A New Dimension of Learning: LERN:GALAXIE & NAVE

People preparing for exams or developing their professional skills bring different levels of knowledge and different goals. Digital learning materials need to accommodate those individual learning paths. For Verlag SKV, this comes with a clear quality requirement: the educational foundation must remain the publisher’s verified content.

With LERN:GALAXIE, the Swiss educational publisher has created an interactive environment for vocational education and professional development. NAVE adds AI-powered learning support. Both offerings draw on the same structured content base, combining SKV’s editorial quality with new ways for learners to work through the material at their own pace and according to their needs.

Over the past three years, Verlag SKV has transformed its traditional learning materials into a digital learning environment. The requirements went beyond making content available online. Complex materials had to be easy to manage, work across devices, and provide an accessible, engaging experience for different user groups. The platform also needed to handle peak demand reliably at the start of the school year and during exam periods.

Designed as a modular “planetary system,” LERN:GALAXIE combines multimedia content with interactive exercises to support practical, self-directed learning. Teachers can assemble content into customized courses, share them, and integrate them into existing learning management systems.

This gives teachers the flexibility to adapt materials to different classroom needs. Learners can work through the content in ways that suit their individual requirements.

The next step was to add AI-powered learning support and exam simulations. Closely integrated with LERN:GALAXIE, NAVE supports learners individually. The AI learning coach identifies their strengths and goals and provides personalized learning experiences. It also helps teachers create assignments and support groups of learners with different needs and abilities.

NAVE draws exclusively on Verlag SKV’s verified, structured XML content. This shared content base provides educationally reliable, factually accurate answers.

Denise Neuschwander, Managing Director of Verlag SKV, explains the quality requirement:

“With NAVE, we have created a learning coach that draws on our verified publishing content rather than generic AI data. That was a key quality requirement for us. EBCONT made it technically possible.”

The XML content base is created using SiteFusion CMS and Fonto Editor. It supplies content to both LERN:GALAXIE and NAVE, giving learners two different ways to access the same verified educational materials.

Content distribution is automated. New content reaches the digital platform within one minute, creating a short path from content delivery to use by learners and teachers.

EBCONT implemented the solution with Python on the backend and Svelte on the frontend, using Elastic and PostgreSQL for data storage. The infrastructure includes a Kubernetes cluster and LLM models in Azure. Agile software development and the consistent use of open-source libraries underpin the technical implementation.

At the start of the school year and during exam preparation, large numbers of users access digital learning resources at the same time. The scalable architecture accommodates these peaks: LERN:GALAXIE and NAVE remain stable even under high loads.

NAVE is a production-ready AI learning coach that extends the existing offering. Users can choose between a traditional learning experience and an AI-supported learning path. LERN:GALAXIE remains the interactive multimedia environment, while NAVE provides additional personalized support based on the same educational content.

As an advanced feature, NAVE Voice extends the offering with AI-powered conversation simulations, with NAVE acting as the dialogue partner. It adds another way to prepare alongside studying content and completing exercises: practicing through conversation.

For SKV, this creates a digital learning offering that makes verified educational content accessible in different ways. The modular learning environment, personalized AI support, and automated content distribution all build on a shared, structured content base.

Want to use your existing educational content to build a digital learning platform or an AI learning coach? Contact Jürgen Ritschka-Kohl to discuss your requirements and explore implementation options.

Contact: juergen.ritschka-kohl@ebcont.com