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Ghosting & Being Ghosted

What is ghosting? Why does it happen? How does it impact both parties? How to deal with being ghosted? Why is ghosting on the rise? How ID helps?

And a glossary of ghosting-related terms, such as Orbiting, Bread-crumbing, Caspering, Submarining, and Zombying.

Nano Banana Love goes Bananas!

A fun take on Google’s Nano Banana. A question, something about a scheming schema (which instructional designers have a robust schema of), and a video full of nano-love made by the Nano Banana Grok Imagine duo.

The Three Musketeers: Optimus, Musk, and Grok

Musk agrees to bring the oomph back to Tesla and buys $1B worth of shares to seal the deal. Optimus Gen3, launched recently, appears to be his pet project at Tesla as he tweets about “burning the midnight oil” with the Optimus team, and the synergy between Optimus and Grok.

The “Perfect” Wedge between Creativity and Courage!

Creativity and courage must oust perfection and welcome imperfection into their living quarters. Our need to be perfect kills our courage to present our work to the world. It’s only when we start loving the human touch of imperfection that creativity begins to thrive.

The AI Bubble: 6 Bubblers & 1 Inevitable Burst.

The phrase that’s getting thrown around a lot these days is, “The AI bubble is about to burst!” This post presents the 6 factors that are contributing to the expanding girth of this bubble. This post also introduces the Stark Streak cartoons.

What is xAPI & How is it used in Learning

The future instructional designer will be expected to engineer holistic learning experiences. This article helps simplify the purpose and application of xAPI for those Instructional Designers who are either already doing an xAPI-related task without knowing “why,” or who want to prepare themselves for the future.

Google’s Nano Banana – Before & After!

I tried out Google’s Nano Banana. Did a few simple image modifications. It’s quick, but stumbles when asked to do unexpected modifications.

JSON Awareness for Instructional Designers

eLearning Instructional designers use Articulate push data into xAPI all the time, yet knowing how that data is structured and stored using JSON can be empowering as well as exciting at the same time. Get acquainted with JSON and LRS.

The Case of a Teen, a Suicide, and What ChatGPT Told Me

Moved by the death of 16-year-old Adam Raine, I confronted ChatGPT, and its reply had a large measure of truth in it.

Why won’t I let AI write for me?

Is it ok to let AI write for you? A 500-word article that you’d take 2-3 hours to write can be written by AI in seconds. And it would be error-free and polished to a shine. So why won’t I let AI write for me?

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