New Course: Claude Code Skills 101 - Build Your First Skill in 1 Hour
Claude Code Skills 101 is a new one‑hour crash course aimed at developers, builders, and AI practitioners who want to move beyond simple prompting and create reusable Skills within Claude Code. The program combines a recorded video walkthrough, a live demonstration of the Claude web interface, and a 35‑page technical guide. Learners will explore the core concepts of Skills, design their first Skill around a real use case, and practice building, testing, and refining it for production workflows. The course also offers a discount for paid subscribers.
Google Rolls Out Gemini Academy, Free AI Certification Webinars for UK Teachers
Google for Education has launched Gemini Academy, a free monthly webinar series that combines live AI tool demos with the official Gemini Certified Educator exam. The first sessions, scheduled for May 13, June 9 and July 6, target whole‑school participation...
IFly EFB Adds Dispatch Training Mode For Classroom Use
Adventure Pilot has launched a Dispatch Mode for its iFly electronic flight bag, targeting aircraft dispatcher education rather than pilot flight planning. The mode disables automated pilot‑focused tools, requiring students to manually compute nav‑logs, fuel loads, and en‑route times while...
Financial Trade Group Creates Stablecoin Certificate for Treasury
The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) has partnered with treasury‑software firm Kyriba to introduce a four‑module stablecoin certificate, launching in June 2026. The program aims to equip corporate treasurers, CFOs and other finance leaders with practical guidance on stablecoin risks,...
Turn AI Learning Into a 10‑Minute Daily Habit
"I keep meaning to really dig into AI, but I can't seem to find the time. I'm just so busy." If that sounds like you, @yourgirlhils and I made something just for you. Introducing the Couch-to-5K for AI—a free, fun, 30-day program...
Navigating the AI Frontier in Education: New Webinar Series
Tech & Learning is launching a three‑part webinar series on AI in education, beginning May 20, 2026. The sessions cover cutting‑edge AI tools, strategies for future‑proofing students’ careers, and safeguarding AI deployments. Designed for IT directors, principals and superintendents, the series offers...
As AI Rewrites the Rules of Coding, Code.org Pushes to Reinvent Itself
Code.org, the nonprofit that popularized coding education, is pivoting under new CEO Karim Meghji as generative AI reshapes how students learn to program. Funding has slashed from $42.8 million in 2023 to $25.2 million in 2025, prompting a shift from the iconic...
Google Translate Uses AI to Help You Practice Pronunciation
Google Translate marks its 20th anniversary by adding an AI‑powered pronunciation practice feature, currently available on Android for English, Spanish and Hindi in the United States and India. Users can tap a new “Practice” button to either listen to native‑speaker...
Takeaways From How Data Is Transforming The Way Students Navigate College Decisions
The episode explores how data is reshaping college‑admissions advising as the Common App pushes students to submit applications to ten or more schools, weakening the predictive power of GPA and test scores. Interviewees argue that qualitative signals—particularly a focused "spike"...
Sidewalker Daily’s Nina Zadeh Spent a Decade on the Brand Side. Now She Teaches Creators to Fight Back
Nina Zadeh, co‑founder of Miami‑based Sidewalker Daily, leverages a decade on the brand side to teach creators how to negotiate and secure paid deals. The platform, built without paid ads, now serves over 160,000 creators with a flagship Pitching To...
NYC and LA Districts Roll Out Early AI Curricula for K‑12 Students
New York City and Los Angeles public schools have unveiled AI curricula that let students as young as elementary age experiment with generative tools, guided by a traffic‑light framework. The move balances teacher oversight with privacy safeguards, while critics warn...
Faraday Future Strategically Launches Its Embodied AI Developer Platform Purpose-Built for AI Natives, Marking 2026 as the Inaugural Year of...
Faraday Future announced the launch of its FF EAI Brain & Open Developer Platform, a suite of six tools and four infrastructure layers designed to make robot development as easy as software coding. The platform debuted at an San Francisco forum where the company showcased...
Leading Through AI Hype
The post outlines how executives can navigate AI hype by focusing on measurable pilots and aligning organizational priorities, rather than chasing coding speed. It highlights that AI adoption is fundamentally a change‑management challenge requiring empathy, discernment, and clear governance. Level...
Using Digital Tech To Connect Nurse Practitioner Students With Experienced Preceptors
Nurse practitioner (NP) students are increasingly turning to digital platforms to secure clinical preceptors, replacing the old network‑based, in‑person interview model. These services vet preceptors for credentials and teaching ability, aligning placements with academic requirements across primary, acute, and specialty...
Ask These 3 Questions About Your Learning Space Technology Budget
Colleges are pouring capital into learning‑space technology—AV systems, hybrid tools, and video‑enabled lecture halls—to boost student experience and faculty productivity. However, many projects falter because decision‑makers skip critical planning questions before finalizing budgets. The article outlines three concise queries: whether...
Pandai’s Low-Cost Growth Playbook Puts the Edutech Startup on LSE’s 100x Impact Radar
Malaysian edutech startup Pandai, founded in 2020, has scaled to over one million users by emphasizing personalized, curriculum‑aligned AI learning tools rather than paid advertising. Its low‑cost acquisition strategy and freemium model have driven monthly retention up to 94 % while...
The Global Campus: How YouTube Is Empowering Learners Everywhere
YouTube is positioning itself as a global learning platform, reporting over 5.5 billion views of educational content in the United States last June. New AI‑driven features such as the “Ask” button and integrated quizzes are turning passive video watching into interactive...
UJ Launches AR Heritage Experience at Melville Koppies
The University of Johannesburg, partnering with the Melville Koppies Management Committee, will unveil an augmented‑reality heritage experience on 1 May. Visitors can use smartphones to view a 3‑D reconstruction of a 500‑year‑old Batswana smelter over the archaeological remains, complemented by new...
How Emerging Health Technologies Are Influencing the Curriculum of Accelerated Nursing Programs
Emerging health technologies are reshaping accelerated nursing curricula, with simulation, AI, and telehealth becoming core teaching tools. Students now train on electronic health record replicas, high‑fidelity manikins, and immersive virtual‑reality scenarios that mirror real hospital workflows. Adaptive learning platforms use...
How Digital Platforms Are Transforming Clinical Placements for Nursing Students
Digital placement platforms are reshaping nursing education by automating match‑making, eliminating weeks‑long wait times, and moving logbooks into secure, real‑time dashboards. These systems give instructors instant visibility into student progress, enabling timely feedback and personalized guidance. High‑fidelity virtual simulations let...
Udacity Unveils $5,000 Accredited AI Product Management MBA
Udacity announced a fully online, Woolf‑accredited MBA focused on AI product management priced at under $5,000. The program replaces the $120,000‑plus traditional MBA cost curve with a modular, project‑based curriculum aimed at fast‑growing AI product roles.
AI Generates Personalized Chapter‑by‑Chapter Book Analyses
Here's a fun skill you can teach your OpenClaw/Hermes, just paste it and find a book and it'll give you hours of fun Book Mirror — How It Works What it does: Takes any book + everything the AI knows about the...
Zain Launches ‘Regulatory Academy’ with GSMA Advance
Zain Group has teamed with GSMA Advance to launch the Zain Regulatory Academy, an industry‑first training hub under its Inclusion, Diversity & Equity University (IDEU). The academy delivers GSMA‑accredited public‑policy and regulatory‑impact certification through self‑paced modules, expert seminars and regional...
French Navy Hires Kongsberg to Deliver Ship Bridge Simulation Systems
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to supply the French Naval Academy with four high‑fidelity K‑Sim Navigation ship bridge simulators, slated for delivery in October 2026. The systems will provide a 270‑degree visual environment, integrated radar, and immersive VR/MR capabilities,...
Syracuse University Gave AI Access To 30,000+ Students and Faculty. Here’s What They Learned
Syracuse University rolled out Anthropic’s Claude AI to more than 30,000 students, faculty and staff, embedding the tool in classrooms, course‑search, donor research and a coding pilot. In an introductory IT class, Claude generated practice questions, and after shifting prompts...
Quick Ways to Use AI for Tasks That Take Too Long – Easy EdTech Podcast 368
Educator Monica Burns' Easy EdTech Podcast episode shows teachers how to leverage AI for routine tasks. She demonstrates using AI to convert notes into rubrics, draft lesson outlines, simplify reading material, and automate file organization. These tactics aim to reclaim...
ChatGPT Wiped Out $14B of Chegg Value
Chegg Lost $14 Billion to ChatGPT in Three Years ChatGPT launched Nov 30, 2022. Chegg issued its first AI warning May 2, 2023 — just 5 months later. Stock down 48% in a single day. ↳ Today Chegg trades at $1.02....
AI Skills Toolkit Boosts Critical Thinking for Your Work
My friend @PhilipJoubert has put together an incredible useful set of AI skills that you can use to improve your thinking. Bring in your favorite thinkings to critique your memos, blog posts and research. npx skills add philipjoubert/dojo-public \ --global...
Less Than 10% of Higher Education Has No Intention of Adopting AI
Ellucian’s latest AI survey shows that two‑thirds of U.S. higher‑education institutions now use artificial intelligence, up from 49% a year ago, while only 7% have no intention to adopt it. Eighty‑eight percent expect AI usage to rise over the next...
One-Day Online Intro to R & RMS Workflow
1-day online course May 11: Intro to R/RStudio & an efficient comprehensive R workflow, rms package, enhancing regression skills to be ready for the RMS 4-day course. Details®istration at https://t.co/4IRUmtvm3H @AmstatNews @InstatsS #Statistics #rstats @VUDataScience
D.A. Davidson Advises Literati Sale to Trustbridge Partners in $40 Million EdTech Deal
D.A. Davidson & Co. served as exclusive financial advisor to Texas‑based EdTech firm Literati in its sale to global growth equity firm Trustbridge Partners. The transaction backs a company that generated nearly $40 million in revenue and reaches 2.5 million students, underscoring...
Kilifi County Launches AI Training for 400,000 Learners in Remote Kenya
Kilifi County has begun rolling out the Experience AI training program, led by TechKids Africa, to equip teachers and learners—including those in remote villages—with artificial‑intelligence skills. The initiative targets 400,000 learners across Kenya, marking a major push for digital literacy...
AI Literacy Is Not Enough – Universities Must Teach Through Disciplinary Standards
Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned that AI is eroding the routine tasks that traditionally train graduates, a trend confirmed by rising AI‑lit job ads and a 56% wage premium for AI‑skilled workers. As firms automate low‑risk activities, the graduate...
Nevada to Launch Data Dashboard Tracking Student Career Prep
Nevada will launch a publicly viewable education dashboard on Sept 1 that tracks high‑school graduates' outcomes, including remedial college enrollment, average time to degree, and unemployment within two years. The tool consolidates existing data on career‑technical education, early college credit, and...
Students Can Hear Questions Aloud When They Take Many Tests. Does It Help?
Digital Promise analyzed how 8th‑grade students used the text‑to‑speech feature on a NAEP geometry item. About 7% of the 26,000 test‑takers—primarily English learners, special‑education students, and students of color—activated the tool. Low‑performing students who listened up to 25 seconds performed...
ACES Center Launches AI Suite to Cut K‑12 EdTech Costs by Up to $250K
The ACES Center for Artificial Intelligence released a new suite of AI‑powered tools for K‑12 schools, promising faster development, lower costs and up to $250,000 in contract savings for districts like Peninsula, Washington. The move reflects a shift toward custom,...
Being a Human Engineer in the AI Era
The post announces "Navigating the AI Shift," a 4‑ to 8‑week asynchronous course designed for engineers and engineering managers grappling with AI‑driven workplace changes. It frames the transition as an identity threat, urging participants to replace fear with curiosity and...
Startup Equity Adventure Game Turns SAFE Fundraising Into Interactive Lesson
A free, web‑based game launched on Hacker News walks founders through a simulated SAFE round, showing how valuation caps and ownership percentages play out. By turning the most common early‑stage financing tool into a playable scenario, the game aims to...
Google Launches Gemini Academy, Free UK Teacher Webinars with Certification
Google has introduced Gemini Academy, a free professional‑development platform for teachers in the United Kingdom. The service provides monthly live webinars that lead to a Google‑issued certification, aiming to boost digital competence and classroom integration of Google’s AI tools.
Tutorial Limbo Is Real. Here Is How We Fixed It.
The Blazor AI Accelerator is launching its second cohort on May 13, offering an eight‑week, mastermind‑style program for up to ten .NET developers. Participants work on real‑world Blazor projects, integrating AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude, and deploying to...
Data‑Center Fiber Tech Shortage Fuels Blue‑Collar AI Job Surge
Meta unveiled a free four‑week LevelUp Fiber Technician Pathway to train thousands for its expanding data‑center fleet, as a 2024 industry report projects a need for nearly 200,000 additional fiber technicians to power AI workloads. The move highlights a widening...
How to Keep Your Anki Deck Relevant and Useful
The author admits abandoning his own spaced‑repetition habit and explains why AI’s rise and deck bloat made his Anki cards less useful. He argues that memorization remains vital, but only for information that supports critical thinking and real‑world decisions. The...
AWS Offers Free Skills Testing as AI Adoption Outpaces IT Training
Amazon Web Services has eliminated the subscription fee for its cloud microcredentials, making them freely available to anyone seeking to prove hands‑on expertise. Unlike traditional certifications that rely on multiple‑choice exams, these assessments place candidates in simulated business scenarios where...
NABTU, Microsoft Partner on AI Training for Construction Trades
North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and Microsoft have launched a joint initiative to provide AI training for construction trades across the United States. The curriculum, announced on April 21, covers AI literacy, data security and practical jobsite applications such as...
Publicis Groupe APAC Launches AI Development Hub in Singapore to Upskill Marketers
Publicis Groupe APAC has opened an AI Development Hub in Singapore, backed by the Singapore Economic Development Board, to train talent and build AI‑driven marketing tools. The centre targets a 20‑30% cut in manual campaign time and will support capabilities...
Students Rush to 'AI‑Proof' Majors as 70% Fear Job Loss to Automation
College students are abandoning tech‑heavy majors for fields they deem “AI‑proof,” after a Harvard Kennedy School poll found 70% view AI as a threat to future employment. The trend highlights growing anxiety over automation and a scramble for curricula that...
Join the New AI Agents Vibe Coding Course From Google and Kaggle
Google and Kaggle are relaunching their free five‑day AI Agents Intensive from June 15‑19, 2026. The program focuses on "vibe coding," where natural language serves as the primary programming interface for building production‑ready AI agents. Updated content adds new expert speakers, a...
Learn Phaser 4 From Scratch: Zenva's Beginner Course
Zenva Academy has released the Complete Phaser 4 Course for Beginners, a hands‑on program that teaches developers how to set up projects, work with graphics, and master the scene lifecycle. The curriculum is part of a broader Phaser 4 Mini‑Degree, spanning five...
Metricool’s Free Social Media School Bets That Strategy Beats Trial and Error
Metricool has relaunched its free Social Media School, a six‑module, self‑paced curriculum that has already attracted more than 10,000 learners. The redesign embeds all instructions within the course, eliminating disruptive external links, and culminates in a downloadable strategy template. Modules...
AI Is Here. You Can Stop Investing in Two Futures
Higher education is at a tipping point where incremental digital upgrades give way to a full AI‑driven transformation. Campus leaders are still hedging with half‑measures, maintaining legacy systems while dabbling in pilot AI projects, a strategy the author argues is...