Microsoft Learn for Educators Newsletter – December 2025
Welcome to your December update—here’s what’s new and how you can get involved! 🚀 In This Issue 📅 December Community Call – Add to Your Calendar! 🌟 Faculty Spotlight: Share Your Success Story! ✨ Ignite 2025: Top AI Innovations for Educators 🧑💻 New Tools & Resources for Faculty 💬 How to Get Involved 📅 December MSLE Community Call – Don’t Miss Out! Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM PDT Agenda: Microsoft Ignite Recap Azure for Startups MSLE Faculty Spotlight MSLE AI Bootcamps Academic Research Webinar Series Visit this link to add the call to your calendar: December MSLE Community Call 🌟 Faculty Spotlight: Share Your Success Story! Have you or a colleague leveraged MSLE to make a meaningful impact on teaching or student success? We’d love to hear about it! Recognize your own work or spotlight a colleague who is elevating learning through MSLE. Your story could inspire faculty around the world. 👉 Share your story in the Faculty Spotlight and help amplify faculty voices across the MSLE community. ✨ Ignite 2025: Top AI Innovations for Educators Microsoft Ignite 2025 introduced groundbreaking tools to help you teach smarter, research faster, and engage students in new ways. Here’s what’s new: Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets Smarter – Meet your new AI-powered teaching assistant—now with Work IQ for personalized insights, Agent Mode for creating syllabi and research papers, and voice commands for hands-free productivity. Secure AI with Agent 365 – Deploy departmental AI tools with confidence. Agent 365 ensures compliance and security, so you can innovate while maintaining institutional standards. Foundry IQ & Fabric IQ – Make data-driven decisions with a unified knowledge layer and real-time analytics for research and student success. Sora 2 Video Integration – Bring your lessons to life with AI-powered video creation—no editing skills required. AI Skills Navigator – Explore a dynamic, AI-driven learning platform with personalized playlists, expert-led sessions, and free Microsoft Applied Skills credentials. Learn more about all the exciting updates from Ignite at https://ignite.microsoft.com 🧑💻 Why These Updates Matter to You Save time on administrative tasks Engage students with dynamic, AI-powered content Advance your research with new analytics and secure AI tools 💬 Get Involved Have questions or want to get more involved? Visit MSLEGetInvolved or connect with our MSLE Community Managers––they’re always here to support you. Explore upcoming events and added resources in the MSLE Community. We are excited to see how you will use these tools to shape the future of learning. See you at the upcoming Community Call! For newsletters in additional languages, please see the attachments.MSLE Newsletter - August 2025
Stay Informed: What’s New and Exciting 📝 New Academic Year Reminders As we begin a new school year, we’re excited to welcome you to the new MSLE Community on Tech Community—your central hub for program updates, refreshed onboarding content, support from Community Managers, upcoming events, and more. You can access it anytime at https://aka.ms/MSLECommunity. Please note that the MSLE Teams Community has now been officially retired as part of this transition. Additionally, if you haven’t already, be sure to register your courses for the new academic year! ⭐ Let’s Learn Model Context Protocol (MCP) – New Courses (multiple languages) Whether you're a university student developer or educator, this workshop was designed with you in mind. At each event, experts will guide you through an exciting and beginner-friendly workshop where we'll introduce you to a cutting-edge framework designed to standardize interactions between AI models and client applications. We’ll introduce you to MCP, show you how to build your first server, and answer all your questions along the way. Learn more at https://aka.ms/letslearnmcp 💡 New! Beginner-Level Microsoft Applied Skills Credentials We’re excited to introduce new credentials designed for students starting out or exploring a new path in tech. Microsoft’s beginner-level Applied Skills helps early in career build strong foundation, confidence, and job-ready skills in cloud and security. ✅ Learn by doing with interactive, lab-based assessments ✅ Prove your skills in real-world scenarios ✅ Earn Microsoft-verified credentials you can share on social platforms such as LinkedIn Learn more at: aka.ms/AppliedSkills_BeginnerLevel 🚀 Community Colleges collaborate to create a National Applied AI Consortium to develop AI skills with Microsoft certifications Check out the video in this LinkedIn post to see how Houston Community College is integrating AI into its curriculum and offering students valuable opportunities to excel in the global workforce. To equip your students with advanced AI technology skills, leverage Microsoft Learn for Educators AI Bootcamps. These bootcamps are designed to help you upskill in both AI and Cybersecurity, empowering you to effectively teach these critical competencies to future professionals. Follow Microsoft Learn on LinkedIn for ongoing updates on integrating AI into your curriculum, pursuing relevant certifications, obtaining applied skills credentials, and more. 📣 Announcing Microsoft Elevate and the AI Economy Institute AI is transforming the education sector, opening new paths for personalizing learning, empowering teachers, and preparing students for a rapidly changing future. At Microsoft, we believe it’s essential that people remain central in shaping where this technology goes. That’s why we're excited to share the launch of Microsoft Elevate—a new organization that brings together our work across K-12 education, nonprofits, and workforce development. By unifying these efforts, Microsoft Elevate is designed to help students, educators, and communities thrive in the AI era. Learn more: https://aka.ms/AI-Readiness Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming Events 👀 Looking for upcoming MSLE events? On the new Microsoft Learn for Educators community page, you’ll find the next upcoming event highlighted on the right-hand side. To browse all upcoming MSLE events — including community calls, office hours, program onboarding, training sessions, and more select “Events” from the MSLE Community page navigation menu, then choose from the different MSLE events. Click on any event to view full details. To stay in the loop, select “Attending” or “Interested” — and don’t forget to click “Add to calendar” below the date and time to add it to your calendar! MSLE Office Hours For additional support on how to join the new community or other program related questions, please join Office Hours where you can get support directly from MSLE Community Managers. Don't miss the next MSLE Community Call 📅 Wednesday, August 27 🕗 10:00 - 11:00 AM PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) Topics to be covered: Walk-thru of new MSLE Community What are MSLE Community Calls? Each MSLE Community Call provides a unique experience to learn about topics that impact you or your students and highlights the amazing work of the MSLE Community. You'll hear from rotating presenters including members of the MSLE Program Team, other groups at Microsoft, and fellow MSLE faculty. All Community Calls are recorded, delivered in English with live captions available. You can find all upcoming MSLE events in the Events space of the MSLE Community. To unsubscribe, see the link at the bottom of the email | Privacy Statement To set your contact preferences for other communications, visit the Promotional Communications Manager. Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 For the newsletter in additional languages, please see the attached files.
