Accelerated Content Development

Challenge Description 

Now that our LMS is operational, the challenge is to create a new, comprehensive curriculum on a tight deadline with limited resources. We need to collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including industry SMEs and community and government partners, to build content that upholds our department's reputation for high-quality, effective experiential learning. The traditional approach to content creation and development would have made this timeline very difficult to achieve.

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As the primary person responsible for LMS content, I have integrated generative AI as a co-pilot to accelerate our development timeline while maintaining a meticulous focus on quality and strategic alignment. My workflow uses AI to handle repetitive, time-consuming tasks, freeing up my time to focus on strategic design, quality assurance, and interactive learning elements.

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Key Actions and Responsibilities

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• Collaborated with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to establish a responsible AI framework and validate the technical accuracy of all generated content. This ensures our curriculum is both innovative and expert-approved.

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• Utilized generative AI for initial content creation, including drafting a preliminary course outline, learning objectives, and boilerplate text to serve as a strong foundation. Follow-up workshops with SMEs fine-tuned this content, and allowed me to focus on drafting real-world examples and problems relevant to our learners.

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• Authored the final content in a variety of tools, including Articulate Rise and Moodle (H5P and Pages), to ensure an accessible learning experience aligned with adult learning best practices.

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• Leveraged my engineering background to use AI for custom LMS site coding, generating code snippets for custom CSS layouts, simple JavaScript functions, and HTML code to enhance the visual design and layout of the LMS pages.

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• Oversaw the entire development process, serving as the primary editor and content strategist to refine materials, debug code, and ensure all components were accessible and on-brand.

 

Outcomes and Reflection

The strategic use of AI has enabled us to launch several new courses on schedule this fall, something that may have been unmanageable with traditional methods. This new, more efficient model for curriculum development helps me to respond to our evolving workforce needs more quickly. Looking forward, I am exploring how we can use generative AI to build personalized learning experiences and am excited to continue innovating in this space.