SAI seems like a solid idea in principle. Personalization really helps push learning forward. However, I don’t think I would invest because of the time commitment it would really take to setup and the unforseen costs in development. I think some adventurous teachers would go for it, but I don’t think most would. In addition, most classroom teachers aren’t employing articulate and captivate. It’s more instructional designers. For this product you would also have to host it in an LMS, which means building the LMS. (D2L is actually doing this: https://www.d2l.com/resources/videos/personalize-learning-experience-release-conditions-intelligent-agents/). Building and running LMS services is a much bigger task and might not be your intention. So I fear it would quickly become far more expensive to achieve the goal.
SAI seems like a solid idea in principle…
2 Dec
As well, thank you very much for the video. I was not aware of this initiative by D2L and it is fascinating! Thanks for the share.
2 Dec
Hi Bryan, thanks for your feedback. You are right, this is a product more appropriate for instructional designer. As an instructional designer myself, I am remiss to not have included my own trade as a target audience. I will certainly rethink my marketing strategy. Yes, this product would have to be hosted on an LMS, but my competitors in the e-learning authoring tool industry (Captivate, Storyline, Lectora, etc), do not provide LMS either. If you were to think of this is a cabinetmaker's workshop, I am looking to sell the tools rather than the entire workshop itself, because as you pointed out building and running an LMS is a massive undertaking, not to mention extremely expensive.