Build an AI-Powered Learning Management System That Actually Trains People
The article walks developers through building a fully functional AI‑powered learning management system using open‑source tools, eliminating the need for costly API subscriptions. It outlines four core features: adaptive learning paths, AI‑generated quizzes, a live‑chat tutor powered by a local Mistral 7B model via Ollama, and a progress dashboard that tracks true mastery. The tutorial provides code snippets for FastAPI back‑end routes and React front‑end components, and links to a GitHub repository with the complete project. By the end, readers can run a personalized LMS on a standard laptop.
Have We Reached a Tipping Point on Screens in Schools?
The pandemic forced a rapid rollout of 1:1 Chromebooks, pushing device use into elementary classrooms before pedagogical frameworks were in place. Recent backlash, fueled by AI integration and high‑profile misuse cases, has sparked calls for screen bans in districts like...
AI Apprenticeship Is The New Career Ladder For A Workforce Losing Its Training Ground
The rise of generative AI is automating many entry‑level tasks that once served as on‑the‑job apprenticeships. As junior workers no longer perform foundational work, they miss the hands‑on exposure needed to develop judgment and professional depth. Experts now argue that...
Is AI About to Revolutionise the Classroom?
The author, an early AI adopter, reflects on using large‑language models for blogging and teaching, noting both convenience and the need for constant fact‑checking. He examines Alpha School’s “2‑Hour Learning” model, which mixes AI‑driven instruction with project time, but points...
9 FREE AI Video Academies You Should Bookmark Right Now
The post lists nine free AI video academies offered directly by leading generative video platforms such as HeyGen, Runway, Synthesia, Luma, Descript, Adobe Firefly, CapCut, and Kling AI. These vendor‑curated programs provide structured lessons, certifications, and live workshops that bypass...
Three Years Later: AI in Education Revisited
Three years after forecasting AI’s role in education, the author finds most predictions on integration, tutoring systems, and administrative automation have materialised, often faster than expected. AI features now sit inside Canvas, Google Classroom and Moodle, and 83% of K‑12...
Airtel Tanzania's Vocational Skills Service VSOMO Becomes Training Authority's Official Platform
Airtel Tanzania signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA) to make its VSOMO digital education platform the official online vocational training solution. The agreement will scale VSOMO’s reach, delivering more affordable skills courses to...
Exploring Agentic AI
The post introduces agentic AI as software that can act on a user’s behalf—opening apps, organizing files, building code—once given permission. The author details hands‑on experiments with Claude Code, Claude Co‑Work, and ChatGPT Codex, showing how the tools renamed 1,200...
From Google Updates to Classroom Practice: AI Videos I’m Watching
Google’s Gemini AI now creates fully formatted files—Docs, Slides, Sheets, PDFs, and more—directly from chat, turning conversational prompts into downloadable resources. The feature’s classroom potential includes auto‑generating lesson plans, rubrics, quizzes, and handouts, though teachers must assess instructional quality. Parallel...
What We Got Wrong (and Right) About Bringing AI Into Workforce Training
Per Scholas launched an AI‑powered tutoring system two‑and‑a‑half years ago, which lifted certification pass rates. However, nearly 50% of learners never engaged with the tool, exposing a critical adoption gap. The partnership with the American Institutes for Research led them...
Perkins Coie Turns to AI Avatars to Train Lawyers on Soft Skills
Perkins Coie’s London office is beta testing generative AI avatars for soft‑skill training. The simulations let lawyers practice client communication, negotiation, and courtroom presence in a risk‑free environment. Participants receive real‑time feedback from the avatars, which mimic diverse personalities and...
The AI Certificate Trap: When AI Can Pass the Test, the Test Proves Nothing
In 2025 AI agents were able to complete online courses and pass assessments without human effort, exposing the long‑standing weakness of certificates as mere proxies for competence. A 2023 Salesforce internal study showed that employees who scored 90%+ on compliance...
Tomorrow Night: Walk Through ArkHub 2.01 with Us
ArkHub released version 2.01, its biggest update since launch, focused on streamlining the educator onboarding experience. The headline feature is AI‑Assisted Course Creation, which converts raw content into a structured syllabus with a single click. New tools include Unisearch, Educator‑Open...
The YouTube-and-Deploy Method
The post introduces the "YouTube-and-Deploy" method, which converts auto‑generated YouTube video transcripts into concise, actionable checklists using a targeted large‑language‑model prompt. It illustrates the approach with a veterinary clinic where a 45‑minute training video failed to help new staff during...
DSN Free AI Classes in Every City 2026 Is Live – Begin Your AI Journey Today
DSN has launched its 2026 Free AI Classes, a five‑day, self‑paced program beginning May 4, 2026. The curriculum includes AI fluency, prompt engineering, data visualization, and Python for data science, targeting beginners with no prior coding or AI experience. Participants receive...
Pearson CHRO Ali Bebo: Do Not Treat Learning as Something Separate From Work
Pearson’s chief human‑resources officer Ali Bebo says AI should augment, not replace, workers. The company’s DEEP framework—Diagnose, Embed, Evaluate, Prioritize—maps tasks to skills, embeds learning directly into daily workflows, and measures real‑time usage. A flagship example is the AI‑powered Communication...
Stanford Just Dropped FREE AI Courses for 2026.
Stanford and MIT have released seven full AI courses on YouTube for free, with no entrance exams, tuition, or waitlists. The lineup includes Stanford's CS336 on language modeling, CME295 on transformers, CS224N on NLP, and classic courses like CS221, CS229,...
Yes, Startups Can Have Rigorous Evidence of Impact
The article argues that EdTech startups can generate rigorous impact evidence despite rapid product iteration. It advocates adaptive evaluation methods that evolve with the product, focusing on usability, engagement, and learning‑science alignment. Accelerators and investors across Europe are already linking...
Listen to David and Quinten on the LawDroid Manifesto Podcast
Suffolk Law’s LIT Lab co‑director David Colarusso and former legal‑aid attorney Quinten Steenhuis each appeared on the LawDroid Manifesto podcast to discuss innovation in legal education and access to justice. Colarusso describes his experiential‑learning classroom that exposes law students to automation...
When AI Flashcards Pollute Your Anki Deck (And the 4-Step Workflow That Makes Them Useful Instead)
AI tools that auto‑generate Anki flashcards promise speed but often deliver noisy, ambiguous cards. A 2026 benchmark found that even top‑tier models like GPT‑5.2 produce unusable cards 36% of the time, eroding deck quality. Cognitive research shows self‑generated cards improve...
BACnet Controller Supports Continued Development of an Interoperable HVAC Training Platform
Francisco Barrantes won a Contemporary Controls BAScontrol‑E36 edge controller at AHR Expo 2025 and used it to build a hands‑on HVAC training platform. The demo unit replicates a variable‑pressure air handling system with a centrifugal fan, VFD, and PID loop...
Teaching AI by Doing, Not Studying
The University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences has launched the AI Literacy and Action Lab, a partnership with the university library to embed AI competency into coursework. The lab’s framework centers on five core competencies—technical...
90+ FREE WEBSITES TO LEARN ANY SKILL IN 2026
An extensive roundup lists more than 90 free websites that teach a wide array of skills, from coding and AI to creative design and language learning. The guide groups resources into eight categories, highlighting platforms such as FreeCodeCamp, Harvard’s CS50,...
The AI Tutor Debate Is Misframed. Speakology Helps Explain Why.
The recent backlash against Khanmigo has been framed as a failure of AI tutoring, but experts argue the problem lies in the chatbot‑centric model rather than the technology itself. Effective AI tutors, such as Duolingo and the hyperrealistic platform Speakology,...
Artificial Intelligence in Residency Education and Family Medicine
A 2024 survey revealed that 75% of medical students have had no formal AI training, while two‑thirds of practicing physicians already use AI—a 78% jump from the prior year. Family medicine residency programs are now confronting how to embed AI...
A Chatbot Masters?
The London School of Innovation (LSI) has launched a series of Master’s programs that are entirely delivered, assessed, and mentored by artificial intelligence. Students can receive course material in text or via an AI avatar and receive automated grading and...
This AI Image Prompt Turns Any Topic Into a Stunning Educational Illustration
The post unveils a “Cutaway Picture Book” AI prompt that transforms any chosen theme into a vertical, educational illustration that looks like a modern children’s science picture book. The prompt automatically selects visual categories, internal structures, labeling, and playful mini‑characters,...
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...
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"...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
From Classroom to Community: How TechFluent’s Conference Partnerships Unlock Opportunity in the Microsoft Ecosystem
TechFluent is expanding its training mission by partnering with major Microsoft Business Applications conferences throughout 2026. Events such as Directions North America, Dynamic Communities, DUG Convergence, and PartnerIn’s Vibe will host TechFluent booths, alumni speakers, workshops, and sponsorships that fund...
Building Agent Skills for Claude Code Workshop- Only 5 Seats Left
The To Data & Beyond newsletter is promoting a live, one‑hour workshop titled “Building Agent Skills for Claude Code,” scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2026, 17:00‑18:00 EEST. The session will teach participants how to design, build, test, and refine Skills—reusable...
How Vonage and Girls Who Code Are Closing the Gender Gap in Tech
Vonage, an Ericsson subsidiary, has renewed its partnership with Girls Who Code to launch a virtual summer Pathways Program for high‑school students. The curriculum covers web development, cybersecurity, AI, data science and game design, with Vonage providing mentorship on network‑powered...
Curriculum Index : Hands On System Design with "Distributed Systems Implementation - 254-Lesson’s Curriculum"
The post promotes a 254‑lesson curriculum that walks learners through building a complete distributed log processing system from scratch. It outlines daily, hands‑on tasks—from Docker environment setup to TLS‑encrypted network transport, Kafka streaming, and multi‑node storage clusters—culminating in dashboards and...
Sal Khan, TED, ETS Eye the Degree Market
Sal Khan announced the Khan TED Institute (KTI), a joint nonprofit venture with ETS and TED, backed by corporate partners like Google and Microsoft, to offer AI‑focused bachelor’s degrees costing under $10,000. The program will use competency‑based assessments rather than...
Survey: Americans View AI Use on Campus as Important, Yet Remain Skeptical
A Quinnipiac University poll of 1,210 U.S. adults finds that while three‑quarters believe teaching AI on college campuses is important, fewer than half expect students to use the technology for learning. Nearly half of respondents think AI will enable students...
Concacaf and PIF Launch Next Game Plan to Help Female Players Transition to Life After Playing
Concacaf and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) have launched the “Concacaf Next Game Plan Presented by PIF,” a digital platform aimed at helping female footballers transition to post‑playing careers. The e‑learning hub will go live in June, offering on‑demand...
The Workforce Learning Platform That Doesn’t Exist Yet
The workforce learning market is rapidly consolidating as vendors acquire complementary tools and rebrand them as unified platforms. However, most of these platform narratives describe future architectures; actual technical integration typically takes 18‑24 months. L&D leaders who purchase now may...
Google Classroom Isn’t Replacing Schoology. It’s Reshaping the Market
U.S. K‑12 districts are not simply picking between Google Classroom and Schoology; they are choosing operating models that balance ecosystem simplicity against system control. Low teacher adoption, rather than feature gaps, drives many districts to abandon paid LMS platforms, as...
Recorded Webinar - AI Games, Interviews & Activities for Student Learning
Educator Eric Curts released a one‑hour recorded webinar showcasing how generative AI can serve as an interactive partner for classroom games, interviews, and writing activities. The session demonstrates both whole‑class and individual‑student implementations across any grade level or subject. Curts...
52 Websites Worth More than Most College Degrees:
The blog post curates 52 free‑access websites that collectively provide more educational value than many traditional college degrees. Resources span university‑level courses (Coursera, edX), coding platforms (GitHub, Replit), finance and data hubs (Investopedia, Statista), language learning (Duolingo), and AI assistants...
Podcast Spotlight - EdTech Bites
Eric Curts returned as a guest on the EdTech Bites podcast, six years after his first appearance in Austin, Texas. The new episode was recorded live at the MACUL Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and runs about 25 minutes. Curts...
Top Google & Alison Courses to Master for Business Leaders & Recruiters
The post warns that recruiters and business leaders risk falling behind as competitors upskill in AI, cloud, and digital strategy. It highlights free or low‑cost courses from Google and Alison that address these skill gaps, and recommends using LearnWorlds as...
AI in Education #4: Five Things I Learned From Carl Hendrick About Why This Time It Really Is Different
In the fourth episode of the AI in Education podcast, Carl Hendrick argues that AI is finally poised to transform schooling because it is built on solid learning science rather than hype. He highlights how modern AI can collect granular...
Why Districts Are Walking Away From Core Platforms
The Curve Weekly highlights a decisive shift in K‑12 district buying: funding mechanisms, political mandates, procurement rules, and teacher workflow are reshaping platform choices. Federal SEED and Charter grant competitions now route money through state intermediaries, while Texas’s revised social‑studies...
District Buyer Map: Davidson County Schools (NC)
Davidson County Schools in North Carolina is transitioning its procurement strategy from isolated pilots and instructional resets to broad, system‑wide enablement. Spending is now focused on scaling existing initiatives, especially safety and artificial‑intelligence projects, while visible curriculum upgrades are drawing...