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The Spontaneous Interspecies Transfer of Autonomic Somatic Responses in Homo sapiens and Canidae: A Longitudinal Single-Household Case Study

Posted on July 22, 2026 by admin

The Spontaneous Interspecies Transfer of Autonomic Somatic Responses in Homo sapiens and Canidae: A Longitudinal Single-Household Case Study Geoffrey B. Cain, M.S. Ed. Big Sur College of Mysterious Knowledge  Abstract Contagious yawning, the involuntary triggering of a yawn by … Continue reading →

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Retired and on to the Next Thing!

Posted on March 30, 2026 by admin

March 26th, 2026 was my 65th birthday and my last day at work in education. I have been documenting a good deal of this journey on this blog, Brainstorm in Progress, which began in 2005 on blogspot.com and continued here … Continue reading →

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Project Omerta

Posted on March 20, 2026 by admin

I read about “How to Build Practice-Based Learning Activities with AI Four evidence-based methods for designing, building & deploying active learning activities with your favourite LLM” by Dr Philippa Hardman from Stephen Downes blog. This is really fantastic work and … Continue reading →

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Tamagotchigogy: A Pedagogical Framework of Care, Feedback, and Responsiveness

Posted on January 8, 2026 by admin

Abstract Tamagotchigogy is a new pedagogical framework that uses the Tamagotchi digital pet as a metaphor for learning itself. It emphasizes care, feedback, responsiveness, and engagement as essential to sustaining cognitive and emotional growth. This article outlines the theoretical foundations, … Continue reading →

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Zines in Higher Education with Meredith Tummeti

Posted on January 6, 2026 by admin

In Episode #60 of Simon Says: Educate!, Geoff Cain interviews Meredith Tummeti, librarian at Centralia College and leader of a growing zine initiative on campus. Meredith shares how a simple mini-zine evolved into a thriving culture of student-created work, research-based … Continue reading →

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Keep Calm and STEAM Ahead

Posted on September 28, 2025 by admin

I’m proud to be mentoring Natasha Maria Gomes through UNESCO’s Open Education for a Better World project. One of the projects she’s leading reminds me why this work matters and why I got involved with OE4BW in the first place. … Continue reading →

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Designing Inclusive Instruction with UDL and AI

Posted on June 9, 2025 by admin

I am currently working on a professional development course for Clover Park Technical College on Universal Design for Learning (I am currently researching OER and UDL so if you have some favorites or something that you have successfully used in … Continue reading →

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AI+OER Institute deadline coming soon!

Posted on June 5, 2025 by admin

We have a lot of great proposals submitted for the AI+OER Institute but we have room for a few more and our deadline is coming up: June 16th! Clover Park Technical College’s Teaching & Learning Center invites you to submit … Continue reading →

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Caption Your Videos: Especially Now

Posted on May 15, 2025 by admin

My latest posts have been AI heavy: ironically, this one is too. Without AI, captioning videos was expensive and cumbersome. Few colleges really had the time or money for it. At community and technical colleges, we’re all juggling heavy work … Continue reading →

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The Cain Mutiny: Again with the Strawberries

Posted on May 13, 2025 by admin

The inability for AI to tell you how many “R”s are in the word strawberry has been well  documented. I think it has been fixed in ChatGPT o4-min-high, but ChatGPT 4o mini still says two. I am not sure what … Continue reading →

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