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Recent content by Steve Linthicum

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    What happened with the Tech Trainer options that were discussed in 2023?

    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.
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    Compcert Courses -- Where's The Beef

    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...
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    Compcert Courses -- Where's The Beef

    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...
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    Compcert Courses -- Where's The Beef

    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...
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    CompTIA AutoOps+

    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/ .......
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    CompTIA AutoOps+

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    Thoughts on Preparing Students for That First Job Interview Using AI

    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...
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    AI and Its Impact on Test Preparation

    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...
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    AI and Its Impact on Test Preparation

    @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 —...
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    AI and Its Impact on Test Preparation

    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...
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    New-ish to teaching IT and looking for suggestions

    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...
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    How often do you teach each of the CompTIA courses per year?

    Wow, 15 different certifications. Does the quantity have a negative consequence?
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    Adjunct College Teaching Interest-Canvas LMS (2 years Professor)

    Sounds like me a few years and decades back. I recall those days of operating on overload, with a full-time teaching load and adding additional teaching assignments. Thankfully, with retirement-related income, it's time to smell the roses.
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    Canvas Integration - Concerns for default Point Values

    It is issues like this that have me enjoying that I've stepped out of my teaching faculty role with the California community college system, where Canvas is the standard LMS used. Based on the information you've provided, it looks as though there is no accurate weighted value (points) for each...
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    Open Educational Resources

    In retirement, I still remain active in California's community college system, serving as a course reviewer in its C-ID Program. An active effort for faculty involves the creation and utilization of "free textbooks" in what is called the OER program. Two potential resources out there that relate...
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