The eLearning Industry’s Guest Author Article Showcase [March 2026]

Top 5 Guest Posts on AI, Learning Design, and More

From ethical writing to layers of custom thinking and accessible adult learning, the March calendar explored the frameworks, best practices, and caveats surrounding AI, learning design, and intelligent systems. See what our guest writers have to say about these topics in our Guest Writer article showcase. In no particular order, these are the eLearning Industry’s top picks.

Exploring AI, Learning Design, and Audio Discovery Practices

Ethical AI in Education: Balancing Innovation and Responsible Teaching Practices Dr. Shafiah Firoz

While AI provides new capabilities to design and deliver content, human influencers remain the guiding principle for adjusting situations and ensuring results. Dr. Shafiah Firoz examines how ethical ownership, transparency, and human oversight ensure trustworthiness as AI-generated content becomes embedded in modern L&D.

What It Really Means to Create a Study Plan Today By Branislava Milosavljević

As basic platform features become easier to access, the new frontier of competition is owning your AI intelligence layer. Branislava Milosavljević shows why relying entirely on vendor AI means accepting their hidden logic, and why forward-thinking teams are building custom logic layers instead.

The Missing Framework: How to Integrate Pedagogically-Sound AI into Learning Design By Neeve MacGregor

We have AI teaching frameworks, AI teaching frameworks, and AI learning frameworks. We don’t have a systematic way of using AI in the course development process itself. This is where Neeve MacGregor comes in, combining the 16 frameworks of Instructional Design into one.

Keeping Generative AI Under Control in Learning Design By Daria Sur

Generative AI can speed up learning design by summarizing subject matter expert insights and organizing content, but it can also produce inaccurate results. Daria Sur presents several best practices that help keep AI productive but still in control.

What Older AI Students Really Want to Know (And Why Most Courses Get It Wrong) by Arthur Turing

The accessible, non-technical AI education market has been almost completely ignored. The courses available are made by technical people for technical people. Arthur Turing presents what beginners really want to know and how to design AI education courses for non-technical adults.

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Let’s give a big round of applause to all the writers who shared their articles with us in March. We’ll highlight your standout pieces every month in our Guest Post Showcase. If you would like to be considered for our next list, submit your article to build thought leadership and connect with our eLearning community.

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