with a SCORM wrapper. Now, you simply press a button and just publish the course in the format you need.

Same with a course that, long ago, we created using several tools such as HTML, photo editing software, quizzing software, audio software, etc. Now all those capabilities are in a single tool.

AI is all the rage now but soon it will be a distant memory and many of us will have adapted to using the technology to create awesome instruction without even giving AI a second thought.

What do you think?

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Bio:

Karl Kapp is a professor at Bloomsburg?University.. He is a learning experience designer and a learning game designer who works around the global helping organizations create engaging and meaningful learning experiences using an evidence-based approach. He is founder of the?L&D Mentor Academy, a members only group that explores the technology, business acumen and concepts required to take L&D professional's careers to the next level. Apply to Join today.

Additionally, Karl is co-founder of?Enterprise Game Stack, a serious games company that creates digitized card games for learning ranging from interactive role-play games to sorting activities and everything in-between. Find out more at?Enterprise Game Stack.