Hong Kong: CityUHK Advances Experiential Learning with AI and VR
City University of Hong Kong is embedding artificial intelligence, virtual reality and digital modelling tools across a wide range of programmes, from veterinary science to engineering and entrepreneurship. The university uses generative AI to augment research, guidance and assessment, while VR creates immersive labs, crime‑scene simulations and collaborative design spaces. Building Information Modelling and extended reality further enable three‑dimensional project visualisation and remote teamwork. Together, these technologies transform classroom instruction into experiential, technology‑driven learning that mirrors real‑world professional environments.
University of Houston, Google Join on AI Tools Initiative
The University of Houston has partnered with Google to integrate its artificial‑intelligence tools into campus. The collaboration will deploy Google for Education, Gemini for Education, and NotebookLM to support teaching, research, and productivity. University leaders stress that students must develop...
How a School Uses AI to Address Student Behavior Problems
Holmen School District in Wisconsin has built a custom AI assistant using Google Gemini to support its behavior intervention team. The tool draws on the district’s social‑emotional learning (SEL) playbook, helping staff quickly brainstorm conversation starters and skill‑building steps for...
Training the Future of AI-Powered Surgery
The integration of artificial intelligence, extended reality (XR) and immersive simulation is redefining how surgeons learn to operate advanced robotic systems. FundamentalXR’s CEO Richard Vincent explains that data‑driven, scalable simulations combined with precise haptic feedback can replicate real‑world procedures in...
Traliant Transforms Harassment Training with TV-Style Learning
Traliant unveiled a fully redesigned Preventing Workplace Harassment course that uses a cinematic, TV‑style narrative to teach anti‑harassment laws. The platform offers industry‑specific and international editions, automatically tailoring content to a learner’s role and location, and meets mandates across U.S....
Rootly | Introducing Rootly Academy: Hands-On Incident Response Training
Rootly announced the launch of Rootly Academy, an AI‑powered incident response training platform that delivers realistic, 15‑30 minute simulations for engineers. The program includes two certification tracks—Incident Handler and Incident Commander—and provides post‑drill debriefs and skill‑analytics dashboards. Rootly partnered with...
From Flagged Essay to 25 Million Users: Artur Zhdan on Building GPTinf
Artur Zhdan founded GPTinf after his AI‑assisted college essays were flagged by detection tools, turning a personal setback into a business. Launched in late 2022, the platform now serves 25 million users in education, marketing and professional writing. GPTinf combines AI...
The Leapfrog Thesis: Why Embodied Edutech Is SEA’s Path to a Superior Education Future
Southeast Asia can leapfrog traditional screen‑centric edutech by adopting embodied cognition, which ties movement, gesture and sensory experience to learning. The region’s high mobile‑phone penetration and persistent rural internet gaps create a fertile ground for low‑cost, offline‑first solutions that blend...
Training Room Partners UBU to Launch AI-Powered Training Platform
Training Room Online (TTRO) has teamed with AI‑driven metaverse firm UBU to launch Red Horizon, an immersive 3‑D simulation platform for corporate leaders, university students and early‑career programs. The system combines TTRO’s simulation pedigree with UBU’s virtual environment, featuring an...
AI Brings Instant Learning Directly Into Slack and Teams
Learning in the Flow of Work: AI in Slack & Teams Traditional LMS platforms work well for onboarding. Why it matters: -Instant performance support at the moment of need -No friction of logging into separate systems -Scales access to expert knowledge across teams How it...
What Is Pathwright and How Can I Use It To Teach?
Pathwright is a design‑focused learning management system that lets educators build modular "learning paths" for both K‑12 and professional audiences. Since its 2010 inception, the platform has served over 2 million learners, tracking more than 80 million completed steps. It supports self‑paced...
CNCF Introduces a New Recertification Program as Kubestronaut Community Surpasses 3,500
CNCF unveiled the Certification Advancement & Recertification Experience (CARE) program at KubeCon Europe, allowing advanced Kubernetes certifications to automatically renew foundational credentials. The initiative, effective Jan. 1 2026, streamlines credential maintenance for practitioners. Simultaneously, the Kubestronaut community topped 3,500 members, with over...
Canvas Unrolls AI Teaching Agent
Instructure’s Canvas platform has launched IgniteAI Agent, an agentic artificial‑intelligence assistant that automates routine faculty tasks such as rubric generation, content alignment and discussion‑board reviews. The tool, powered by Amazon Web Services, is offered free to U.S. Canvas customers through...
Cornell Module Builds Critical Thinking in AI Era
Researchers at Cornell University have launched an online, asynchronous 75‑minute module to teach critical‑thinking skills across introductory courses. Piloted in 2022, the module now reaches roughly 7,000 students and provides a shared language for evaluating information, evidence, and ambiguity—capabilities increasingly...
AI Enhances, Not Replaces, Human Mentorship at MentorCruise
Everyone in tech wants to be “AI-native” now. Too often, that just means bolting a chatbot onto an existing product. At MentorCruise , we’ve taken a different approach. We do teach people how to use AI. But we also use...
Create Holiday Presentations with Student‑Friendly Digital Tools
📆 #MakeUpYourOwnHolidayDay is an awesome time to invent & share 📲 Try one of these student-friendly digital tools to design presentations to celebrate 🌱 From silly to serious, help your students' creations come to life https://t.co/9GHuxvQ98c
Jiska Secures Near $10M Series A to Scale AI‑Driven Kids Learning Platform in China
Chinese AI‑education startup Jiska announced on July 27 that it has closed a Series A round of roughly $10 million, led by Qiming Venture Partners with participation from GGV Capital and Yinghua Capital. The funding will be used to broaden the reach...
Use AI to Craft Classroom Infographics Easily
📚 Looking for a new way to help students visualize complex information? 🤖 My latest blog post shares how AI can help you create classroom infographics for everything from science to social studies. 🔗 I also included prompt ideas and tool suggestions...
Four Decision Gates for Renewing Your LMS
Do you use an #LMS for #training? Eventually, you'll face contract renewal. But what should you do before that? Take a beat. Check my advice as a longtime consultant: "Should You Renew Your LMS? Navigating 4 Decision Gates" ➡️https://t.co/DQ4MXQo5oG #B2B #hrtech #onlinelearning https://t.co/TZZA7y1O34
AR Learning Apps Surge in K‑12 Classrooms, Offering Immersive Education
EdTech firms are rapidly launching augmented‑reality (AR) learning apps for K‑12 students, turning static lessons into interactive experiences. The shift promises deeper comprehension of complex subjects, though schools must navigate cost and device challenges.
Play These PC Games to Master Coding Skills
Best Online PC Games to learn coding: 1. Python https://t.co/fa5pPEYA7E 2. Blockchain https://t.co/mbB0IECnkg 3. Kubernetes https://t.co/lPZ59472Bj 4. Cybersecurity https://t.co/by1p4thwei 5. Javascript https://t.co/QFAOpodKav 6. Git https://t.co/5NsD5DdxFw 7. Typescript https://t.co/YXIQgZ8i19 8. SQL https://t.co/Kd8IyRjtrV 9. Mobile Coding https://t.co/QW0W3mPnj7
Which Course Platforms Do You Want Covered?
Anyone looking to create a course, program, membership, basically any offer with a learning experience that's either group or has self paced elements: What platforms are you interested in? I'm doing a new YouTube series on platforms and I have...
Understanding How Digital Training Enhances Healthcare Worker Perceptions of HIV Index Case Testing: A Qualitative Explanatory Analysis
A cluster‑randomized trial in Malawi compared standard in‑person training with an enhanced digital training program for health care workers (HCWs) delivering HIV index case testing. The enhanced arm received 20 synchronous and asynchronous digital sessions featuring checklists, video vignettes, practice...
Free 7‑Week RAG Curriculum, Yet One Skill Needed
Someone built a free 7-week RAG curriculum on GitHub. And they're right — it's good. But, you'll need 1 more thing to get an AI/DS job in 2026:
AI Coaching Boosts Measurable Empathy Communication Skills
AI can help us learn hard-to-teach skills, like empathy. Preregistered study of 968 people found almost no correlation between feeling empathic & communicating empathy. But a single practice session with an AI coach made people measurably better at it https://t.co/VDtdiNpw1J...
York St. John University Deploys 'Mama Anne' Robot to Revolutionize Midwifery Training
York St. John University has installed Laerdal Medical’s high‑fidelity childbirth simulator, Mama Anne, allowing midwifery students to practice deliveries on a robot that blinks, breathes, talks and actually gives birth. The move marks a shift toward immersive, risk‑free clinical training in...
Start Learning with Goals, Not Prompts, Using Kira
🎯 @Kira_Learning doesn't start with a prompt. It starts with your learning goal. 📝 Define your standards and it builds a full lesson with embedded formative checks. 🤝 Excited to partner with Kira for this post. https://t.co/5OHA7m8BiF
Featured Teacher-Made Apps: March Madness & Cosmic Missions
Which teacher-made apps are buzzing on App Hive? Check out the current swarm of featured apps: 🏀 March Madness Proper Nouns 🚀 Cosmic Missions ⛹🏻♀️ March Madness Division https://t.co/fdyvOqOCyH https://t.co/JckG5lnj4Z
175 - Connection, Not Exclusion: A Conversation with Simone Isaacs and Carina Schmitz
In this episode, John McDon interviews Simone Isaacs, Director of Customer Success, and Karina Schmitz, Global Marketing team member, from No Isolation about their AV1 telepresence robot. They explain how AV1 provides "warm technology" that gives absent students a physical...
Students Embrace AI Tutors, Offers Practical Classroom Advice
🤖 Want insight into how students respond to AI Tutors? 🎙️ Chelsea Sterrett talks about what she has seen in her classroom. 💡 Her advice can help you prepare for your own AI journey. https://t.co/PoqTD2Iigo https://t.co/WRiltrmSdR
LLMs Transform Knowledge From Fixed Maps to Dynamic Webs
📖From The Borrowed Mind... "When we learn, we place ourselves onto a map of knowledge. In books, the connections between words and ideas are fixed and printed as static representations of knowledge packaged into accepted systems. The path is predetermined. You...
Pittsburgh Public Schools Switch to Remote Learning Ahead of NFL Draft
Pittsburgh Public Schools announced a week‑long move to remote instruction coinciding with the NFL Draft, citing heightened security concerns. The decision reflects broader anxiety over school safety, highlighted by recent extremist threats in other districts.
AI Boosts Personalized Learning for Core Academic Skills
🎧 Need real-world examples of AI supporting personalized learning? 📚 I’m excited to partner with @beacon_college to share tips on strengthening core academic skills. 👉 Full episode: https://t.co/ZbOq7sKoAU https://t.co/Iw7VvLo27G
Google Maps Unveils Decade‑Long Upgrade with Interactive Journey
More than an upgrade, really a leap into a map as a interactive journey.... exactly the features users want....
AI-Powered Simulations Offer Practice for Teachers in Training
Schools and districts are adopting simulation‑based training tools to close the gap between theory and classroom practice. BranchED’s AuthenTECH Practice (ATP) platform leverages large language models to create realistic student interactions without requiring VR hardware. Early pilots, including a 2019...
Google Translate's Practice Feature: Free Language Learning Tool
Free language learning tool in Google Translate. Sometimes embedding a useful 'learning' tool into massively used 1 billion user tool works. Practice feature in Google Translate is fascinating.... useful listening & role playing learning tool.... https://t.co/9WfcDRbDo6
NotebookLM: Usable AI Tool Unites Features for Educators
NotebookLM unique in being 'usable'. It's not in its brilliance, but in bringing together a cluster of useful features to act on ANY input by teachers or learners . Shows the way forward. https://t.co/Hyh1zfm0Cc
Parents and Activists Rally Against Classroom Screens as EdTech Policies Face Backlash
Parents, teachers unions and activist groups are mobilizing against the growing presence of screens, AI tutors and social‑media‑style apps in K‑12 classrooms. At least 16 U.S. states have introduced bills to curb screen time, while Brazil and other nations roll...
Spring Into EdTech: Try These Tools From Issue 55
Add a little spring to your step. A few things in Issue 55 worth trying. #MACUL26 #EdTech https://t.co/RlA0GR6wTS 📷 AI image guide 🪄 Canva Magic Layers 💻 Chromebook QR trick 🗺️ Student-built app idea 🐝 Teacher-made apps 🔍 Search without AI summaries https://t.co/dHMd7Os3iG
The Army National Guard’s New Tool Gives Students a Firsthand Look at Disaster Response
The Army National Guard is launching "Disasterville," a traveling virtual‑reality program that brings three ten‑minute disaster simulations—earthquake, flash flood and wildfire—to high school gymnasiums across the United States this spring. Participants work in teams of five, using VR headsets and...
AI Trends Shaping Education in 2026: Practical Insights
🎧 NEW bonus episode of the Easy EdTech Podcast is now live. 🧠 I chat with @WillcottJulie to talk about emerging AI trends in education for 2026. 🤝 I’m excited to partner with @jotform to share practical insights educators can use right...
Camb.ai CTO Akshat Prakash Leaves Apple to Launch $4M AI‑Driven EdTech Startup
Akshat Prakash, 27, the former CTO of Apple’s Siri Web Answers team, resigned to focus full‑time on Camb.ai, an AI‑powered education platform he co‑founded with his father. The duo secured a $4 million seed round, underscoring growing investor appetite for AI‑driven...
MediKeeper Integrates AIPM Health‑Education Content Into Wellness Platform
MediKeeper announced today that it has incorporated health‑education material from the American Institute for Preventive Medicine into its wellness platform. The new library replaces static articles with videos, courses and interactive tools covering topics from nutrition to financial wellness, aiming...
Scholastic Posts Q3 2026 Earnings, Free Cash Flow Surges as Digital Learning Holds Ground
Scholastic announced third‑quarter 2026 results with consolidated revenue of $329.1 million, a $56.1 million education segment, and $407 million free cash flow driven by a $400 million sale‑leaseback. While overall revenue slipped, the company narrowed its education‑segment loss, signaling steady demand for digital learning...
How Chicago Robot Tutors Are Teaching SEL Effectively, without Pretending to Be Human
University of Chicago researchers partnered with Chicago Public Schools to test robot tutors in fourth‑grade SEL lessons. The experiment compared robots that used fictional, emotion‑laden dialogue with robots that spoke factually and admitted they had no feelings. Both robot groups...
AI Fear Is Overstated: UpGrad’s Ronnie Screwvala
UpGrad announced a term‑sheet to acquire Unacademy in an all‑stock transaction, marking the first major consolidation in India’s bruised edtech sector. Founder Ronnie Screwvala argues that the prevailing AI‑driven job‑loss panic is largely a marketing narrative, not a reality. UpGrad positions...
Emerging AI Trends in Education for 2026 with Julie Willcott- Bonus Episode with Jotform
In a bonus episode of the Easy EdTech Podcast, host Monica Burns interviews STEM/AI education specialist Julie Willcott to outline the most consequential AI trends shaping K‑12 and higher‑education in 2026. The conversation highlights AI’s rapid embedding in everyday teaching,...
Ensure Every Student Advances with Playlist Strategies
😖 Worried about your students not making progress on a playlist? You’re not alone—& there are also specific strategies we can use to ensure all students are making progress. 🙌 Learn more about the playlist model on my blog: https://t.co/ZwfhaMP1cK #edchat #k12 https://t.co/Fr7X2Yg43h
The Rise of the Online Medical Assistant Program — And Why Recruiters Should Take Notice
Healthcare hiring is accelerating, and medical assistants are among the fastest‑growing occupations. Traditional community‑college pathways cannot keep pace with the rising demand driven by an aging population, physician shortages, and cost pressures. Accredited online medical assistant programs now offer rigorous...
The Death of the Legacy LMS: Why Blify Just Raised $2.1M to Kill the Standalone Learning App
The traditional corporate LMS is losing relevance as engagement plummets to single‑digit levels without compliance pressure. Paris‑based startup Blify announced a €1.8 million pre‑seed round to launch an AI‑powered learning operating system that embeds training directly into Slack, Microsoft Teams and...