David Joyner recently wrote about his experience of creating a course with an AI avatar. He mentioned the advantages of being able to quickly and easily update course videos using AI rather than having to go to the recording studio and re-record and edit sections of videos. He also mentioned the drawbacks of uncontrolled use of AI to mimic real people. Having taken over 200 online courses, I decided to try Foundations of Generative AI. I wanted to compare the experience from a learner’s perspe

Both Coursera and Udemy started 2025 with new CEOs. Greg Hart took over at Coursera in February. Hugo Sarrazin started at Udemy in March. Less than a month into the job, both CEOs were in conversations to sell their companies. On April 8, Hart and Sarrazin met for the first time at ASU+GSV. The rest, as they say, is history. In my 5,000-word analysis of Coursera’s acquisition of Udemy, I called the deal rushed. Two new CEOs, both less than a year into the job, merging two public companies. I w

Are you new to programming or do you know a beginner programmer? Have you looked at pages of code and thought it’s just too hard to even try to learn programming? There is an easy way: welcome to the world of Scratch! Created in 2007 by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at MIT, Scratch was designed as an easy, fun introduction to programming for children. But you don’t need to be a child to appreciate Scratch. In CS50’s Introduction to Programming with Scratch, I enjoyed personalizing the cartoon