PDC Dev Studio · Higher Education

The AI workspace
that actually teaches.

Live code, voice, camera, and screen sharing — all wired into one tab. A student asks a question, Python runs in the browser, and a voiced tutor explains the output while seeing their screen.

Free accounts for students and faculty. No credit card required.

How a session works
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Step 01 — Ask & Build

The student asks. Code appears.

Type a question. The studio writes code in the editor and Python runs in the browser via WebAssembly — no install, no server, no execution bill at any class size.

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Step 02 — Show & Hear

Share the screen. The tutor responds out loud.

One click starts screen sharing or opens the camera. A voiced tutor sees what is on the display and explains the output — in real time, in the student's own words.

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Step 03 — Export & Share

Export. Keep it. Show it off.

Every build downloads as a file — code, PDF, slides, or a working app. Share a thread publicly so others can discover and fork it. The work compounds.

The evidence

Active learning outperforms lecture.
The research has been settled for a decade.

PDC Dev Studio operationalizes an already-proven pedagogical effect at near-zero marginal cost per student.

+0.47 SD
Exam performance — active vs. lecture learning, averaged across STEM disciplines
Freeman et al., 2014 · PNAS
34% → 22%
Course failure rate in active-learning classrooms vs. traditional lecture
Freeman et al., 2014 · PNAS
Gaps narrow
Underrepresented and least-prepared students benefit most — 33% exam gap reduction, 45% pass-rate improvement
Theobald et al., 2020 · PNAS · Haak 2011

The thesis, in one sentence: All learners benefit from interactive experiences — and the students furthest behind benefit most. PDC Dev Studio makes that experience accessible at classroom scale, without a server bill for code execution.

What's live today

Three things no other AI tool does in one tab.

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Python runs in the browser. No server required.

The Monaco code editor and Pyodide (Python via WebAssembly) run entirely client-side. No installation, no cloud execution bill, no infrastructure to manage — at any class size. JavaScript runs the same way.

Code
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Voice, camera, and screen — the tutor sees what the student sees.

The Converse surface opens a live voice session with a voiced AI tutor. Students share their screen or camera with one click. The tutor sees the display, hears the question, and responds out loud — in context, without switching tools.

Converse
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Course materials, slides, and apps — exported, not just generated.

The Create module produces PDF reports, PPTX slide decks, spreadsheets, websites, and working apps. Attach images, audio, video, PDF, and ZIP files in chat. Every deliverable downloads or shares publicly in the gallery.

Create

Not a chat tool. Not a textbook replacement.

Generic AI tools explain content. Static materials present it. PDC Dev Studio is where a student actually builds something.

Generic AI chat PDF / Textbook PDC Dev Studio
Explains concepts and code
Runs code live in the browser
Python runs client-side — no server bill
Voiced tutor responds out loud
Sees the student's screen and camera
Accepts image, audio, video, and PDF in chat
Exports builds as portfolio pieces
Faculty pilots

One course. One champion. This semester.

A single faculty member can start a course pilot today on the individual-account model — no central IT sign-off required to begin. If students engage and the instructor sees value, the institution conversation follows.

$0 Python execution

Python runs in the browser via WebAssembly — no cloud compute bill for student code runs, at any class size.

Per-course student pricing

Priced like course materials. Fits OER authoring grants and the inclusive-access billing rails institutions already run.

Faculty accounts start free

3,000 credits per month, rolling over. Enough for a faculty member to build and share course content before the semester starts.

Get started free → Student signup →

Free to start — students and faculty. No credit card. No IT sign-off required.

Don't see your school?

Request to be added to the network.

We'll index your school's public course catalog and notify you when threads are ready.

Institution-wide access

Talk to us about group rates.

Campus-wide or department-wide access for students, faculty, and staff. We'll follow up with pricing and a pilot plan.

Prefer to talk it through? Call (213) 732-3274.

Get started

Start a pilot this semester.

One faculty champion. One course. Individual accounts don't need IT sign-off to start.

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