Christy Tucker shows how AI can act as a stand-in Subject Matter Expert (SME) to help instructional designers brainstorm, analyze needs, and develop portfolio projects when a real SME isn’t available.
Your Browser Becomes Your WordPress
A new browser-based WordPress runs entirely locally using WebAssembly, spinning up a server, database, and full installation in seconds with no hosting required.
OpenAI’s Education Pitch Has a Free Version Problem
An article on an OpenAI Education summit highlights criticism that there was no clear roadmap for moving students from free ChatGPT to paid educational versions, though future advanced features may naturally drive adoption.
https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/openais-education-pitch-has-a-free…
Claude the Instructor
Using Claude as a teaching tool, Robin Moffatt learned dbt by having the AI build a persistent knowledge file and explicitly avoid assumptions to reduce hallucinations and improve learning accuracy.
What 2,800 AI Conversations Taught Me About My Users
What I learned running topic modeling on 2,800+ user messages, and how you can do it too.
https://aiweekender.substack.com/p/how-to-turn-ai-conversation-logs…
Is AI Making Us Smarter, Or Just Lazier? A College Student’s Perspective
AI rapidly shifted from novelty to everyday student reliance, transforming how schoolwork is done while raising concerns about overdependence and academic integrity.
Top 10 AI Tools for Teachers in 2026 to Enhance Classroom Productivity
Top 10 AI Tools Teachers Can Use in 2026 to Improve Lesson Planning, Grading, and Student Engagement.
Who Owns AI-Generated Content?
GenAI is reshaping education by creating legal uncertainty and trust issues around copyright, yet emerging trends suggest AI-generated content may enable more open, accessible educational resources.
SOLA – Saylor Online Learning Assistant: AI-powered learning coach Moodle plugin
SOLA, an open-source AI learning assistant Moodle plugin by Saylor Academy, was built in just three weeks to give students a personalized study coach with features like adaptive quizzes, voice practice, and customized study plans.
https://github.com/saylordotorg/moodle-local_ai_course_assistant…
‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI
As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at large.
College students, professors are making their own AI rules. They don’t always agree
As generative AI becomes widespread in education, professors and students are divided between seeing it as a shortcut that undermines critical thinking and embracing it as a powerful tool that, if used responsibly, can enhance learning.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5716176/ai-college-students-professors…
AI Literacy Frameworks
This tool, which the website source reveals was created by Perplexity computer, compares 20 AI literacy frameworks across 9 domains. The domains are: technical understanding, practical application, critical evaluation, ethical reasoning, societal and systemic awareness, human agency and identity, governance …
Google NotebookLM can now turn your notes into AI videos — visual learners will love this
NotebookLM now adds Cinematic Video Overviews, a feature that converts uploaded documents into animated video explainers with dynamic visuals to make research easier to understand.
Harvard Professor Says AI Users Are Losing Cognitive Abilities
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb warns that excessive reliance on AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini may erode human cognitive abilities and critical thinking over time.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/harvard-avi-loeb-ai…
Academics Need to Wake Up on AI
A researcher argues that recent advances in AI are poised to radically transform academic research, publishing, and the structure of academia itself.
https://alexanderkustov.substack.com/p/academics-need-to-wake-up-on-ai…