Recent content by Steve Linthicum

Just emailed you a link to the Canvas exportable file. I'm no longer teaching, enjoying retirement.....

Great discussion and helps me stay grounded and happily retired.....

Greg, I received 4 emails from Credly earlier this week, indicating my A+, Network+, Security+, and CySA+ are scheduled to expire in 60 days. Guess they can't take that Lifetime A+, Network+, and Security+ away from me <grin...>

An interesting topic, and one that truly interests me, given I'm now on the sidelines of workforce development through retirement. Of particular interest is the bulleted item: "How not all jobs will disappear, but every job will change." I've made a point of periodically reviewed the content...

Rick, I appreciate your honest assessment. These are challenging times, with dramatic changes on the horizon. I'm appreciative of my "Retiree Role ", as I have the ability to watch from the sidelines.

But we all understand why...... Summary of Cost Drivers: Development Time: PBQs require substantial investment in the initial design and creation of a realistic task or scenario, whereas MCQs rely on a more standardized, though still time-intensive, writing process. Grading Efficiency...

My concern from an outside observer perspective about Compcert is best illustrated by a comparative analysis of two offerings. The first offering is connected directly to the CySA+, and as noted it is tied to the Certmaster learning products. The second offering is tied to both the CySA+ and the...

I'm wondering if these "CompTIA Compcert courses" that are not tied to actual CompTIA certifications are going to result in opportunities for instructor work, teaching classes that at best result in a "certificate of attendance"? In my decades of teaching as well as selling new courses to...

The positive aspect of being "old" is rather than having to understand the meaning of new terms like AutoOps, I can simply resort to Google and "prompt" it for a definition that makes sense. See https://www.autoops.com/ .......

I thought it worthwhile, since one of our goals as instructors is to help students get the employment they seek, to provide the following information relating to an approach for job interview preparation utilizing AI. While "volunteer" teaching yesterday, a classroom discussion centered on how...

My recollection (that dates back a couple of years) is when participating in a meeting at CompTIA's headquarters that related to question creation along with exam objectives creation, I refused to accept compensation because I was an employee with a California community college and I was being...

@Gregory Childers wrote: "CompTIA should make half the exam PBQs and interactive VM questions." Sounds like good advice, particularly for non-profit entities. But...... ChateGPT request: Cost of standard multiple choice exam questions versus performance based questions ChatGPT said: Got it —...

Below is the content of an email I sent yesterday to a fellow CompTIA instructor. Thoughts? -------------------------------------------- Another good reason to be retired: ChatGPT Request: Identify five standard multiple choice questions that are likely to appear in the CompTIA SY0-701 exam...

David, my teaching today is limited to the ITF+/Tech+ and Security+ courses for the Diversity Cyber Council as a volunteer instructor. I have two Canvas LMS courses I've developed with "free" content. If you'd like them I can share. Reach out to me at [email protected] if you are...