The landscape of professional development has shifted: in 2025, artificial intelligence is no longer a niche technical skill but a fundamental literacy for students, educators, and professionals alike. This curated digest explores a massive influx of high-quality, free learning opportunities from the world’s leading institutions and tech giants. From Google’s expansive 3,000-course "Skills" platform and Anthropic’s foundational LLM training to Ivy League curricula from Stanford and Harvard, the barriers to entry for AI mastery have effectively vanished.
Beyond theoretical knowledge, this collection highlights practical, pedagogical applications, including dedicated video series on responsible AI use, prompt engineering, and the integration of specialized tools like NotebookLM and Microsoft Copilot into everyday workflows. Whether you are a journalist looking to transform your research, a teacher seeking to automate lesson planning, or a student utilizing local AI on Linux, these resources provide the roadmap to thrive in an automated world. The message is clear: the tools to build the future are now available to everyone, for free—provided you know where to start.
Keywords: AI education, free online courses, upskilling 2025, Google AI certificates, Anthropic, Stanford edX, Harvard online, generative AI pedagogy, prompt engineering, NotebookLM, Microsoft Copilot, digital literacy, educational technology, professional development.
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On this video I will introduce Napkin and some general-purpose conversational AI tools that help you generate visualisations for your ideas and texts. This is one of the AI and Pedagogy -videos created for SALTO Digital. Video trainings have been / will be published in December 2025 on Salto Digital web site and in this playlist:
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