NextGenU.org

Advancing equitable access to high-quality education through open learning, technology, and responsible AI.

NextGenU.org is a program of The Frank Foundation, providing free, high-quality online education in public health, medicine, nursing, health sciences, and professional development to learners, educators, institutions, and governments worldwide.

Our Mission

NextGenU works to expand equitable access to high-quality education by developing and sharing free, evidence-based learning resources and supporting institutions in strengthening education and training capacity.

Our work brings together open education, instructional design, global health, multilingual learning, and emerging technologies to make high-quality learning more accessible across settings and languages.

AI Solutions

NextGenU explores responsible uses of artificial intelligence to support education and knowledge access, including:

• Language and Translation: Machine translation and localization tools for low-resource and underserved languages.
• Learning Design: AI-supported development and adaptation of educational resources.
• Accessible Learning: Tools that help make educational content easier to access, understand, and use across different contexts.
• Human-Governed AI: Workflows designed to keep subject matter experts, educators, and human reviewers involved in the development and quality assurance process.

Language & Translation

NextGenU develops and evaluates multilingual resources and translation technologies to support access to education in languages that are often underrepresented in existing digital tools.

Current work hosted on Hugging Face includes machine-translation models and datasets supporting French and shiKomori language varieties.

Open Education

NextGenU provides free learning opportunities across areas including:

• Public health
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Health sciences
• Humanitarian response
• Professional development
• Science and education

Our educational resources are developed through collaboration with educators, subject matter experts, institutions, and partner organizations.

Our Approach

• Open and Accessible: Expanding access to educational resources and technologies.
• Evidence-Based: Grounded in high-quality educational and subject-matter expertise.
• Human-Centered: AI supports people rather than replacing expert judgment.
• Multilingual: Supporting learning across languages and contexts.
• Collaborative: Working with institutions, communities, and partners globally.
• Responsible: Considering ethics, transparency, quality, and appropriate human oversight in the use of AI.

What You'll Find Here

• Machine-translation models
• Multilingual datasets
• Interactive AI demonstrations and Spaces
• Research and development resources
• Open tools supporting education and knowledge access

🌐 Website: https://nextgenu.org