HSE to Entrust Routine CPD Programme Development to AI
HSE University, together with the EdTech company CDO Global, is launching AI-based constructors to streamline the design of continuing professional development (CPD) courses. The new service will automate the preparation of teaching materials and assessment tools, significantly reducing the time and resources required of lecturers and instructional designers.
Traditionally, developing CPD programmes has been a labour-intensive process, demanding considerable effort in creating course content, assessment resources, and personalised learning pathways. The new AI service is designed to address these challenges by providing a tool for the rapid and effective generation of high-quality educational materials.
The AI constructors form an integrated solution comprising an AI lecture constructor, which automatically generates course structures, teaching materials, and descriptions of topics and modules based on specified learning objectives and the characteristics of the target audience, as well as an AI assessment standard constructor, which produces test assignments aligned with the intended competences, thus facilitating the evaluation of learners’ knowledge and skills.
The introduction of AI constructors will shorten course development timelines, as automation will greatly accelerate the preparation of teaching materials and assessment standards. This will also ease the workload of teaching staff, reducing routine tasks and enabling them to focus on more creative aspects of education. In addition, the AI service will enhance content quality by producing reliable, up-to-date educational resources while also offering scalability and multilingual functionality, allowing for the rapid creation of materials on a wide range of topics and in several languages. Well-structured and personalised resources will improve learner satisfaction, support knowledge acquisition, and boost motivation. Ultimately, the adoption of advanced technologies will strengthen HSE’s leadership in the field of continuing professional education and reaffirm its commitment to educational innovation.
Lyudmila Alexandrova, Project Lead,
HSE Operations Office for Continuing Professional Education
‘The introduction of AI constructors is transforming the way educational content is created, shifting CPD course development from manual labour to generation based on reliable sources. These high-tech services do more than relieve lecturers and managers of routine tasks: they form part of a didactic system in which learning objectives, content, assessment, and expertise are interconnected and serve to enhance the quality of HSE’s CPD programmes.’
The implementation of AI constructors will enable HSE University to further consolidate its position as a leader in continuing professional education, offering learners more relevant and higher-quality programmes.
Andrey Kondratiev, CEO, CDO Global
‘We are now entering a period of digital transformation in which delegating routine operations to artificial intelligence is an inevitable stage in the development of both organisations and individuals. DeepTalk is a strategic partner for the university in the AI era. Create courses in 15 minutes, generate assessment tools automatically, manage learners’ competences, and process written assignments without wasting time. Together, let us give lecturers back the most valuable resource of all—time for creative engagement with students: to inspire, to communicate, and to support.’
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