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My Thoughts About Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens
If you have not seen the new Star Wars film and do want to know anything about its plot, do not read this post. So a couple of weeks ago, Ellen and I went to see the new Star Wars movie. To be upfront about it, it was more of a check-the-box thing for me;…
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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 I am not sure I can explain I decided to download and then read Middlemarch, considered the greatest of George…
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Pondering Educational Provisioning
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…
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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…
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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…
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My Advice for Career Advancement
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:
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What If Everything Is Wrong
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…
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Interesting Takeaway From The Future of Cybersecurity Panel
A few days ago I moderated a panel at the ATARC sponsored Federal Cybersecurity Integration Summit. I discussed the panel here. The topic for the panel was a look at The Future of Cybersecurity, what kinds of threats that we might encounter and what to do about it. We had panelists with very different perspectives.…
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UMUC’s 2015 Commencement
While I attended my two daughter’s college commencements as well as a niece’s college commencement I had never been to one directly related to me until this last weekend. I was at Fort Dix when my University of Maryland College Park class graduated, to explain this would require telling a long story about breaking up…
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The Future of Cybersecurity Panel – ATARC Federal Cybersecurity Integration Summit – May 20
ATARC is sponsoring a Federal Cybersecurity Integration Summit this coming Wednesday, May 20, at the Renaissance Washington, in downtown Washington DC. The agenda is here. There are also links there for those who are interested in registering for the Summit. From 11:00am – 11:45am I will be moderating a panel that will take a look…
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