Category: Professional Development
By now you must have heard about ChatGPT and maybe the idea that it can do everything instead or for you. That is at the level of hype that reminds me of a story, which might be an urban legend. Allegedly, when Windows 95 software came out in 1995, its marketing campaign was so successful that lots of people bought...
This is the first post of a (self-)educational series of posts trying to keep abreast of AI related resources. It is also a chronological repository of what I may want to be able to find again in the future. “Do We Need Librarians Now that We Have ChatGPT?” by Valerie Forrestal on May 15, 2023, in Choice360.org A useful summary...
So you want to be a Prompt Engineer? Where to start? How about taking the “How to Research and Write Using Generative AI Tools” course on LinkedIn Learning by Dave Birss, as I did? The course was a great start and below I summarize a few key takeaways from it. However, I have to warn you that just taking this...
I love learning new skills and tools. So when I saw an ad for an interesting-looking job and found that they prefer someone who is familiar with a particular text analysis tool I never used before I jumped on the opportunity to learn more about it. That’s how I ended up taking the “NVivo 2018 Essential Training” course by David...
If you came here to learn practical tips focus on the six points below. I gathered them from Google Digital Garage’s course titled “Build confidence with self-promotion” If you want a bit more context then read on. If you have 17 minutes do the free course yourself.
More than half the world and four out of five people in the US are on social media (according to Statista), so there is a good chance that you, dear reader, are also active there. Whether you have explicit goals by participation in this sphere or not it never hurts to get better at what you are doing. I took...
What I learned from taking the Writing a Compelling Blog Post course If you want to be a successful blogger you need to learn more than the art of writing. As a first step you need to define what you want to accomplish, what success means to you. Second step includes educating yourself. Starshine Roshell’s course on LinkedIn Learning is...
I am fortunate enough that through my work I have access to numerous online courses. These turbulent times felt like a good opportunity to take one titled “Self-Care During Stressful Times.” It consists of 8 videos that altogether took 35 minutes. The videos are taken from these five courses: “How to Manage Feeling Overwhelmed“, “Mindfulness Practices“, “Happiness Tips“, “Managing Stress for Positive...
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