CIN The Pulse: The ai-augmented thinker: Where does the human belong today?

Tech industry leaders are clear, and to the point: The most important skills today center around critical thinking. For the next installment of “The Pulse,” Join Cengage author @Jill West and CompTIA’s @James Stanger as they delve into one of the most pressing issues facing today’s instructors: If the human should be in the information technology loop, then what are the best ways to teach students to use AI , rather than simply rely on it? Topics will include:
  • Strategies for teaching critical thinking in the age of AI
  • Typical issues instructors face when using AI in the classroom, from policy blocks to cheating
  • How to teach students so that they don’t engage in “superficial intelligence”
  • Practical classroom solutions instructor can consider
What: CIN The Pulse: The ai-augmented thinker: Where does the human belong today?
When: September 23, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Who: Dr. James Stanger, Jill West
Where: ON24
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CIN Sneak Peek DataSys+ V2

Join us for a Sneak Peek of the new version of CompTIA DataSys+ V2 certification! @James Stanger and @Stephen.Patton will join us as they introduce the updated certification exam, talk about the need for these job skills and take a deeper look into the exam objectives.

CompTIA DataSys+ is a vendor-neutral certification designed for professionals with approximately 2–3 years of hands-on experience in database administration. The updated DataSys+ V2 validates the knowledge and skills required to design, deploy, manage and maintain databases across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments. It ensures candidates can work with relational and non-relational databases, develop and run SQL and basic scripts, monitor performance, and implement security and business continuity best practices.

DataSys+ V2 expands beyond traditional DBA responsibilities to cover data acquisition and integration, scripting and programming concepts, and the impact of ORMs and application code on database performance. The exam tests the ability to secure data at rest and in transit, apply encryption and key management, implement identity and access management (IAM) and Zero Trust concepts, and support backup, restore, disaster recovery and high availability.

What: CIN Sneak Peek DataSys+ V2
When: August 27, 2026 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT
Who: Dr. James Stanger, Stephen Patton
Where: ON24
Register Here
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Didn't receive certmaster for AutoOps+

It was shared during the training session... no vouchers yet anyways ...
Didn't receive the Certmaster Key for AutoOpS+ CIN. Received the exam voucher. It was not provided during the session in materials section. Can someone please advise?

CIN TTT Series AI Fundamentals Session 1

In this case, you only get access to the courseware. There is no certification associated with this course, to which you could receive a voucher.
Jill West -- Perfect. Thanks a lot for you confirmation. :) That was also my understanding as I wasn't able to find any Certification link in the official CompTIA website.

Thanks a lot for conducting the course. It was really wonderful and gave a lot of insight. And also added to my AI Fundamental knowledge. Couldn't wait to suggest this foundational course to my learners. Thanks a lot again...
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CIN TTT Series AI Fundamentals Session 1

Hi All, I just want to check if we are going to receive any certification voucher key for AI Fundamentals? My understanding is that it's a course and there are no certifications attached to it. I wasn't able to find a lot of information. 😥
Any pointers will be helpful. Thanks a lot in advance.
In this case, you only get access to the courseware. There is no certification associated with this course, to which you could receive a voucher.
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Renewing CloudNetX

I haven't looked into it, but perhaps some of the higher end AWS or Azure certs might help with some of that? I know Data is relatively new as a pathway, so that may have not matured well enough yet. Just spitballin' here, without a lot of info.
The CompTIA CEU site just redirects back to the main CloudNetX page when you click on the link to see the other certs that provide CEUs.


If there are other certs, CompTIA or otherwise, that provide full or partial CEUs for CloudNetX, I can't find them.

Anyone know someone up the org chart who can provide an answer?

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