随着教育内容的转型，敏捷原则变得越来越重要。文章探讨了‘内容敏捷性’的概念，强调教育内容需要适应学生不断变化的需求。个性化学习使得学习目标成为动态的，内容也需要具备可定制性，以便灵活调整和重复使用。文章指出，内容标签不再是一次性任务，而是一个持续迭代的过程，需要根据学生需求不断调整。此外，文章也提到了内容标签自动化对于提高效率的重要性，并预告后续文章将探讨内容敏捷性对运营、投资和回报率的影响。

🤔 **个性化学习推动内容敏捷性:** 一刀切的学习材料已过时，个性化学习让学生掌控自己的学习路径，学习目标也变得动态化，要求内容具备可定制性，适应学生不断变化的需求。

🔄 **内容灵活性和重复利用:** 内容敏捷性需要内容具备高度的灵活性，以便根据学生的当前需求轻松调整和重复使用，满足个性化学习的需求。

🏷️ **内容标签：持续迭代的过程:** 内容标签不再是一次性任务，而是一个持续迭代、动态的过程，需要根据学生需求和内容变化不断调整和更新标签。

🤖 **自动化标签提升效率:** 手动给内容打标签成本高且容易出错，因此，考虑使用自动化工具来提高标签效率，是内容敏捷性过程中的重要环节。

The term 'agile' has become common in software development. Developers used to build their programming schedules around a set-in-stone blueprint. But they increasingly adopt an insights-driven approach, shaping the result as they go. Based on knowledge gained during short iterations, they adjust or change course so as to reach the best possible outcome.

With the educational content shift taking place, it's key to embrace the principle of agile when it comes to educational content, too. Let's have a closer look at what we like to call 'content agility.'

Accommodating ever-changing needs: flexibility required

One-size-fits-all learning materials are outdated. Personalised learning puts the student in charge of their own learning path, and the educational outcome becomes a moving target. This requires content to be customisable — it should adapt to the individual student's ever-changing needs. Logically, a high degree of flexibility is necessary to accommodate these needs: it should be easy to adjust the use and re-use of content based on a student’s current requirements.

With that in mind, it's also paramount to be flexible when it comes to content development processes, management, and distribution models. Here's why: if you divide a traditional book into digital parts that can be used separately, it's not yet clear who can use which part at what point in time. You still need to link each part to the individual student who needs a specific piece of material.

Towards a content agility process: how to go about labelling

How does all this affect metadata? Briefly put, labelling content is no longer a one-time task. It's an ongoing, iterative, dynamic process. As you keep accommodating the student's needs, you continue to adapt learning materials. That means you can't label a piece of content once and never look at it again. The content changes, so labels do, too.

If you consistently assign relevant, topical labels to content, you've successfully set up a content agility process. Within this process, however, you will want to consider metadata automation, as labelling content manually is a prohibitively expensive and error-prone endeavour.

But how does that impact operations? And how about investments and ROI? We will address these questions in our next blog posts on content agility.