How do institutions embed AI literacy in higher education?
Oxford University Press has published an AI Literacy Module that lecturers can assign to students. It provides skills to evaluate generative AI content.
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AI & Education — what each story says
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📚 AI literacy4
Kyoto Sangyo University Develops AI to Advise Students on Course Planning, Launching Next Spring
Kyoto Sangyo University announced in August that it developed a generative AI offering round-the-clock chat advice on course planning and career concerns. It aims for a trial introduction in some faculties in April next year. The university already teaches AI classes and plans a new course.
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- How Howard University Is Teaching AI to Sound Black While It’s Being RacistEmerald Book · 10/17 16:34 UTC
- Moms for Liberty Turns to AI to Monitor 13,000 School DistrictsNewsweek · 10/18 09:00 UTC
🎒 Elementary school3
'I use AI for nearly everything': Teachers discuss the promise and challenges of AI education
Artificial intelligence is shaping the technological boom in education. It is already having an impact in classrooms nationwide.
Read the original →Kakegawa Education Board to Trial AI Character App for Pupils' Concerns From Spring 2027
From April 2027, the Kakegawa city board of education will trial "Mentari," a counseling support app developed by SoftBank, in some municipal elementary and junior high schools. A character named "Mofu" on the app uses artificial intelligence for chat.
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- Move to Keep AI Out of Schools Spreads Across US; New York City to Suspend Use for About 600,000 StudentsPRESIDENT Online · 10/17 22:36 UTC
🎓 University students2
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung Visits Alma Mater in University Jumper; Students Ask for Job Support and AI Policy
President Lee Jae-myung met students in front of the Pharmacy and R&D Center building at Chung-Ang University. Students called for job support and AI policy.
Read the original →Japan-Türkiye Science and Technology University Opens, With Doctoral Programs in Earthquakes and AI
The national Türkiye-Japan University of Science and Technology (TJU), established with cooperation from the Japanese and Turkish governments, has opened in the capital Ankara. Besides an engineering faculty, it has doctoral programs in earthquakes and artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft Free AI Courses and Certifications: A Microsoft Learn Guide
Microsoft Learn is free. It offers courses on Copilot, Foundry and AI agents in Japanese, with exams starting at $99. The guide checks what has changed with AI-901 and the AI Skills Navigator as of October 17, 2026.
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- Student Interns Sought to Create Value in Agriculture in an Age When AI Provides AnswersIbaraki Shimbun Cross Eye · 10/17 23:20 UTC
👵 Older adults1
AI Agent Basics: Senior Workers Who Cannot Use Them May Be Redundant in 2-3 Years
The article features Takahiro Otaira, an IT training instructor at Internet Academy. It says AI has moved from answering questions to being a partner that can be entrusted with work.
Read the original →The analysis and visual summary are in the Oct 18 PM issue. Japanese version here.