On September 22, the Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Center (HKGAI) launched HKLearn, an AI teaching and learning assistant for higher education, first at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where the campus version is called HKUST Teaching Agent. More than 3,000 students registered and over 240,000 learning materials were uploaded. Powered by the locally developed HKGAI V3 model, the system covers more than 1,280 courses, and HKGAI plans to extend trials to other Hong Kong tertiary institutions.
East Carolina University's Board of Trustees heard a new strategy on Thursday morning to integrate artificial intelligence into the classroom and advance AI literacy and competency across all degree programs. Chief Information Officer Zach Loch said the four-year plan is already underway, currently offering an AI-literacy course, with the goal of integrating AI into all degree programs and making it accessible to every student by next year. At the meeting, student Joshua Martinez showcased TheoTeach, an AI-powered tutoring tool he developed.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif chaired a special meeting on education reforms that approved a major school curriculum overhaul. The plan includes cutting textbook volume by 25%, introducing artificial intelligence education from Class I to XII, attaching QR codes to textbooks for video lessons, and launching mental health training for teachers for the first time. The government set a deadline to complete printing of the new textbooks before March next year.
A research team from the University of Thessaly in Greece published a narrative review in Frontiers of Digital Education analyzing 53 recent publications on large language model-generated lesson plans. The review finds that tools such as ChatGPT can produce clearly structured plans but often lack contextual awareness, differentiation, and pedagogical depth for direct classroom use. It also reports that a plan designed for one hour required at least three hours in practice, and output quality varied within identical prompt groups.
University of Florida researchers have launched AI-PLAY, an NSF-funded project that teaches fourth- and fifth-graders in Alachua County public schools foundational AI concepts through after-school programs. Students use low-cost sensors to generate thousands of data points by running, walking, jumping and squatting, then discuss how computers perceive through sensors, how AI learns from data and how AI affects society. A kickoff meeting is set for late September 2026, and the after-school program begins in January 2027.
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Scholé AI announced on LinkedIn the launch of a "Learn Anywhere" mode embedded in its AI-powered education platform. The mode lets users learn by building real projects across tools such as Claude, Gemini, GitHub, Zapier, and n8n, supported by an AI tutor called Olé. Olé generates tailored tasks, observes user activity, and provides visual guidance, while completed work feeds into a proprietary knowledge graph that tracks progress and certifications. The feature is free for the launch and is featured on Product Hunt.
HubbleHox Technologies and II-TED have partnered to offer the AI for Educators course through FutureSkills Prime, a digital skilling initiative of India's Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and Nasscom. The course is open to teaching and academic professionals across disciplines and covers tools including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, MagicSchool, Khanmigo, NotebookLM, Curipod, Diffit, Eduaide, HeyGen, Pictory, and SlidesAI for lesson planning, content creation, assessments, and learner engagement. Participants who complete the course and the applicable assessment receive an SSC Nasscom Certificate, and no prior technical background is required.
