Story Map — Adaptive Learning Platform
A first-year plan for an adaptive study platform using ordinal band tokens, where the mastery model and retrieval-grounded tutor land only in band three and the pilot cohort ships with no way to ask for help at all.
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title "Adaptive learning platform — first year"
persona "Part-time student studying after a full shift"
goal "Always know the next twenty minutes of study that will actually help"
release "Pilot cohort"
release "Whole faculty"
release "Adaptive engine"
# Bands are referenced by ordinal here — 1: is the first declared release.
activity "Enrol"
task "Choose a course"
1: "Course catalogue with entry requirements" (5)
2: "Credit transfer check against prior study" (8)
task "Get access"
1: "Single sign-on from the student record system" (8)
2: "Offline pack download for low-bandwidth weeks" (13)
activity "Study"
task "Work through a unit"
1: "Video, transcript and reading list per unit" (8)
2: "Progress that survives a lost connection" (5)
3: "Next-best-activity from the mastery estimate" (21)
task "Practise"
1: "Question bank with worked solutions" (13)
3: "Difficulty adapts to the running mastery estimate" (21)
later: "Spaced-repetition scheduler across units" (13)
activity "Get help"
task "Ask a question"
2: "Discussion thread per unit with tutor flagging" (8)
3: "Retrieval-grounded answer that cites the unit text" (13)
task "Escalate"
2: "Book a tutorial slot" (5)
3: "At-risk alert to the tutor from engagement signals" (13)
activity "Assess"
task "Submit"
1: "Upload with originality check and receipt" (8)
2: "Draft feedback before the final submission" (8)
task "See results"
1: "Grade and rubric feedback in one view" (5)
3: "Mastery map of what to revisit before the exam" (13)