06/24/2025

A Realistic Assessment of Value

Understanding adaptive and personalized learning through AI

Wouldn't it be great if we could have an all-knowing mentor — someone who knew how to perform every skill we needed to learn in whatever area was important to us? Someone who would watch over our behavior like an apprentice’s master, correcting our mistakes in real time based on their background and years of experience? Kind of like Neo learning martial arts in the Matrix by plugging his brain directly into the programming for karate, jujitsu and taekwondo. This is truly learning at the point of need.

Wish no more! Those who work in association professional development now have access to tools that can provide many of these services to their members — tools that maximize their motivation for learning and the rewards they experience for it.

According to ASAE’s 2024 ForesightWorks document “AI and Learning”, these “swiftly advancing artificial intelligence technologies, including generative AI, will transform how and what people learn, driving rapid change in education models and content and affecting training and skill building.”

Please select this link to read the complete article from ASAE’s Center for Association Leadership.