Week 1 Welcome & Introductions

Hello, all! I'm Fred. I live in Northern Kentucky and work in Cincinnati, Ohio. I work for 84.51°, the retail intelligence / data science engine for The Kroger Company. I am a learning architect and lead eLearning and educational video development for a team that primarily trains customers and internal users of our commercial data and insights analysis tools. I have been in L&D for more than 30 years, with the majority of that time focused on eLearning. Started off building CD-based courses in Authorware and have used a wide variety of other tools over the years as self-paced learning went online. I started using Articulate Storyline around 2013, and we have more recently been focusing our development in Rise.

I joined the AI Assistant Cohort to learn more ways to leverage its capabilities to jumpstart our course development. I am firm believer that faster is not always better. However, I see value in being able to rapidly generate a first draft of content that we can refine and improve. Also looking forward to meeting all of you and learning how you are using these tools.

Outside of work, I am very active in theatre as a performer, director, and playwright. Also, my wife and I do a lot of hiking, camping, kayaking, and general frolicking in the woods.

We used to have a mini Schnauzer named Luna, but sadly she is no longer with us. Our only pets are the birds, squirrels, rabbits, and deer that like to hang out in our yard.

Glad to be here!