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 care. By handling paperwork, scheduling, and communication, the platforms let students focus on hands‑on learning. The technology also broadens geographic reach, giving students exposure to diverse clinical environments.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
NetCom Learning Named Google Cloud New Training Partner of the Year 2026
NetCom Learning was named Google Cloud New Training Partner of the Year 2026 at the Google Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas. The award spotlights the company’s rapid ascent as an authorized Google Cloud trainer and its role in closing...
World Bank Backs Nigerian EdTech as One of Africa’s Best
Safeticha, a Nigerian AI‑driven EdTech startup founded in 2022, has completed the World Bank‑backed SheWins Africa Accelerator programme. The accelerator, run by the International Finance Corporation, selected Safeticha as one of the few female‑led education companies in its top‑100 cohort....
Singapore: AI, Digital Innovation Reshape Student-Centred Education
Singapore's Ministry of Education unveiled the EdTech Masterplan 2030, a long‑term strategy to embed AI and digital tools in classrooms. The plan adopts a pedagogy‑first, student‑centred approach, emphasizing personalised learning, digital literacy and cyber‑wellness. It calls for upskilling teachers, building...
Why Most AI Training Doesn’t Stick (And What Actually Works)
Most AI training programs rely on passive demos that inspire but don’t stick, leaving participants unable to apply tools after the session. Thanh’s workshops replace watching with a "let's do this together" model, where learners build real outputs under live...
Making AI Work in Schools: From Experimentation to Purposeful Practice
A new professional development session titled “Making AI Work in Schools” highlights the shift from experimental pilots to system‑wide, purpose‑driven AI use in K‑12 districts. Speakers—including AI for Education CEO Amanda Bickerstaff, UConn researcher Alex Lamb, Superintendent Susan Coleman, and...
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Seer Interactive Launches Local GEO Academy
Seer Interactive is launching a Local GEO Academy in Philadelphia, investing roughly $20,000 over three months to train three interns in generative engine optimization (GEO). The 13‑week, paid apprenticeship blends classroom instruction with real AI research, publishing results on the...
Apprenticeship.com Announces New Apprenticeship and Paid Training Job Board as AI Reshapes Entry-Level Hiring
Apprenticeship.com launched a free job board that consolidates thousands of apprenticeship and paid work‑based training listings across skilled trades, technology, healthcare, and business. Founder Joel Goldberg says artificial intelligence is reshaping entry‑level hiring, prompting employers to favor structured, skills‑based pathways....
How This University Reduced Data Siloes to Maximize a Chatbot’s Potential
Texas A&M University System launched an AI‑driven student engagement platform that uses a Mainstay chatbot to guide Pell‑Grant‑eligible students through financial aid, registration, counseling and other services. The rollout required a university‑wide effort to break down data silos across IT,...
California District to Buy AI-Focused PD; South Carolina System Looks for Instructional Investment Tracking Platform
A California school district has issued an RFP for professional development centered on artificial intelligence, aiming to equip teachers with AI competencies. Meanwhile, a South Carolina district is soliciting an instructional investment platform to track spending and outcomes across curricula....
Instructure and Brandon Hall Group Partner to Advance Research on Future of Work and Lifelong Learning
Instructure has been named an Eminence Partner by Brandon Hall Group, a leading HCM research firm, to co‑develop independent research on the future of work and lifelong learning. The collaboration will produce a Bellwether Research Report that examines shifting learner...
Where to Begin a Cloud Career
Free introductory cloud courses from AWS, Azure, Google, IBM and others provide a low‑risk entry point for aspiring cloud professionals. The article argues that orientation—understanding core concepts, terminology and platform differences—is more valuable than early specialization or costly certifications. By...
O’Reilly Expands Learning Platform with New Academies for Managers, Soft Skills, and Data Literacy
O'Reilly announced three new academies—Manager, Soft Skills, and Data Literacy—to deliver structured, enterprise‑wide upskilling. The academies blend technology and business content in short, multiformat tracks that include book chapters, courses, and audio, and award shareable badges with self‑serve progress reporting....
University of Melbourne, RMIT Build Ties with AWS
Two leading Victorian universities announced strategic collaborations with Amazon Web Services. The University of Melbourne will overhaul its digital infrastructure, gaining cloud migration support, AI tools, and training to boost research and student experiences. RMIT University will establish the RMIT...
DigiKey and Microchip to Host Educational Webinar on Programming Embedded Systems
DigiKey and Microchip are co‑hosting a free, one‑hour webinar on April 30, 2026 at 10 a.m. CDT to compare two embedded‑system programming approaches—CircuitPython for rapid software prototyping and Verilog for hardware logic design. The session includes hands‑on soldering and a live demo of...
Free Typing Games for Kids That Build Real Keyboard Skills
KidzType, a free browser‑based platform with more than 30 typing games, is gaining traction among elementary and middle‑school teachers seeking low‑setup keyboard practice. The site requires no login, runs on any Chromebook or laptop, and offers games that prioritize finger...
Microsoft Commits to Training 3 Million Australians in AI Skills by 2028
Microsoft announced a $16.5 billion (A$25 billion) investment to train three million Australians in artificial‑intelligence skills by 2028, the largest AI skilling effort in the country. The program will be delivered through collaborations with government, schools, major employers such as Telstra and Westpac,...
Frontline Education Accelerates AI Innovation Across K-12 with New Advisory Council and Strategic Partnership
Frontline Education announced a multi‑pronged push to embed artificial intelligence across its K‑12 administration platform. The company launched an AI K‑12 Advisory Council composed of superintendents, HR, special‑education and IT leaders to steer product development. It also struck a partnership...
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
The rollout of generative AI tools—most notably Google’s Gemini—on school‑issued Chromebooks is rapidly reaching K‑12 classrooms across the United States. Districts from Boston to Los Angeles are embedding chatbots, image generators, and AI‑assisted writing aids into daily lessons, while parents, teachers’...
Virtual Reality Takes Physics Students to Another Planet
Theoretical physicist Daniel de Florian has introduced a virtual‑reality curriculum that lets Argentine high‑school students explore atoms, molecules and planetary‑colony challenges in immersive 3‑D worlds. Funded by the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, the pilot ran in 2025...
The Future of AI in the Classroom
Education leaders gathered at AERA, NCME and ASU+GSV conferences to weigh AI’s promise and pitfalls in classrooms. Speakers highlighted that enthusiastic users often fail to catch AI‑generated errors, while skeptics are better at spotting flaws, and that bias testing remains...
BitMart Launches Free Financial Literacy Platform: Learn. Trade. Grow.
BitMart unveiled a dedicated financial‑literacy platform, learnwithbitto.com, extending its Academy into a free, full‑scale education hub. The site delivers a three‑track curriculum—Foundation, Advanced, and Blockchain—featuring mini‑lessons, quizzes, and interactive calculators. BitMart also announced university partnerships and a mandatory training component...
What Schools Should Ask Before Buying An AI Tool
Schools are being bombarded with AI tools promising to cut workload, personalize tutoring, and streamline operations, but the hype often outpaces practical needs. Leaders are urged to start with the problem they need to solve, assess existing ecosystem capabilities, and...
Irish Government Launches New National AI Skills Platform
The Irish government today launched AIReady.ie, a free national platform offering bite‑sized AI courses of 30 minutes or less. Developed by Solas with the National Skills Council, the curriculum targets all ability levels, starting with four courses for seniors, small...
7 Best Ethics And Compliance Learning Software For 2026
The ethics and compliance learning software market is set to reach $772 million in 2026 and $1.5 billion by 2035, growing at a 7.6% CAGR. A new guide ranks seven platforms—Absorb LMS, KnowBe4 Compliance Plus, Mineral, Litmos, EasyLlama, Continu and Ethena—based on...
Teaching and Learning with AI: Three Priorities
Generative AI is reshaping higher‑education pedagogy, moving emphasis from finished artifacts to the learning process, judgment, and reflection. Campus leaders highlighted three priorities: redesigning assessments to capture process, building AI literacy and prompting skills, and using AI‑driven reflective conversations. Faculty...
Drivestream Opens AiPEX University to Show Higher Education What Agentic AI Can Actually Change
Drivestream has opened AiPEX University, an immersive AI Experience Center in Leesburg, Virginia, built with Oracle and higher‑education partners. The facility lets university presidents and senior leaders walk through agentic‑AI scenarios that span admissions, finance, student services and HR without...
How Online Events Are Changing the Way Leaders Learn and Share Ideas
Online events are reshaping leadership development by moving high‑level discussions, workshops, and networking into digital spaces. Executives can now access global expertise without travel, while organizers leverage real‑time data, interactive tools, and micro‑learning formats to boost engagement. The shift also...
Report: Digital Classroom Tools Could Improve Teacher Retention, Student Outcomes
A new report from the National Institute for Early Education Research finds that digital classroom tools can dramatically improve teacher retention and student outcomes. In 2025, more than 45,000 vacant teacher positions were reported across 30 states, with nearly 366,000...
Does Virtual Professional Development Tie Directly To Young Students' Academic Outcomes?
A three‑year randomized trial by Rutgers’ National Institute for Early Education Research examined whether virtual professional development (PD) boosts outcomes in 125 New Jersey preschool classrooms using Teaching Strategies’ curriculum. Teachers who received extra synchronous virtual PD saw a 23‑point rise...
Vonage, Girls Who Code Show What ‘Responsible AI’ Looks Like
Vonage announced a partnership with Girls Who Code to launch a Pathways‑style summer program that gives high‑school students hands‑on experience in AI, cybersecurity, data science, web development and game design, using Vonage’s communications APIs. The initiative builds on the Vonage...