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Vince De Freitas

This edition of *TD* magazine features theme articles focused on technology application. Other articles explore bullying, change management, multilingual training, and much more.

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Know the basic requirements for scalability and success when exploring artificial-intelligence-powered learning products.

Adding AI to the Learning Tech Stack

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Six Levels of Autonomous Training Design                                                                                              0 	1	2	3	4	5
The learning designer performs all the interaction.	                                                                  The learning designer performs most of the interaction. 	                                                                The learning designer partially performs the interaction.	                                                                    The learning designer performs a small part of the interaction.	                                                 The interaction does not need a learning designer. (Human supervision is necessary for some cases.)	
Standardized but interactive content	                                                                                        Interactive and personalized content.                                                                                          Interactive, personalized, and dynamic content	                                                                Generative-artificial-intelligence- created content for specific topics	                                             AI agent teaching multiple subjects
Handouts, PDFs, help articles, traditional e-learning	                                                            Digital textbooks, real-time polling, prompts to ChatGPT, AI-assisted creation                   Automatic exercise-generation engine (during and after class)	                                          Adaptive learning engine; learning paths automatically adjust based on feedback. Natural-language AI engine and models; system recognizes learner intent and creates dynamic learning paths.	                                                                                                  Advanced natural-language-understanding system can generate content and learning paths at the intersection of multiple subjects.
Designer only	Designer assistance	Partial automation	Conditional automation	High automation	Full automation