How AI is Transforming E-Learning

If you told me a year ago that I’d be “coding” a learning game without ever touching a single line of code, I probably would have laughed. I’m an instructional designer, not a programmer. But thanks to AI, that’s exactly what happened.

Recently, I discovered Claude AI—a tool that can do a lot more than answer questions. Curious, I decided to experiment. I uploaded a set of patient objections and responses from a healthcare training project and gave Claude a simple challenge:

“Turn these into a realistic, scenario-based simulation game.”

What happened next still amazes me. Within minutes, Claude produced an interactive storyline with branching paths. I gave feedback, refined a few details, and after a couple of iterations, I had a fully formed scenario game, something that used to take me hours or even days to build.

The magic didn’t stop there. I imported the game into Articulate Rise and integrated it into an existing course. Suddenly, learners had a chance to practice handling patient objections in a safe, engaging environment with no coding required.

This is the power of AI in e-learning. It’s not just a time-saver, it’s a creativity booster. It frees up instructional designers to focus on strategy, storytelling, and learner experience while letting AI handle the heavy lifting behind the scenes.

We’re entering an era where building a custom learning interaction could be as simple as having a conversation with an AI. And for those of us who have ever stared at a blank slide wondering how to make it engaging, that’s a game-changer. Check it out below.

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Welcome to my page. I created my site to tell a story. A story that learning does not need to be defined by a instant need but an experience that best fits the learner and the organization.

Recently, one of the biggest shifts in L&D thinking is that workplace learning can be considered an ecosystem. Not a random collection of courses and workshops and webinars, but a complex, integrated system of formal and informal learning. Learning is not an event, but a journey. Every moment we take in information—from media, from our peers, from content an organization controls and content it does not—is a step in that learning journey.

A second major shift is designing learning in a way that is learner-centric; this has been known about for years and is now at a tipping point. Yes, you need to align with the business objectives, and you need to engage learners to keep their attention and focus.

As we think about 2019 Instructional Design trends and learning trends, though this might be a radical concept, our first thought is not about solutions. Instead, we’re thinking about the sticking points. The challenges. Those areas that are holding the ecosystem back from evolving.

I will discuss this and more as I continue to develop my blog!

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