ai in education

  1. BoodleBox Moves to Azure: Elevating Collaborative AI for Education

    BoodleBox’s announcement that it will deepen its relationship with Microsoft — migrating its infrastructure to Microsoft Azure, joining Microsoft Elevate, and exploring tighter integration with Azure AI services such as Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Search, and Microsoft Fabric — marks a notable...
  2. Microsoft Copilot Study and Learn: Mico Tutor Avatar for Voice Guided Learning

    Microsoft’s Copilot is quietly experimenting with a new, tutor‑style experience — an experimental Study and Learn mode surfaced in test builds that pairs a specially styled avatar named Mico (sometimes reported as “Miko”) with voice-driven tutoring, a yellow Copilot appearance, and a persistent...
  3. Microsoft 365 Copilot Education: Teach, Study and $18 Academic Plan

    Microsoft’s next push to put AI in every classroom folds new Microsoft 365 Copilot features into teacher workflows, student study tools, and campus systems — with a free tier for many education customers and a discounted academic Copilot plan for institutions. The vendor is shipping a...
  4. Windows Copilot creates Word Excel PowerPoint and PDFs from chat

    Microsoft’s Copilot on Windows has taken a decisive step from chat assistant to document workhorse: the Copilot app can now generate Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and PDFs directly from a chat session, and it can link to personal email and cloud accounts so it can...
  5. Free AI Workshops at Ohio University Chillicothe: Beginner and Advanced Prompting

    Ohio University Chillicothe is opening its doors to the public with a free, two-part series of hands-on workshops designed to demystify generative AI and teach practical prompting techniques — sessions titled Unlocking the Power of AI (beginner) and Mastering AI Prompting (advanced) will run in...
  6. Free AI Workshops at Ohio University Chillicothe: Beginner to Advanced Prompting

    Ohio University Chillicothe is offering free, hands‑on community workshops this fall designed to demystify generative AI tools and teach practical prompt‑crafting skills for students, faculty, staff and local residents. The two‑part series—Unlocking the Power of AI: A Beginner’s Guide and...
  7. Getting Started with Microsoft Copilot: USI Beginner Workshop for Faculty and Staff

    The University of Southern Indiana’s AI Advisory Committee will host an in‑person, beginner‑friendly workshop titled “Getting Started with Microsoft Copilot” on Monday, October 20, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in Orr Center 2018, presented by Kyle Tharp, IT Business Manager; the session promises an...
  8. Australia at AI Inflection Point: Urgent National Push for Productivity Gains

    Australia is at an inflection point: respected industry figures are warning that the country risks being left behind in the global race to capture the productivity and innovation gains from artificial intelligence, and they are urging an urgent, coordinated national response to adopt AI...
  9. Microsoft Elevate Washington Brings Free Copilot Tools to Public Schools

    Microsoft is taking its biggest step yet to entrench AI inside classrooms in its home state by offering a sweeping package of Copilot-powered tools and training to every Washington public school district, high school and community college — free for a limited time — under a program branded...
  10. Santander EducaIA: 15,000 Free AI Education Scholarships for Teachers

    Santander and education platform DIO are launching Santander EducaIA, a national program that promises 15,000 free scholarships to train teachers and education professionals in practical, ethics‑aware uses of artificial intelligence for the classroom. Background Santander has been expanding a...
  11. WVU Workshops Teach Instructors to Coauthor Course Materials with Copilot Chat

    West Virginia University's Teaching and Learning Center will begin hands‑on workshops the week of Oct. 16 that introduce instructors to Microsoft Copilot Chat as a tool for coauthoring course materials, with sessions designed to show how generative AI can speed the creation of grading rubrics...
  12. Microsoft Elevate Washington: AI Tools in Schools and Equity Risks

    Microsoft’s latest education move folds public-policy theater and corporate scale into a single, unmistakable push to put generative AI tools in the hands of Washington’s students and teachers — but the details, trade‑offs and local impact will depend on implementation, oversight and whether...
  13. University of Lincoln Expands Campus AI with NebulaONE and Microsoft

    The University of Lincoln has taken a decisive step into the next phase of campus-wide artificial intelligence, announcing a strategic deployment of Cloudforce’s nebulaONE® platform in partnership with Microsoft to expand and standardise AI tools for students, academics, and professional...
  14. Mapúa MCL Aligns UNESCO AI Competencies with ASU Partnership for Ethical Business Education

    Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna (Mapúa MCL) has moved from rhetorical support for AI in education to a concrete, UNESCO-aligned strategy that pairs ethics, faculty development, and an international partnership with Arizona State University to prepare business graduates for an AI‑driven economy...
  15. Mapúa MCL Leads AI Education with UNESCO Alignment and ASU Partnership

    Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna is staking a clear, outward-facing claim in the fast-evolving debate over AI in higher education: integrate AI deliberately, teach its ethics, and prepare students and faculty to lead in an AI-powered economy rather than simply react to new tools as they appear...
  16. Windows 11 Education for Schools: Secure AI Driven Learning and Easy Device Management

    Windows 11 Education presents a practical path for schools to modernize security, simplify device management, and introduce on-device AI into everyday teaching — but the move requires careful planning, realistic budgeting, and a clear view of trade-offs to avoid surprise costs or governance...
  17. AI is Here, Now What? Safe Start for SMHS Faculty

    From noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (TLAS) team will host a free virtual faculty development session titled “AI is here, now what? Getting started (safely),” presented by SMHS...
  18. AI in Matric 2025: Personalised NSC Revision for SA Learners

    As South Africa’s Class of 2025 moves into the final stretch of its National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams, educators and students are reaching for a new set of study tools: generative artificial intelligence. Local reporting from The Citizen quotes Centennial Schools’ director of academics...
  19. AI in UK Universities: Usage, Integrity Risks, and Policy Solutions

    AI has moved from an experimental novelty to a default tool in British lecture theatres and student workflows — and a new YouGov survey shows that the change is already reshaping how undergraduates study, submit assessments, and think about their careers. The headline figures are simple but...
  20. AI.RDN+: UK Doctoral AI Tools Hub for Responsible Research

    A joint Aston University–University of Leeds partnership has secured a £3.4 million Research England Development Fund award to build the Artificial Intelligence Researcher Development Network Plus (AI.RDN+), a four‑year programme that will map how publicly available AI tools (from ChatGPT to...