IDIODC Podcast: AI-Generated Images for Learning Content
In a recent IDIODC podcast, Chris Van Wingerden and Paul Schneider explored the transition from generic stock photos to custom AI‑generated images for learning content. The discussion highlighted how instructional designers can experiment with AI using blog posts, adopt consistent prompting across tools, and navigate cost structures. They also addressed legal, ethical, and bias concerns surrounding AI visuals. An upcoming hands‑on webinar will teach a practical framework for cohesive AI‑driven learning graphics.
UNICEF’s Learning Cabinet and EdTech for Good
UNICEF’s Global Learning Innovation Hub unveiled its EdTech for Good initiative and the Learning Cabinet during a February 3 webinar hosted by the International Centre for EdTech Impact. The Learning Cabinet is an online repository that vets EdTech tools for...
AND Digital Partners with HowNow to Boost Consultant Capability
AND Digital partnered with skills‑first learning platform HowNow in early 2023 to streamline its learning and development operations. By integrating LinkedIn Learning and creating practice‑specific pathways, the firm cut content curation time by roughly 50% and slashed onboarding administration by...
The BYOAI Trap
The 2026 L&D Global Sentiment Survey reveals that AI interest has peaked, yet practitioners are increasingly using personal, unmanaged AI tools to meet “doing more with less” pressures. Over 40,000 words of respondent commentary highlight rising concerns about redundancies and...
Makeblock mBot2 Rover Robotics Kit Features Encoders for Accurate Motor Control
Makeblock’s mBot2 Rover Kit combines a rugged anodized‑aluminum chassis with the CyberPi ESP32‑based controller, delivering wireless connectivity, built‑in sensors, and motor encoders for precise motion. The kit supports both block‑based and Python programming via the mBlock platform, allowing learners from...
AI in Edu: Signals & Moves (Feb 20, 2026)
In this episode Tom outlines three emerging signals in AI for education: the rise of agentic AI that can complete LMS tasks, the shift from optional chatbots to embedded AI feedback within grading workflows, and growing concerns about platform fatigue...
Transforming Corporate Training with Skippz: A Bright Alternative to Kaltura
Skippz positions itself as a modern, cost‑effective alternative to Kaltura for corporate training, offering unlimited video hosting, interactive learning tools, and AI‑driven accessibility. The platform tackles common pain points such as storage caps, static content, complex administration, and global delivery...
Keltbray Targets AI and Data Skills with Multiverse
Keltbray has partnered with upskilling platform Multiverse to enroll 25 employees in Level 3 AI‑Powered Productivity and Data & Insights courses. The training focuses on generative AI tools such as Microsoft 365 Copilot and on turning raw data into actionable business insights. Keltbray...
What if Colleges Experimented at the Edges?
Higher education faces mounting pressure from rising costs, waning public trust, AI disruption, and a striking 25% first‑year student attrition rate. Researchers like Bob Zemsky argue the solution lies in product innovation, championing three‑year degree programs that are already being...
Introducing Multipliers: An A.CRE Podcast + Episode 1: Mario Kart Speed Boosts
A.CRE has launched a new weekly podcast called Multipliers, aimed at exploring the habits, frameworks, technology and relationships that compound personal and professional output. The inaugural episode, “Life’s Mario Kart Speed Boosts,” uses a racing metaphor to discuss how leverage,...
Local LLMs, AI Ethics: ID Links 2/17/26
The post curates a set of recent resources spanning local large language models, AI ethics, and learning‑technology research. It highlights practical guides for running open‑source LLMs on personal devices, ethical AI companions that minimize data exposure, and studies showing AI‑generated...
Leveraging AI-Powered Training
Restaurant group FB Society partnered with 1Huddle to embed AI into its training program, accelerating content creation and onboarding across multiple concepts. By using AI to generate drafts of games, guides, and workshops, material is now 60‑70% complete, allowing rapid...
Flood the Zone
Graduates entering 2026 face a “low‑hire, low‑fire” labor market, with traditional internships shrinking by 10‑20% annually and each posting attracting 100‑300 applicants. A recent AAU survey shows employers value real‑world application and teamwork, yet doubt colleges fully prepare students. The...
Launching KORA, the First Public Benchmark for AI Child Safety
In this episode, Mathilde Collin discusses the launch of KORA, the first public benchmark for AI child safety, explaining how her background in tech and concern for youth mental health drove the initiative. She outlines the early challenges of defining...
Learning Context and AI: A 1EdTech Labs Live Webinar
1EdTech Labs will host a live webinar on Feb. 26, 2026 to examine how learning context differs from raw data and how AI systems interpret it. The session builds on insights from a Microsoft‑hosted BETT UK event and proposes treating context...
AI Fits Like a Glove in EFL and Second Language Teaching
AI is reshaping English‑as‑a‑Foreign‑Language (EFL) classrooms, moving from fear‑based headlines to everyday practice. Learners increasingly use AI for speaking drills, flashcard creation, and content brainstorming, while most remain motivated. Research—including two large‑scale studies—shows AI‑driven chatbots boost oral proficiency, interaction, and...
Using AI Deliberately
The author outlines a disciplined approach to AI, treating each tool as a specialized partner rather than a novelty. ChatGPT is positioned as a core thinking collaborator for structuring arguments, Claude handles deep, coherent rewrites, Perplexity provides factual verification, and...
Face-to-Face with AI: Hyperrealistic Tutors Are Poised to Become a New Instructional Medium
The article highlights emerging hyperrealistic, conversational video tutors that act as face‑to‑face AI instructors. By combining lifelike visual agents with learning‑tuned models like Google’s LearnLM, these tutors can conduct real‑time dialogue, ask probing questions, and adapt to student responses. Companies...
Face-to-Face with AI: Hyperrealistic Tutors Are Poised to Become a New Instructional Medium
The episode explores the emerging field of hyperrealistic, conversational video tutors—AI-driven visual agents that can engage learners in real‑time voice and video dialogue. It contrasts the old paradigm of static AI‑generated videos with a new responsive model that enables full...
From Text ➡️ Dashboards
In this episode the host shares resources for both learners and active traders, highlighting the free CME Trading Simulator and educational posts on implied forwards and Jensen's inequality. The main focus is on using AI tools to transform textual insights...
7 Tips for Writing Realistic Wrong Answers in Branching Scenarios
Christy Tucker outlines seven actionable strategies for crafting realistic wrong answers in branching e‑learning scenarios. The tips range from drawing on actual workplace mistakes and partially correct options to using “right answer, wrong time” choices, trade‑off framing, nuanced “good‑better‑best” scales,...
10 Ways to Collaborate Digitally + Visually in Class
The article outlines ten strategies for fostering digital and visual collaboration in classrooms, ranging from shared whiteboards to immersive AR tools. It highlights Brisk Boost Whiteboard, an AI‑enhanced platform that automates diagramming, suggestion generation, and real‑time feedback. Each method emphasizes...