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Voices of eCommerce, Ep. 4 – with guest Jenna Hoose

Jenna Hoose, one of my former students at ECU, shares her history in front end development, working at ATT, RTI International, and IBM. In this episode, we touch on: – Integrating data with mapping apps –...

Post-Production Podcast Process: Step-by-step

Do you know what the hardest part of podcasting is?  No, its not finding topics or interviewees.  No, its not the actual recording itself.  It’s dealing with post-production process. Long, tedious, and technical.  Yet,...

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Voices of eCommerce, Ep. 3 – with guest Daniel Boone

  Daniel Boone, a technical support engineer at NetApp, shares his experience supporting with cloud computing infrastructure products. We talk about: What is NetApp  What is the Cloud computing The difference between on and...

Interview with Aaron Drake

Voices of eCommerce, Ep. 1 – Interview with Aaron Drake

I’m pleased to announce my new podcast – Voices of eCommerce – where I interview professionals in and around the eCommerce world. These professionals include web developers, e-commerce managers, digital marketers, SEO specialists, social...

Best college teachers

What the best college teachers do – a review

If you had to describe the best college teachers – across disciplines, across universities, and across class size – what characteristics would you include?  How do the prepare for class?  How do the assess...

Rigor

Rigor: How to do it Right

I recently finished reading a blog post by my friend Kelly Elmore on rigor.  Perfectly timed, this post shined a light on a dilemma facing me. How can I entice high standards of learning...

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Why Learning Objectives Fail

Academics are guilty of a terrible sin. This is not meant to disparage the many wonderful faculty at many universities who work hard teaching students. We strive to learn and apply appropriate pedagogical techniques...

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Bad Blood: A Story of Ethical Maleficence

Founded in 2003, Theranos became the darling of Silicon Valley as the hot new biotech startup that promised to revolutionize the medical industry.  With just a drop of blood, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes promised...