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I have two and a half goals when we have a major storm. First, have power. Our neighborhood has buried power lines which means no trees to fall and break a connection in the neighborhood.… 

Madame Bovary

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Being married to someone who focuses so much on books inevitably rubs off (a little). So even though I read my books generally on a Kindle, unlike Ellen who reads her books in a, for lack of a better word, book, I still have tried to read more, rather than just play Guild Wars 2, watch hockey and baseball games, and reruns of Serenity.

Kids Are Getting Too Smart These Days

A year ago, actually one year and five days ago I started work at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) as a Program Chair for Information Systems Management. Yesterday morning at synagogue I was… 

Middlemarch

One of the advantages (or from a different perspective disadvantages) of reading books on a Kindle is that the reader does not really get a sense as to how long a book is. For reasons… 

Pondering Educational Provisioning

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On my white board in my office at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC), I have written down three big questions which I hope at some point during my time here to be able to answer:

  • Why are we here? I am interested in answering that question for both the school itself and for the program/major I am responsible for, Information Systems Management (IFSM).
  • How do we help faculty to make a difference?
  • How do we reduce barriers to student success?

Adaptive Learning in the On-line Classroom

I started working full-time at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) in January of this year when I accepted the position of Program Chair for Information Systems Management (IFSM) within the Undergraduate school (cleverly named The Undergraduate School, TUS).

As the Program Chair, I have responsibility for both:

  • logistics issues: hiring adjunct faculty, ensuring classes have assigned faculty, dealing with problems/complaints that come up during each semester, and
  • academic results: how to ensure we provide the best and most valuable experience within the IFSM major.

Still Another Presentation on the Future of Technology

Luckily for me, the future of technology remains exactly that, the future, so I can continue to update and present such presentations unless, or until, The Future is NOW, becomes reality and not just a slogan.

Last Friday, September 11, I was invited to give the keynote talk at a conference held by the Modern Technology and Management Institute (MTMI) in Virginia Beach, VA. MTMI is a non-profit which supports:

  • Bringing academicians together to look at management, technology and related areas,
  • Provides training for physically challenged individuals, and
  • Provides distance education opportunities for third world nations.

The presentation is here: MTMI Presentation.

My focus was to talk about what I think were broad trends in how technology is affecting society as opposed to trying to make a bunch of predictions about specific technologies.

My Advice for Career Advancement

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I recently was asked to provide advice relating to career advancement for the UMUC Alumni association (some would argue that perhaps I am not the best source for such advice), but in any event as a proud UMUC Alumni (and current UMUC employee), I wrote up the following which appeared here and which is copied below:

What If Everything Is Wrong

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Well, actually, I am just referring to up and down. Um, that probably does not explain my question well either.

This will take a few steps to explain.

Have you ever had two separate thoughts bang together and cause an unexpected question/result? For me this happens a lot, with pretty useless results I will admit in most cases especially when the two thoughts are not so related.