“Add AI” is not a teaching goal. Before choosing a platform or uploading a library, define the experience you want to improve. These seven questions give you a practical agenda for a first pilot.
1. What should change for the learner?
Choose a concrete situation. Students may struggle to apply a concept after a video, find the right explanation in a large library or get support between workshops. Describe the behaviour you want to make possible.
Write down: one learning goal, the current difficulty and an activity that would show progress.
2. Which material can you use?
Choose a small, coherent body of teaching. Check that you have the right to use the recordings, documents and examples, including contributions from guests or students.
Write down: the source material, who owns it, what is current and what should be excluded.
3. What is your method?
Describe how you teach the topic, beyond the facts. Do you start with examples, ask learners to explain their reasoning or guide them through a sequence of decisions? Identify common misconceptions and the language you want to use.
Write down: three examples of guidance that represent your approach.
4. Where does the mentor’s role end?
Decide when to answer, when to ask a question and when to involve a person. Include missing information, disputed interpretations and consequential decisions. Give students a clear way to reach the teacher.
Write down: escalation examples and who reviews them.
5. What happens to the data?
Ask which student and academy data is processed, which providers receive it, how long it is kept and how deletion works. Check access controls and the arrangements relevant to your organisation and learners.
Write down: the questions you need answered before sharing material or inviting students. A generic claim of being “secure” is not a substitute for those answers.
6. How will learners use it?
Think through the first session, a return visit and a moment of confusion. A mobile app can make it easier to resume a short activity, but the experience still needs a clear goal and accessible instructions.
Write down: a simple learner journey and any accessibility or device requirements you need to test.
7. How will you decide what to do next?
Define what you want to learn from the pilot. Review sample interactions, ask students about confusing moments and observe whether they can complete the intended activity. Time spent and completion counts alone may not answer your teaching question.
Write down: what you will review, who will review it and the criteria for continuing, changing or stopping the pilot.
Bring the checklist to a conversation
You do not need every answer before you reach out. Use the questions to make the discussion specific. Acadasco’s early-access conversation starts with your teaching, your learners and the goal you want to pursue.
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