Educators should decide what good AI courseware looks like
The World Assessment Council picks promising education technology and puts it in front of the people who teach with it. In the first cycle, independent faculty, instructional designers, e-content and learning-outcomes experts review the course videos made by Lecture Studio, and what they find shapes what it builds next.
- US$25,000 in credits per reviewer
- 1 year of WAC membership
- Named in the WAC white paper
- No deadline work at your own pace
In partnership with Lecture Studio, which provides the credits and opens its product to review.
Speed is not the question educators ask
AI can now turn a PDF, a slide deck or a recorded lecture into a finished video in minutes. The questions that matter come after that: is it accurate, does it teach, can every learner use it, and do students reach the outcome it was made for?
Those answers should come from educators, and they should come before a tool reaches millions of learners, not after. The Courseware Review Fellowship gives independent experts the tool, the time and a shared rubric, then puts their findings in front of the people who build it and the institutions deciding whether to use it.
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WAC selects a promising tool
WAC looks for education technology that could change how courses are made, and asks its maker to open the product to independent review.
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Independent reviewers are convened
WAC invites faculty, instructional designers, e-content and learning-outcomes experts from different countries and disciplines.
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Reviewers make and review real courseware
Each reviewer turns a few pieces of their own teaching material into videos and fills in a short review form for each, at their own pace.
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The findings are used and published
The maker gets every finding to improve the product, and WAC publishes what the cycle found in a white paper.
The first tool under review: Lecture Studio
Lecture Studio
Lecture Studio turns PDFs, slides, documents, web pages and recorded lectures into finished video lessons, with narration, animated diagrams, a presenter, captions and quizzes.
Reviewers use it on their own teaching material, across the conversions that matter to them, and review what comes out.
- Academic accuracyIs every fact, figure, diagram and narrated line correct for the discipline?
- Teaching designSequencing, examples, pace and cognitive load: does it teach, or only present?
- Learning outcomesDo the objectives, takeaways and quizzes line up with what the lesson sets out to achieve?
- AccessibilityCaptions, contrast, reading speed and the needs of learners with disabilities.
- Production qualityVoice, visuals, motion and timing, judged as a student would see them.
- Fit for your contextYour subject, your language, your learners and your institution’s rules.
Four kinds of expertise, one review
A video can be accurate and still fail to teach, or teach well and still shut some learners out. Each cycle brings these four views together.
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Faculty members
Lecturers and professors who know what a subject needs and where students get lost.
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Instructional designers
People who build courses for a living and can tell a lesson from a slideshow.
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E-content experts
Developers of online and blended content who know production, platforms and the LMS.
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Learning outcomes experts
Assessment and outcomes specialists who can say whether a video moves students towards the outcome it claims.
Recognition for the work, and the tools to keep going
Every reviewer who completes a review receives all six.
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US$25,000 in Lecture Studio credits
Credits to turn your own PDFs, slides, notes and recorded lectures into finished video lessons, during the review and after it.
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A year of WAC membership, free
Individual membership of the World Assessment Council for twelve months, with everything it includes.
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Named in the WAC white paper
Every reviewer is credited by name in the white paper WAC publishes on what the cycle found.
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Educators Wall of Fame
Your name and your contribution on WAC’s Educators Wall of Fame, kept on this site.
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Coverage on WAC’s channels
Reviewers and their findings may be featured on WAC’s LinkedIn, X, Facebook and YouTube.
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Lecture Studio Super Educator
Featured in Lecture Studio’s Super Educators section on its website and credited inside the product.
How the reviews stay honest
- Reviewers are not rewarded for a verdict. The credits and recognition are the same whether a review is glowing or critical.
- Lecture Studio does not edit, approve or select the findings WAC publishes.
- The white paper reports what did not work as well as what did.
- Lecture Studio is WAC’s partner in this programme and provides the credits. Taking part is not an endorsement or accreditation of any product.
The educators who made courseware better
The first names go up as Cycle 1 reviews are completed
Every reviewer who completes a review is added to the Educators Wall of Fame with their institution and their contribution, and stays there.
Questions and answers
Who can apply?
Faculty members, instructional designers, e-content developers and learning-outcomes or assessment specialists, at any kind of institution or as independent practitioners, in any country. You do not need to be a WAC member: membership is part of what reviewers receive.
Is there a fee?
No. Taking part is free. Reviewers give their time and expertise; WAC and Lecture Studio give the credits and recognition listed on this page.
How much time does a review take?
Very little, and there is no deadline. You make a few videos from your own teaching material, fill in a short review form for each, and share your views in one short conversation with the WAC team. You work at your own pace, around your teaching.
What can the credits be used for?
Making videos in Lecture Studio for your own courses, during the review and afterwards. They are added to your Lecture Studio account when your place is confirmed, with the terms of use.
Do I have to write a positive review?
No. The credits and recognition are the same whatever you conclude. A review that finds real problems is the most useful thing you can give, to Lecture Studio and to every educator who reads the white paper.
What happens to my course material?
It is used only to make your videos. It is not published, shared or used for anything else without your written permission.
Is this an endorsement or accreditation of Lecture Studio?
No. The World Assessment Council is not an accrediting body. The programme publishes what independent reviewers found; it does not certify any product.
Will other tools be reviewed?
Yes. Lecture Studio is the first cycle. WAC plans to run the programme with other promising education technology, and reviewers from earlier cycles are invited first.
Apply to be a reviewer
It takes two minutes. Tell us about your teaching and your expertise, and the WAC team will write to the reviewers selected for Cycle 1 with a simple review form and their credits.
- Free to take part, with no deadline: review at your own pace.
- Places are limited, so that every review gets proper attention.
- Your details are used only for this programme. See the Privacy Policy.
Questions? Write to info@worldassessmentcouncil.org.
Thank you. Your application is in.
The WAC team will write to you by email about Cycle 1.