From Checklist to Catalyst: Transforming Online Learning with the WCET Quality Rubric and Toolkit
WCET launched the Online Learning Quality Rubric Toolkit to help colleges shift from ad‑hoc online efforts to mature, student‑centered programs. The toolkit assesses four pillars—readiness, design, faculty development, and community engagement—across four maturity levels. It adds a five‑phase improvement cycle and capability‑mapping tools to turn assessment data into actionable change. Benchmarking is reframed as peer learning rather than competitive ranking, encouraging continuous improvement.
Asynchronous Courses: A Service Tool, Not Just Scaling
You can want an asynchronous course in your business cause you're tired of repeating yourself to every client. Courses (asynchronous or otherwise) don't need to be about scale. They can be another tool in the service toolbox.
Collaborate to Master AI’s Rapidly Expanding Frontier
The frontier of AI is already too vast and moving too quickly for any one person to keep track of alone I say this as someone who spends most of my working hours immersed in it. It's impossible to keep up,...
The Microsoft Copilot Effect on the Higher Ed AI Market
Generative AI tools like Microsoft Copilot have already permeated teaching, research, and administrative processes across U.S. universities. Adoption occurred organically, outpacing the development of formal governance, procurement, and policy frameworks. Tight state and institutional budgets now force campuses to consolidate...
Introducing Learn Mode: Your Personal Coding Tutor in Google Colab
Google Colab has rolled out two new Gemini features—Custom Instructions and Learn Mode—giving users granular control over the AI assistant and turning it into a step‑by‑step coding tutor. Custom Instructions are saved at the notebook level, letting authors embed preferred coding...
3 Ways State ESSA Waivers May Change the K-12 Market — And 3 Ways They Don't
Iowa and Louisiana have received Education Department waivers that relax key Title grant restrictions, notably lifting the 15% rollover cap on Title I‑A funds and the 15% technology‑spending limit on Title IV‑A. The changes let districts carry more money into the next...
Full Sail University to Open IBM Cyber Defense Range Powered by AWS and Cloud Range on Campus
Full Sail University announced the opening of its IBM Cyber Defense Range, a cloud‑enabled training facility powered by AWS and Cloud Range, slated for April 16, 2026. The 1,463‑square‑foot space includes 28 workstations equipped with HP hardware, allowing cybersecurity and IT students to...
Illinois CPA Society and Miles Masterclass Partner for AI Readiness in the Accounting Profession
The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) has partnered with Miles Masterclass to launch AI‑focused continuing education for accountants. The program delivers NASBA‑approved CPE through a mobile‑first platform featuring micro‑learning reels, masterclasses, and real‑world AI workflows. A three‑level AI in Accounting Framework...
A Short, Yet Useful Guide to Claude Cowork
Claude Cowork, Anthropic’s new desktop‑only AI agent, lets users assign concrete outcomes to folders of files rather than asking questions. By reading PDFs, notes, or Obsidian vaults, it plans, executes, and writes deliverables such as briefs, spreadsheets, or slide decks...
Pluralsight Launches SecureReady to Help Organizations Build Job-Ready Cybersecurity Teams
Pluralsight unveiled SecureReady, an end‑to‑end cybersecurity skill development platform aimed at closing talent gaps for CISOs and IT leaders. The solution pairs a constantly refreshed library of on‑demand courses with more than 350 hands‑on labs and expert‑led seminars, releasing new...
VirgilHR Launches SkillPath LMS to Streamline Employee Training and Compliance in One Platform
VirgilHR unveiled SkillPath, a learning‑management module embedded directly into its compliance platform. The new LMS ships with more than 650 expert‑authored courses from Coggno and supports custom SCORM content. Automated reminders, progress tracking and downloadable certificates keep employees on schedule...
Free GitHub Repo Becomes Ultimate AI Agent Playground
🚨 A free GitHub repo just became the best place to learn AI agent development in 2026. 70+ working projects. Every framework. Every pattern. All copy-paste ready. It's called Awesome AI Apps and it covers everything from a 3-line weather bot all...
Maysalward Launches Golden Agers Workshop for 65+ Gamers
Jordanian game studio Maysalward has unveiled the Golden Agers workshop, a full‑day program aimed at adults 65 and older. The initiative teaches seniors how to use digital devices, play memory‑ and movement‑focused games, and record personal stories and cultural heritage....
My Honest Evaluation of 7 Best Corporate LMS Software in 2026
The article evaluates the seven top corporate learning management systems (LMS) for 2026—Rippling, Absorb LMS, Docebo, Paylocity, 360Learning, UKG Pro, and Litmos—based on G2 data, user reviews, and feature analysis. It highlights each platform’s strengths, such as Rippling’s role‑based automation, Docebo’s...
Docebo Report Highlights Enterprise AI Learning Gap
Docebo released "The AI Readiness Gap: The 2026 Enterprise Learning Wake Up Call," revealing a stark mismatch between AI tool adoption and employee competence. While 85% of workers say training doesn’t help them use AI, 60% feel learning programs aren’t...
Teach Prompt Engineering: Turn AI Into Student Thinking Partner
Student Prompt Engineering: Teaching Kids to Ask AI Better Questions Students don’t need more AI access—they need better AI thinking.Without guidance, they use AI like a shortcut. With the right prompting skills, it becomes a thinking partner. Why it matters: • Moves...
What Is Buzzmath and How Can I Use It To Teach Math?
Buzzmath is a web‑based platform that delivers gamified math practice to students aged 6‑16, featuring more than 14,000 curriculum‑aligned questions. The service provides instant feedback, hints, and retry options, allowing learners to work at their own pace while teachers monitor...
Building AI Initiatives with Bottom-Up Champions
University of Central Florida’s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning and Division of Digital Learning forged a bottom‑up AI initiative that built policies, training, and a national conference to guide ethical generative AI use in education. Faculty champions created an...
AI Skills for IT Pros: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload Podcast
Artificial intelligence is reshaping IT operations, prompting a wave of reskilling among professionals. In a Computer Weekly podcast, Matt Stava, CEO of Spinnaker Support, urges IT workers to retool with AI tools and pursue emerging AI certifications. He warns that...
Why Magnus Carlsen Cannot Promote His Own App Take Take Take as It Enters ‘Play and Learn’ Sectors
Magnus Carlsen’s Take Take Take app has partnered with Lichess to add "play and learn" features, moving beyond its original watch‑only model. The expansion puts the app in direct competition with Chess.com, where Carlsen serves as a brand ambassador. Because...
Agentic AI Powers Rapid Rocket-Tracking App for Student Entrepreneurs
🤖 Just did the kickoff guest lecture at Stanford Business School for "The AI Awakening" — a new class cross-listed with CS where the students will use agentic AI to forge new businesses in 3-person teams. So I vibe coded a...
AI in Education: Real Classroom Use Cases Explored
🎧 A new bonus episode of the Easy EdTech Podcast is out with practical examples of AI in education. 📚 I welcome back Caroline Haebig to talk through real classroom use cases for teachers and students. 🤝 I’m excited to partner with...
Colorado Math Teacher Drops Chromebooks After 10 Years, Sparks Debate on EdTech Value
After a decade of using Chromebooks, Leadville, Colorado, seventh‑grade math teacher Dylan Kane pulled the devices from his classroom in January. He reports fewer technical disruptions and higher student engagement, reigniting conversation about the real impact of screen‑based learning in...
One-Day Online Intro to R and 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
AI Can Deliver Full Medical School Curriculum
On the future of medical education…. An “AI generated medical school” with “400 lectures for all four years — Over 1200 case studies, 16,000 figures and 20,000 quiz questions… a full curriculum map as well to track your progress…”...
7 Practical Ways to Use AI as a Thinking Partner in Your Classroom
Top education strategist Dr. Jessa Roisen proposes treating artificial intelligence as a thinking partner rather than a shortcut. She outlines seven actionable tactics—clarifying assignment payoff, turning AI into the assignment, positioning students as authority, pressure‑testing ideas, emphasizing cognitive engagement, creating...
AI Powers Virtual Teaching Assistant for Live Workshops
Solving real problems with AI! @Christina_wm needed a virtual teaching assistant for her amazing and eccentric in-person AI training workshops. Here's the story of what she built ... https://t.co/DrQoThHbjL
Prompt Generators Spark Ideas and Ease Writing Anxiety
✍️ What helps students move past the blank page? For Encourage a Young Writer Day, try writing prompt generators to: • spark ideas fast • ease writing anxiety • support writing in any subject Explore classroom ideas 👇 https://t.co/i34H2e8hYj #EdTech #EdChat #EncourageAYoungWriterDay
How to Learn From Any Expert Without Paying Consulting Fees (Using NotebookLM)
Google’s free NotebookLM research tool now offers a Chrome extension that can import entire YouTube channels with a single click, turning hundreds of hours of video into a searchable notebook. Users can ask questions, generate summaries, mind maps, quizzes, and...
Teachers and Schools Now Own Their EdTech Future
We are entering an era where the power to build, run, and maintain EdTech tools is shifting directly into the hands of teachers and schools, and it is all happening locally. https://matthewrhoads.com/2026/04/07/build-your-own-edtech-why-the-future-is-local/
Vibe Coding Lets Teachers Instantly Build AI-Powered Tools
🎥 Just shared on YouTube 👉 What if you could describe exactly what you want and AI would write the code? That's vibe coding—and it's transforming how educators create classroom tools instantly. In this episode, Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) explores three game-changing...
Expanding AI Literacy to Catholic-School Classrooms Nationwide.
Google has launched a dedicated AI Educator Group for Catholic‑school teachers in partnership with the National Catholic Educational Association. The program aims to provide AI literacy tools to 140,000 U.S. educators who serve about 1.6 million students. Six teachers will visit...
Introducing EGF: An Open File Format for Educational Games
An open file format called Educational Game Format (EGF) was released on Zenodo in November 2025 to simplify creation and distribution of educational video games, especially for Africa’s growing edtech market. Developed by the founder of ZakiGames, EGF packages content,...
I Reviewed the 10 Best eLearning Content Software for 2026
The article reviews the ten top eLearning content platforms for 2026, including Edureka, Docebo, Paycom, DataCamp, Uxcel, Udemy Business, Litmos, Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, and O’Reilly. Selections were based on G2’s Winter 2026 Grid, focusing on scores, satisfaction, market presence, and review...
DominKnow Webinar: Build Cohesive Learning Visuals with AI
The dominKnow webinar hosted by Christy Tucker shows how instructional designers can use AI tools like Midjourney and Nano Banana to create cohesive, brand‑aligned visuals for e‑learning courses. A repeatable prompting framework is demonstrated, enabling consistent character styles, matching brand...
ADA Rule Targets Digital Barriers for Blind College Students After WVU Accessibility Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a final rule updating the Americans with Disabilities Act’s digital‑accessibility standards, set to become enforceable at the end of April. The rule follows complaints from blind graduate students at West Virginia University who say...
Inside Capital Partners Takes Stake in Madagascar Education Platform
Inside Capital Partners has taken a stake in Hautes Études Pratiques Internationales (HEPI), the operator of Vatel Madagascar’s hospitality and tourism management programmes. The capital infusion will fund a new campus, broaden academic offerings, and reinforce market‑aligned, practical education. Both...
Mastercam Bundles camInstructor 101 with Education Suite
Mastercam announced a partnership with camInstructor to bundle the camInstructor 101 curriculum with its Educational Suite at no additional cost. The bundle delivers step‑by‑step lesson plans, project files, practical tests and complete teacher resources for CNC mill and lathe programming. It...
Episode 448: Marc Dixon Talks About Technology in Attractions, AI’s Purpose in the Industry, and Learning to Take Risks
In this episode, Marc Dixon, co‑founder and Managing Director of Study Academy USA, shares his unconventional career path from ride‑photo installations in the 1990s to senior roles at Kodak, Pixel, and various tech startups, highlighting how calculated risk‑taking propelled his...
GLADA Launches Online Learning Platform for Aircraft Brokers
GLADA, the Global Aircraft Dealers Association, has introduced a new learning management system to host its Broker Education Program, giving members on-demand access to structured courses. The LMS consolidates existing broker education content and will be expanded with additional modules...
Hillsdale College Launches Structured Curricular Paths for Free MOOCs
Hillsdale College announced the rollout of "curricular paths" that bundle more than 50 free online courses into guided learning tracks, including a liberal‑arts core and three Charlie Kirk‑themed pathways. The move coincides with the college’s recent invitation to educate senior U.S....
Sustaining Education in the Middle East: Innovation and Adaptation Amid Regional Disruption
Regional tensions involving Iran, Israel and the United States are prompting Gulf nations, especially the UAE, to fast‑track digital education initiatives. The UAE’s national research and education network, Ankabut, is deploying cloud‑based platforms, secure hybrid learning environments, and advanced learning‑management...
'Our Teachers Use AI to Mark Mock Exams'
Yorkshire Dales’ Wensleydale School has begun a pilot using artificial intelligence to grade mock exam answers in subjects such as English and history. The AI service costs about £0.45 (≈ $0.56) per extended answer, with the school allocating roughly £600 (≈ $750)...
Guided AI Tutor Turns Solo Tool Learning Into Teamwork
Most people struggle with tools because they learn alone. FarzaTV built Clicky to fix that. It sees your screen, talks to you, and guides you step by step like a real teacher next to your cursor.
2026 AI Trends Shaping the Future of Education
🎧 Looking ahead at emerging AI trends in education for 2026. 📈 @WillcottJulie shares what educators should keep on their radar as AI evolves. 🤝 I’m excited to partner with @jotform to share this episode. https://t.co/g3YgC1yDdH
AI Transforms Messy Notes Into Polished Drafts Instantly
📋 You know what belongs in that rubric. ⏳ The formatting is what slows you down. 💡 AI can turn your messy notes into a polished starting point. https://t.co/GDB21nrz89
Trade‑focused “Lambda School” Could Thrive for Decades
My hot take of the day is that a Lambda School for electricians, CNC machinists, and other advanced manufacturing roles would do very well for the next 20+ years. Maybe longer.
Four Decision Gates for LMS Renewal Success
Do you use a #learningsystem for #training? Eventually, you'll face contract renewal. But what should you do first? Take a beat. Here's my renewal advice as a longtime consultant: "Should You Renew Your #LMS? Navigating 4 Decision Gates"➡️https://t.co/DQ4MXQo5oG #B2B #LT2026 https://t.co/djJbjc112w
AI Delivers Personalized Tutoring, but Adds Hidden Costs
How will AI change education? I am seeing glimpses in the way my kids use @sage_teacher: Each kid gets a personalized teacher, the AI guide keeps them engaged and challenged, and the parents have to pay extra to avoid the manipulation...
Personal AI Agents Will Soon Transform Daily Decisions
Education and financial services are also evolving. Personal AI agents will soon guide decisions, manage tasks, and optimize daily life. https://t.co/CiMPUn7gGj