AI Ready Ohio Virtual Training Day Courses
Courses from the August 26, 2026 Virtual Training Day: AI basics, AI governance, Claude, Microsoft AI tools, AI security and AI agents.
A curated list of free AI courses from the companies building AI, including Google, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, AWS and IBM, plus Ohio programs, trusted universities and nonprofits. Filter by who you are and your experience level, then start learning right away.
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Courses from the August 26, 2026 Virtual Training Day: AI basics, AI governance, Claude, Microsoft AI tools, AI security and AI agents.
Every Ohio public library card unlocks LinkedIn Learning's 6,600+ courses, including a deep catalog on AI, data and business skills.
Requires an Ohio public library card. Pick your library to sign in.
Ohio employers can be reimbursed up to $1,000 per employee, per credential, for short tech training. Ask your employer to apply so your AI training is covered.
Employer applies. Next round opens Oct 1, 2026 and closes Oct 30, 2026.
What generative AI is, how it differs from traditional machine learning, and where it is used.
How LLMs work, what they are good at, and how prompt tuning improves results.
A quick primer on responsible AI and the principles Google uses to guide its products.
Use Gemini and NotebookLM to save time, personalize instruction and build better lessons. Built for middle and high school teachers.
Google's practical intro to machine learning with animated videos, interactive visualizations and hands-on exercises.
Learn core machine learning ideas and build your first models in short, hands-on coding lessons.
Eight short courses on using Gemini and Workspace for research, writing, data analysis and more, with 20+ real workplace activities.
Free for U.S. businesses with 500 or fewer employees.
A short, no-pressure intro to AI agents: what they are, how they work and where they are headed.
How robots sense, plan and act on their own. A great entry point to physical AI and robotics.
Go from a single API call to coordinated agents with retrieval and planning, running safely inside a secure sandbox.
An intro lab on OpenUSD, the 3D scene format behind digital twins and simulation in manufacturing and design.
Start with AI Foundations, then apply AI to research, writing, analysis and planning, and learn to direct work with agents.
Requires a free ChatGPT account.
Work through a real AI initiative and draft a strategy aligned to your organization's priorities.
Requires a free ChatGPT account.
Scope, build, evaluate and deploy AI solutions, including RAG and agentic systems, across eight builder courses.
Requires a free ChatGPT account.
How K-12 educators can use ChatGPT for lesson planning, admin work and student engagement, with a focus on responsible use.
Use AI to study, research and write more effectively while keeping your own thinking in charge.
Requires a free ChatGPT account.
A practical framework for working with AI effectively, efficiently, ethically and safely. Works with any AI tool.
Use Claude for everyday work tasks, learn its core features and find resources to go further.
Helps faculty and education leaders bring AI into teaching practice using the 4D AI Fluency Framework.
Learn to collaborate with AI for learning and career planning without outsourcing your thinking.
Build AI fluency across your team to increase impact and efficiency while staying true to your mission and values.
Apply AI to nonprofit work such as programs, fundraising and operations, with responsible practices built in.
A full developer course on building applications with Anthropic models through the Claude API.
Build MCP servers and clients in Python to connect AI assistants to outside tools, resources and data.
The starting point for business users: generative AI basics, grounding AI in your work, agents and reviewing AI output responsibly.
Core concepts of LLMs, prompts and AI agents, with a hands-on exercise and module assessment.
Plan, launch and scale AI projects responsibly. Written for business leaders and owners.
Microsoft's open curriculum on building generative AI apps: prompt engineering, RAG, agents and more.
A three-course series that helps leaders plan, prioritize and govern generative AI projects.
Requires a free AWS Skill Builder account.
Build AI-powered apps in your browser with no code. A fun way to learn prompting hands-on, and handy for classroom workshops.
Free courses and digital credentials in AI fundamentals, generative AI and machine learning for adults, college and high school learners.
Learn how modern AI works and how to write strong chatbot prompts, from Cisco's global training academy.
Core generative AI concepts, how to spot high-value business uses, and how to manage security, governance and hallucinations.
A free three-level path, Champion to Innovator to Legend, on understanding and building AI agents for business.
Course, skill checks, practice exam and a free official certification exam on designing and building AI agents.
Assumes basic Python and familiarity with LLM concepts.
The classic free intro to AI for non-experts. No programming or math required. Taken by 2 million+ people.
Harvard's seven-week course covering search, optimization, machine learning, neural networks and language models.
Assumes about a year of Python experience.
Free grade-by-grade AI literacy curriculum and teacher training from MIT, for PreK-12 classrooms and families.
Free AI lessons for grades 3-12, from how AI makes decisions to building web apps, plus self-paced training for teachers.
Short, free lessons on what AI is and how teachers and students can use it well.
Free K-12 AI literacy curriculum across subjects, including CS, math, English and CTE, plus quick guides, webinars and a 10-week intro course.
Free live classes online or by phone on everyday AI, voice and video tools, and spotting deepfakes, plus an AI guidebook for older adults.
Andrew Ng's popular non-technical course on what AI can do, how to spot opportunities and how to lead AI projects. 2.6 million+ enrolled.
Free to enroll. Certificate is paid.
Andrew Ng explains how generative AI works, what it can do and how it will change work and business.
Free to watch. Certificate requires paid Pro.
Get better results from ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for research, writing, brainstorming and no-code building.
Free to audit. Certificate requires paid Pro.
Taught with OpenAI. Best practices for using LLMs in code to summarize, infer, transform and expand text.
Understand, use and build AI agents with open-source libraries, from beginner concepts to a final challenge.
Nine lessons on applying deep learning to real problems in vision, language and tabular data using PyTorch.
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