CTeLearning Course Updates for the 23-24 School Year

We are so proud to be working with a great lineup of schools from all over the country in the 2023-2024 school year. Whether we are working with a school for the first year or the 15th year, we appreciate all the teachers, administrators, parents and students who have chosen to work with us. We spent the summer hard at work improving our curricula and are pleased to announce changes that will enhance the learning experience for students and teaching experience for teachers. 

Let’s look at some of the new features we have rolled out:

Virtual Teacher Assistant

This year, we have jumped more fully into the world of artificial intelligence (AI). We started to work on AI assisting technologies last spring, and we would like to thank some of our teachers for their support in trying out some of these new teacher oriented solutions. 

The Virtual Teacher Assistant (VTA) is an AI tool that we have trained to be an expert in all the content that is part of any one course. In other words, teachers have the ability to ask a virtual assistant any question about the course and the assistant will not only answer the question but can tell the teacher exactly where the answer came from in the course. When a student complains that they “never learned” about a certain subject, or that a quiz question is “unfair,” the teacher can ask the question, get the answer and learn not only what was taught but also where it exists.

We realize this almost never happens in your class. Of course all of your students read, watch the videos, and do the exercises completely. However, in those very rare occasions when a student doesn’t do his or her course work, you as the teacher get the information you need to answer the student and direct them back to content in the course. 

It is important to note that the VTA  is   in no way a substitute or replacement for the teacher. Our courses require a real, human teacher to lead students to success. The VTA is simply a tool that makes life easier for our teachers and equips them to hit the ground running on day one of the course.

New Class Pacing Buttons

Our teachers asked for a way they could better pace their students in their courses, so this year we have fully implemented our Hide/Show chapter buttons. This is an incredibly simple way for a teacher to open up a chapter for the students to enter. Some of our teachers like to change the order of projects and activities, and this simple approach allows them to open the next chapter when they are ready for the students to move on, and take control over the sequence as they shepherd their students through the content. 

LessonKit

We deploy our courses using what we refer to as our LessonKit. LessonKit is our own reactive design courseware, and we have updated all of our courses with the new kit. LessonKit has a new look, feel and interactivity to engage your students. It also offers more opportunities for your students to get the chance to play with concepts, knowledge, hard and soft skills. We have more interactive activities rolling out as this is being written, so don’t be surprised when you see new advanced interactivity magically appearing in the courses you teach. What can I say? We have fun continually improving our courses for teachers and students. 

Other Course Updates

Here are some of the other updates in the courses for fall 2023: 

Web Animation 

• New Virtual Teacher Assistant (VTA)
• Updated virtual apprenticeship project
• Updated animation tutorials
• New professional animator chats
• Updated advance projects

Web and Mobile Game Design

• New Virtual Teacher Assistant (VTA)
• Updated virtual apprenticeship project
• Updated web and mobile game tutorials
• Updated game mechanics lessons
• Updated retro adventure game
• Updated virtual apprenticeship project
• Updated advance projects

Web Design for Business and Marketing

• New Virtual Teacher Assistant (VTA)
• Updated text adventure game and new adventure creation tool
• Updated web design trends
• New reactive design modules
• Updated advanced client projects
• Updated teacher coaching support for state and national SkillsUSA Web Design and Development competition

Hybrid and Remote Working Professional

• New Virtual Teacher Assistant (VTA)
• Updated interactive curriculum

Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Robotics

• New Virtual Teacher Assistant (VTA)
• Updated virtual apprenticeship project
• Updated robotics coding tutorials

We have more updates that we are rolling out over the next few weeks and we will give you an update as we make them active and public. 

Again, shout out to all our teachers for giving us the feedback and insights we are constantly using to improve our curriculum. 

Reach Out Today

If you are a teacher who currently uses our courses, feel free to reach out today to discuss any of these updates. And if you are a teacher, administrator or parent who would like to discuss how we can help your students, we would love to have a conversation with you. Contact our lead developer, Steve, at 913-764-4272 or  hello@ctelearning.com.