Building EdTech That Actually Works: Learning Science + AI
Ilkem Kayican Dipcin
Founder, inspAIre | L&D Expert
Build EdTech products that prove learning outcomes, not just engagement metrics.
Most EdTech fails the same way: high engagement, low learning. Completion badges pile up while skills don't transfer. AI has made this worse, more features, more buzzwords, same disappointing outcomes.
The gap? Learning science (what research says works) rarely makes it into product decisions (what actually gets built or bought).
If you're building EdTech: You're shipping features without knowing which ones drive actual learning outcomes.
If you're buying EdTech: You're evaluating vendor demos with no framework beyond "does it look smart?"
This course closes that gap.
You'll leave with a real deliverable: a learning-science-grounded product spec, evaluation framework, or feature redesign you can use Monday morning.
➡️ Weekly live sessions + on-demand recordings
➡️ Office hours for personalized feedback on your work
➡️ Curated articles, best practices, and case studies
➡️ Private community for Q&A and peer support
➡️ Final project with feedback from me and peers
What you’ll learn
Learn why most EdTech fails, and get the frameworks to build or buy products that deliver real learning outcomes, not just engagement.
Use the 5-Step Translation Framework to turn any learning principle into a spec engineers can build
Write product requirements grounded in cognitive science, not guesswork
Apply the AI Reality Check framework to separate genuine learning features from marketing hype
Know exactly what questions to ask vendors (or your own team) before committing resources
Build features that leverage spaced repetition, retrieval practice, and cognitive load management
Avoid the "completion theater" trap that kills learning outcomes at scale
Create measurement systems that go beyond time-on-platform and quiz scores
Build the business case for learning efficacy that stakeholders will fund
Learn directly from Ilkem
Ilkem Kayican Dipcin
Learning scientist, EdTech founder & 15-year veteran of learning design at scale
Who this course is for
EdTech Founders and Product Leaders who want to build products that deliver real learning outcomes not just engagement metrics.
L&D Directors and Trainers seeking frameworks to evaluate vendors, write better requirements, and prove learning ROI to stakeholders
Instructional Designers and Learning Architects looking to bridge learning science and product thinking whether building or buying EdTech
Course syllabus
Week 1
Week 2
Schedule
Live sessions
3 hrs / week
Projects
1-2 hrs / week
Async content
4-6 hrs / week
$380
USD