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ExplainEd on-demand, interactive classroom lessons

ExplainEd Classroom Presentations: The entire Australian Curriculum 'explained'...
...in customised, 30-minute, class-ready, interactive, multi-modal webcasts (lessons).
Educator-designed • AI-assembled • Teacher-supervised

Within an hour, you can 'stream' an affordable, class-ready, curriculum-aligned lesson presentation (i.e. a 30-40 minute professionally presented and student workbook-supported, interactive video lesson) directly into a TV or device in your classroom...AND have an expert in this subject's content knowledge standing by to answer those inevitable ‘questions’.
“eLearningLabs deliver ExplainEd lessons...30-minute, curriculum-aligned lesson presentations webstreamed directly into the classroom — on-demand, measurable, affordable, and accountable, with no prep and no specialist teacher required. Each presentation blends explicit teaching with the same engaging techniques that power today’s most compelling media programming — gamified, socialised, competitive, and fun — so students stay engaged, teachers stay supported, and schools stay on track.”

Customised for your students, evidence-based and engineered for a digital generation...perfect for relief/supply classes when a subject-specialist isn't available.

"Of course, it’s not as good as having their real specialist teacher in class, but it’s probably the next best thing."

FEATURES | What are ExplainEd Classroom Presentations?

AI-powered classroom lessons

What are ExplainEd Presentations?

ExplainEd Classroom Presentations are 30 to 35-minute interactive multi-media lesson presentations, designed specifically for your classes and covering the Achievement Standards for the entire Australian Curriculum v9 for Years 7 to 10 as well as all senior studies (requiring approved Lesson Plan) subjects. That's right, full classroom lessons pumped into your classroom TV...combining a mix of TED-Talk-style guest-lectures, game shows, documentaries, historical dramas, demonstrator workshops, animated comedies, simple fully-narrated slideshow presentations, social-media posts, news desk-style reports, contests and competitions, international mysteries and intrigue, musical or dramatic performances, workshops and written tasks...designed, produced and presented just for your students.

"With the help of a live A.I. production pipeline, the curriculum comes alive! ...and it's all there at your fingertips, whenever you need it!"

Depending on your lesson's subject content and learning objectives, the 30-minute ExplainEd lesson could draw on a host of media presentation styles and character-presenters, including reporters, experts, news presenters, journalists, scientists, artists and performers, cartoon characters, travel log reporters, game show hosts, sports coaches, interschool gamers and whatever is needed to achieve the lesson's learning goals.

"They're lessons Jim...but not as we know them."

• For Admin: A high school teacher is absent and they've left work (maybe even a Lesson Plan or Unit Plan) but you don't have an available relief or supply teacher who has any experience teaching this subject/year level? No problem. Take two minutes to book an ExplainEd Clasroom Presentation then just ask the relief/supply teacher(s) that you do have available, to supervise the class and launch the ExplainEd presentation on the classroom TV/monitor. The ExplainEd presentation will do the explicit teaching of this topic (Content Descriptions, UDL (Universal Design for Learning), Cognitive Verbs, etc.,) and engage the class with interactive workbooks.
• For Teachers: Want to provide your class with a 30-minute explicit teaching package mapped to the curriculum or your own lesson plan, so that you can focus on extension and differentiation? No problem. Upload your lesson plan or select the relevant AC v9 Topic associated with this subject/year level, add your class' Adjustment Requirements, print out the provided Student Workbooks and lock in your ExplainEd Lesson Presentation for the required time. Your class is engaged in the program for 30 minutes...you monitor their progress and review the ExplainEd Summary Outcomes Report.
• For Principals: Want to keep learning on track when specialist teachers aren't available and you need evidence of learning outcomes? No problems. Ask your admin staff or teachers to book a targeted ExplainEd Classroom Presentation that provides explicit teaching of the required core content and then choose any of the multiple feedback platforms available including Pre- and Post-session Formative Assessment Results, Learning Trends, Engagement Level, Summary Outcomes Report, etc.

  • Australian Curriculum v9 mapped (Years 7 to 10 plus Senior Secondary Curriculum*)

  • All core subjects covered: English, Maths, Science, Humanities, Arts, HPE, Technology, LOTE

  • Customised for your students with UDL differentiation (flexible learning)

  • Customised precisely on your supplied Lesson Plans or Topic (content descriptions/cognitive verbs of the AC v9)

  • Coming Soon: Optionally built around a chapter/topic from your preferred textbook publisher*

  • Available to be streamed into your classroom with as little as 40 minutes' notice

  • Engineered by AI for maximum student engagement and measured learning outcomes

  • Explicit 30-40 minute curriculum episodes, with interactive live Q&A sessions back to the ExplainEd Studios

  • Complete with printable tasksheets, activities and formative assessments (if required)

  • Perfect for relief/supply teacher lessons when your specialist teacher is not available

  • Perfect for Flipped Learning or co-teaching opportunities to add UDL and gamification

  • Standard web browser with Internet connection to large TV in classroom and an in-class Supervisor is all that's required

  • No privacy or identification data shared

  • Coming Soon: Direct integration into popular Australian and NZ school management systems to simplify relief-teacher lesson bookings

  • From as little as $6 per 30-minute episode*

* Year 11 and 12 classes require Lesson Plans to be uploaded by the school
* Average costs based on maximum utilisation of subscript plan See Pricing

PRICING |

STREAMS: ExplainEd pricing is based on the number of live streams the school requires.

Ah...what now?
Explanation: A Single Stream subscription means that the school can only receive ONE interactive lesson presentation (webcast) at a time...the school can schedule several sessions across several time slots in a day, but only ONE at a time (because they only have access to ONE broadcast stream channel out of the ExplainEd Studios).

A Double Stream subscription means that the school can have up to TWO episodes being streamed to TWO different classes at the same time. Make sense?

For example, if two teachers are away or two classes need specialist lessons delivered at the same time (say, today in Period 4) a school with a Double Stream subscription can have both those classes receive separate 30-minute, interactive, ExplainEd episodes at the same time, e.g today in Period 4.

Okay...Quick question: Can a school with a single subsciption record a lesson and play it back later, say when it has another ExplainEd lesson scheduled?
Good question, but ExplainEd episodes aren't like videos or recorded clips. You CAN record the sessions yourself if you wish, but they're 'live' and respond to interactive feedback and though they work on a standard web browser, they require an open Internet connection (a 'channel') from the EplainEd Studios...check out our FAQ. A small school will probably only need a Single Stream service. But a larger school is likely to require multiple streams if it wants all its relief/supply classes covered. We recommend starting with a Single Stream subscription and see how that goes.

MONTHLY or ANNUAL: The other thing affecting pricing is the subscription type. Schools can subscribe monthly and terminate their subscription at any time or pay annually in advance for a 50% saving on the standard rate.

As you can see from the final column, ExplainEd Classroom presentations (lessons) from eLearningLabs can cost as little as $6 per lesson depending on the number of streams and the subscription type.

Account TypeMaximum number of simultaneous 30-minute Webcasts available at any one timeMaximum number of 30-minute Webcasts per year (No. of Streams x 6 per day x 200 days per year)Monthly Subscription (if paid Annually in advance)Monthly Subscription if paid Monthly in advanceTypical cost per 30-minute Webcast (if paid Annually and 5 to 6 lessons per stream per day
Single Stream11 x 6 x 200 days = 1,200 webcasts$800 per month$1,600$8.00 per webcast
Double Stream22 x 6 x 200 days = 2,400 webcasts$750/stream x 2 = $1,500 per month$3,000$7.50 per webcast
Triple Stream33 x 6 x 200 days = 3,600 webcasts$700/stream x 3 = $2,100 per month$4,200$7.00 per webcast
Quad Stream44 x 6 x 200 days = 4,800 webcasts$650/stream x 4 = $2,600 per month$5,200$6.50 per webcast
5 Stream55 x 6 x 200 days = 6,000 webcasts$620/stream x 5 = $3,100 per month$6,200$6.20 per webcast
6 Stream66 x 6 x 200 days = 7,200 webcasts$600/stream x 6 = $3,600 per month$7,200$6.00 per webcast

ExplainEd...explained | FAQ

Q: Are ExplainEd lessons only for when the regular high school teacher is absent?

A: Nope. While covering classes 'who don't have their specialist teacher' is ExplainEd lesson’s core mission, that’s not the only time they shine. Sometimes a teacher just wants a reliable “guest teacher” in the room — freeing them up to focus on differentiation, adjustments, or the dozen other things that make classrooms tick. ExplainEd lessons slot in perfectly for that role.

Q: Do ExplainEd lessons cover other curriculums yet?

A: Not really. Right now, ExplainEd focuses on the Australian Curriculum v9 for Years 7–10. Senior Secondary is also supported, but for Senior subjects schools need to provide a full Lesson Plan (plus optional handouts) from their approved Work or Study Program for each lesson. At this stage, the AC Senior Secondary curriculum only covers English, Maths, Science, and HaSS — but schools can upload approved Lesson Plans for any subject, as long as they assure us that as far as they’re concerned, the Content and Achievement Standards are being met within their supplied Lesson Plan. In short: we’ve got the framework, you bring the paperwork.

Q: If schools can upload their own Lesson Plans to be made into ExplainEd lessons, why can’t you create lessons for IB, NZQA, GCSE, etc.?

A: Technically, we can turn any Lesson Plan, Work Unit, or handout into an ExplainEd lesson. The catch is compliance. With the Australian Curriculum v9, our development pipeline has internalised the whole thing — not just subject content and skills, but also General Capabilities, Cross Curriculum Priorities, Assessment standards, and even the cognitive verbs that drive learning outcomes. That means every ExplainEd lesson can be checked, analysed, and verified against those benchmarks with real authority. For other curricula, we don’t have that same deep integration. So, while we can host your plans, we can’t endorse them to the same level. Put simply: AC v9 is our home turf; everything else is more “BYO paperwork.”

Q: Isn’t ExplainEd basically replacing classroom teachers?

A: Quite the contrary. ExplainEd lessons require a supervising teacher to be present at all times — for duty of care, safety, and the everyday logistics of wrangling a class. ExplainEd is just a teaching resource: it delivers ‘school-approved’ explicit teaching and formative assessment, while the supervising teacher stays in charge of the room and is free to focus on whatever else students need.

Q: Okay, but if a supervising teacher has to be present all the time anyway, what's the point of it? What's the benefit?

A: The point is that with ExplainEd lessons, the supervising teacher doesn't have to have ANY experience in teaching this specialised subject or year level, because ExplainEd will be doing all the heavy lifting... delivering the explicit teaching and formative assessment and responding to student questions, etc. The benefit to the school is that it relieves admin staff from having to source relief/supply teachers who have specialist knowledge in the subject. The benefit to the students is that their learning continues with a specialist content expert and a new 'fun' perspective. The benefit to the regular class teacher, is that they will be presented with measurable formative assessment and data analysis and know 'exactly' what the class covered in their absence.

Q: What if we don't have a specialist teacher for an extended period of time. Can we use ExplainEd lessons for a term or a semester?

A: That's not an easy question to answer because we can't predict every context. It's certainly not what ExplainEd lessons were built for. The school would need to have a registered teacher to be the 'teacher-of-record' for the class and to be supervising the class at all times. The school would also need to provide an assessment plan and would need to administer and report on all summative assessment for all students in the class.

An actual engaged specialist teacher present in the classroom at all times, is of course, the best option, but if that option is not available to a school, then a full sequence of ExplainEd lessons, mapped to the school's Assessment Plan (yes, you can upload it along with Differentiation and any other relevant information) would be a way to ensure the curriculum is covered and the students are engaged. Oh, and the school wouldl have detailed data analysis about learning outcomes every step of the way.

Q: What LOTE languages do you cover?

A: Not all of them I'm afraid. We've started with Auslan, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Indonesian, Korean and Hindi. We use only the 7-10 sequence, and at time of publishing, only have two year sequences (7 and 8) in each language completed. LOTE is a particularly difficult subject to teach remotely as we can't effectively monitor and therefore respond to individual student expression. eLearningLabs is currently exploring emerging technologies to solve that problem.

Q: How much advance notice does a school need to give to receive an ExplainEd lesson?

A: Most lessons can be spun up in about 20 minutes, but for consistency we set the minimum at 40 minutes — that’s how long it takes to assemble the components and prep the webcast channel. To be safe, we recommend giving an hour’s notice. Schools can check the eLearningLabs portal for live updates, and once a lesson is marked READY, it can be played whenever the school has a free stream. We’re going for: “lesson on demand,” but need just enough lead time to keep things running smoothly and prepare the most awesome lesson we can create.

Q: How does this ‘stream’ stuff work? We can play a lesson as soon as it’s READY, but what if the school has only subscribed to ONE stream, and that stream is being used by another class?

A: It’s an unfortunate hitch with the current technology, that to provide the full interact 'live' experience, an open stream is required to broadcast and receive the student-responsive lesson. In an effort to keep costs down, eLearningLabs only maintains sufficient ExplainEd ports (streams) to support its subscription base. In short, one stream means one lesson at a time; more streams mean more simultaneous lessons.

Q: What if we don’t end up using an ExplainEd lesson we booked?

A: Honestly, nothing dramatic — you’ve just wasted that booking, and the lesson will be deleted from the day’s webcast run. The only time it becomes an issue is if your school has maxed out its stream allocation and another teacher couldn’t book because an unused lesson was hogging the spot. For example, a single stream subscription allows up to six ExplainEd lessons per day, so leaving one unused can block the queue. It’s like reserving a seat you never sit in. (Cool but creepy.)

Q: What if our school requires longer lessons...like 45 minutes or an hour or more?

A: The maximum duration that a single ExplainEd lesson can be extended out to, is 55 minutes. (This can be done anytime, by just pausing the student activity sections and giving students a few minutes longer to complete the practice-work components of the lesson.) If you need a lesson longer than 55 minutes, you'll have to book a 'double' lesson, which combines two lesson slots into one. We should point out of course, that if you book a 'double' or 'triple' lesson, one of your ExplainEd Streams is being occupied for the entire duration of all lessons. So, if you're a 'single stream school', you won't be able to have another lesson running while the extended lesson is still streaming.

Q: What technology do eLearningLab’s ExplainEd lessons employ?

A: At the core are the latest Large Language Models (LLMs), the AI engines that have leapt forward in the past 12–18 months. Through API‑driven ‘agent authoring,’ they juggle hundreds of creation, production, and verification tasks at once—shrinking a 20‑hour workflow into just 20 minutes. The brains of the operation is the Australian Curriculum itself, distilled into 10,000 (and counting) carefully trained prompts covering every element of Years 7–10 and Senior Secondary. And to keep the metaphor alive, the body is our proprietary production pipeline and the ‘characterised presenters’ we’ve built to deliver lessons with personality and ensure accountability for learning outcomes.

Q: Why doesn’t ExplainEd offer Prep to Year 6 lessons?

A: The content demands in Prep–6 are intense, sure, but most relief and supply teachers are qualified professionals who can confidently handle the specialist content of Year 6 subjects without needing ExplainEd to step in. In other words, the market need just isn’t there. That said, we are planning a short series of lessons for specialist subjects — Arts, Technology, and Languages for Years 3–6 — to help schools when a specialist relief teacher isn’t available.

Q: What are the minimum technology requirements for a school to receive ExplainEd webcasts?

A: Don't worry, you don’t need a spaceship, just the basics: • Internet connection — to book lessons via the eLearningLabs Portal and to stream the ExplainEd Studios webcasts. (If your internet is more “mule train” than “bullet train,” you can request a low bandwidth feed.) • Big screen — a TV or projector large enough for the whole class to see. We avoid tiny text, and detailed info can be provided in printable format if needed. • Speakers — so students can actually hear the lesson, not just mime along. • Optional printer — handy for workbooks, if you want paper copies.

Contact | About eLearningLabs or ExplainEd

[email protected]eLearningLabs is a young innovative Australian education and technology developer based on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The organisation was founded by Geoff Mills, a twenty-year school principal and former media publisher who lectured in business, communications and technology for La Trobe University's Queensland affiliate in Brisbane in the early 2000s. As the principal of a growing P-12 private school over the last two decades, Geoff experienced first-hand, the problems that unavoidable staff absences were having on student learning and continuity and he also noted that resources traditionally employed during teacher absences… like video clips, online learning platforms, pre-prepared workbooks and texts …though each having their place, all suffered from the same critical setbacks:

1. They weren’t a viable replacement for the physical teacher being ‘present’ in the classroom; they were pre-produced resources that weren’t necessarily matched to what the regular teacher was doing and weren’t flexible enough to be modified to follow the school’s (i.e. the regular teacher’s) existing work program.
2. The bottom line – without a content expert in the room, these existing resources weren’t able to deal with student questions or make adjustments to explicit teaching when an adjustment was required.

With the development of functional LLM (Large Language Model) AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini and high quality ‘on-demand’ AI video and audio generation, suddenly ‘a flexible expert in the room’ became a potentially viable option. What resulted was a long process of development of over 10,000 AI prompts covering the lesson requirements of the entire Year 7-10 Australian Curriculum and an API production pipeline that allowed for ‘on demand’ creation and delivery of complete, compiled lessons in a user-friendly (student-friendly) format.

This unique ‘live’ production pipeline also allowed for a range of other benefits, like…
• using engagement techniques employed by modern media (like gamification, social media posts, game shows, news-flashes, musical stings, focus grabbers, etc.)
• collecting data on learning outcomes and utilising analytical tools to provide feedback to schools
• being able to incorporate ‘school-requested differentiation adjustments’ to improve inclusivity for lessons (along with general UDL strategies employed in the conceptual design process)
• since the lessons are ‘assembled on the fly’ the sequence and animated presenters can pivot mid-lesson if the live response data from the students suggests it.

…and ExplainEd was born.

If you'd like to learn more about ExplainEd lessons from eLearningLabs, please reach out by contacting [email protected]