AI for Educators & Universities

Free AI curriculum your students can use today, plus customized workshops and curriculum consulting for your department.

Free AI Resources for Teaching

Everything on AI School is free: no login, no paywall, no limit. Professors and instructors are welcome to assign lessons, link course materials, or use the curriculum as a supplement to their own syllabi. Here are the resources most useful for classroom and faculty use:

Courses for Students New to AI

• How to Learn AI for Free: a practical roadmap, a good first assignment for students who need a structured starting point
• Free AI Courses for Beginners: curated starting paths by background (non-technical, developer, data-focused)
• Prompt Engineering: practical course on communicating with AI systems effectively; applicable across all disciplines
• Claude AI: hands-on guide to Anthropic's Claude, including API use and responsible deployment

Courses for Graduate Students and Researchers

• Machine Learning: fundamentals through advanced techniques, with annotated code examples
• AI Agent Frameworks: LangGraph, CrewAI, and OpenAI Agents SDK compared with real implementation patterns
• EU AI Act: plain-English breakdown of the regulation, risk tiers, and compliance requirements; ideal for law, policy, and business programs
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): how to build AI systems that reason over documents and databases

For Faculty Using AI in Their Own Work

• Coding Assistants Compared: honest comparison of AI coding tools for research and development workflows
• Token Optimization: how to use AI APIs cost-effectively for research projects and student assignments
• Prompt Patterns for Production: patterns for reliable, reproducible AI outputs in research contexts

Why Professors Are Using AI School

AI School was built to be the clearest, most practical AI curriculum available anywhere, free, without ads obscuring the content, and written by practitioners who build with AI daily. Several things make it particularly useful for academic teaching:

• No account required. Students click a link and start reading. No sign-up friction.
• Practitioner-written, not marketing copy. Content reflects how AI is actually used in production and research, not how vendors want it described.
• Breadth and depth. 2,300+ lessons spanning beginner to advanced. You can assign one lesson or an entire course track.
• Responsible AI focus. Courses on the EU AI Act, AI ethics, algorithmic fairness, and bias, important for any curriculum that addresses AI seriously.
• Updated regularly. AI moves fast. We update content as models and tools evolve.

Customized Workshops for Your Department

Free resources are a starting point. If you want structured, facilitated AI training for your students or faculty, Lilly Tech Systems offers customized workshops and consulting engagements directly.

What a Workshop Looks Like

Programs are designed around your specific department's needs after a short discovery call. Common formats:

• Half-day faculty training: AI literacy, prompt engineering, responsible use; suitable for non-technical faculty across disciplines
• Full-day student workshop: hands-on with AI tools relevant to your field (CS, business, healthcare, law, social sciences)
• Multi-session curriculum integration: we review your existing syllabi and propose how to weave AI tools and concepts in without displacing core content
• Corporate L&D programs: the same expertise applied to professional upskilling teams

Topics We Cover

Workshops are customized, but common topics include:

• AI fundamentals and mental models: what AI actually is, and what it isn't
• Practical prompt engineering for research, writing, and analysis tasks
• Building simple AI agents and automation workflows without heavy coding
• AI ethics, bias, and responsible use, critical for any department assigning AI tools to students
• AI for specific disciplines: legal research, medical decision support, financial analysis, content creation, software development
• How to evaluate AI outputs: fact-checking, hallucination detection, when to trust and when not to

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need permission to use AI School content in my course?

No. All AI School content is free to use for educational purposes. Link to it, assign it, screenshot it for slides, no permission needed. We only ask that you don't republish the full text elsewhere without attribution.

Can AI School be used as a textbook supplement?

Yes, and this is one of the most common uses. The course tracks (Machine Learning, Prompt Engineering, Agent Frameworks, EU AI Act, etc.) are structured like textbook chapters: each has a hub page, sequential lessons, and practical examples. They work well as supplementary reading alongside a primary textbook.

Is the workshop content appropriate for non-CS students?

Absolutely. We regularly work with business, law, healthcare, and social science programs. The AI School curriculum includes material specifically written for non-technical audiences, and workshops are scoped to match the technical background of your students.

Are workshops available internationally?

Virtual workshops are available worldwide. In-person sessions are primarily US-based but can be arranged internationally for larger programs.

What does a workshop cost?

Pricing depends on format, length, and program scope. Email us or call to discuss; we'll provide a clear proposal after the discovery call.