Generative AI
OpenAI-Based Instructional Design Generator Nolej AI Now Available for Educators with Free Trial
French Startup Nolej to Officially Unveil the New Solution March 30 at BETT with a Commercial Launch Set for ASU+GSV in April
A generative AI ed tech startup based in France called Nolej (pronounced “knowledge”) has made publicly available its new OpenAI-based instructional content generator for educators, called Nolej AI, a day before of its official introduction at BETT in London on March 30 and a planned commercial debut at the ASU+GSV Summit on April 19, the company’s chairman told Campus Technology.
The Nolej AI platform is the result of a collaboration with OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, DALL-E, and other generative AI tools making headlines in recent months. Before it was made available to the public, Nolej AI was beta tested with more than 2,500 educators, according to a news release. “Hundreds of independent studies have proven that such interactive micro-learnings outperform traditional static formats, improving the completion rate by 85% and the retention rate by 75%,” the company said.
The browser-based Nolej AI allows a user to upload any type of static content (video, audio, text documents, or a website URL); Nolej AI then automatically generates a ready-to-assign interactive “micro-learning package,” which is essentially a standalone digital lesson with a content transcript, summaries, a glossary of terms, flashcards, and quizzes — all closely based on the uploaded materials. The user can edit or change formats of each portion of the generated package if desired, and one of the formats available for the AI-generated lesson package created by uploading (or linking to) an existing video is a brand-new interactive video teaching the content that the user uploaded, Nolej Chairman Vincent Favrat said in an email.
Nolej AI is built for educators at any level, and the grade-level language of the generated lesson package will match the grade-level language of the static content that was input by the user, Favrat explained.
After a user uploads their static content, the resulting “package” or interactive lesson can be used in teaching in several ways: A user can click “Push to Google Classroom”; the user can download the package as SCORM or HTML5 code and place it on their own or their organization’s website; the user can also copy the associated embed code and paste it into most websites’ back ends; or the user can copy the URL to that specific package and have students click the link to complete the assignment on a web browser.
The embed code will work with most website platforms (see our test module embedded below) and most learning management systems such as Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, Brightspace and edX, according to Nolej.
After the commercial launch on April 19, Favrat said, additional integrations are planned via plug-ins within the most widely used LMS platforms. Also planned are demos and webinars for educators interested in learning how to make the most of the Nolej AI platform, how to edit the interactive lesson activities, and more, he said.
The pre-launch iteration of Nolej AI is currently available as a “free trial” to educators and instructional designers (no identity or education-employment verification is required as of this writing). The free trial includes five “packages,” allowing anyone to generate five interactive lesson packages at no charge.
Paid subscriptions are also available now but with limited tiers until it after the commercial launch. The pricing currently listed for individual educators or instructional designers includes a monthly subscription at $39.99 per month, which includes 20 credits to generate 20 “packages” of instructional content. The annual subscription is priced at $399.99 and includes 280 credits per year. Favrat said that once the software is officially launched at ASU+GSV, additional tiers will be available.
