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Can AI Build an Online Course?
ByFrank

The advancement of AI technology has brought numerous promises. We’ve been told that AI will make us more productive by “doing jobs for us” – but is that completely true? My experience with AI suggests that the best use of AI is to reduce time-to-delivery on projects and work that, ultimately, requires the human touch…

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Technology

Mac Mini M4 – made better
ByFrank

A great computer – can it be improved? The Mac Mini M4 is one of they most impressive new computers I’ve seen in a long time. With a very friendly price, but amazing power and convenience – I sometimes think that the Mac Mini M4 is as close to perfect as it gets. Except, there…

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Education | Teaching Skills | Technology | UDL

Micro-Learning and the Future of Education
ByFrank

Since the advent of formalized education, there have been those suggesting it is outdated and about to radically change. While changes do occur, can occur, and should occur – it’s also a bit reactionary to jump at each new trend and suggest it will replace all that has gone before. Radio in Education, Cable TV…

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edtech | Education | Online Meetings | productivity

Using your Raspberry Pi with your iPad – PiPad
ByFrank

Recently, a few changes to the iPad Operating System and the addition of a new software tool have made it possible to do something we haven’t been able to do in the past – bring HDMI INPUT into the iPad. This is a big deal. With an inexpensive HDMI to USB-C Capture Adapter, we can…

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Books | Data Engineering | Education | Intelligence Analysis | Technology

Analytics – without the prefix
ByFrank

Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Financial Analytics, AI-Driven Analytics – there seems to be little shortage of different analytical focus points and tools. It may be worth making some effort to understand analytics in general – without the prefix. What are Analytics and how do they relate to Analysis? In the programs I teach, I have…

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edtech | Education | Interactive Presentations | Online Meetings | Teaching Skills | Teams for Teaching | Technology

Hardware for Hybrid
ByFrank

Creating a Hybrid Teaching/Training Room Creating a true hybrid teaching room has a cost associated with it, but often comes with many benefits. These rooms, when designed, can have easy to use “1-button” solutions that allow an Instructor to teach to the in-class audience and also support remote learners that attend via a Teams or…

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Education | Technology

Cloud Services Overview
ByFrank

Whenever I discuss Cloud Services – online or in person – I still receive hesitation by some. It seems that the fear of Social Media data mining has, somehow, been extended to include Cloud Services. While still a small percentage of “dislikes”, there are few other topics on my YouTube channel that evoke such passionate…

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Education | Interactive Presentations | Teaching Skills

Making Online Courses Engaging
ByFrank

The challenge with a lot of online courses, at least in my opinion, is that they are actually pretty boring. The pattern they follow seems to be: That’s pretty boring. It doesn’t surprise me that completion rates for these types of online courses is low. What we need are to take best practices from classroom…

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Education | Microsoft | Microsoft Teams | Presentation Skills | Teaching Skills | Technology

Microsoft Whiteboard Updated
ByFrank

This week, the Microsoft Whiteboard underwent some significant updates to both its interface and functionality. There are several changes, so I created a YouTube video on these, but here are a few highlights. Check out the video I posted for a tour of all of the above (and more)

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Technology

Productivity SYSTEMS
ByFrank

When thinking about productivity, the “computer geek” in me wants to immediately ask “is there an App for that?” (which speaks to my love of tech toys and the power of Apple’s marketing). I often think that to get organized, create flow, and be more productive – I need a tool of some sort. This…

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