Frazier Smith — WritingLong-form posts on AI in the classroom, instructional design, and CTE workforce.https://vfrazier.app/en-usWhat a music-education degree actually transferred to IT leadership (and what it didn't)https://vfrazier.app/writing/2026-05-music-to-it-leadership/https://vfrazier.app/writing/2026-05-music-to-it-leadership/The popular version of this career-pivot story is the inspirational one. The honest version is more specific, and more useful.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTTeachingWhat I learned standing up an xAPI lab system for a CC cybersecurity programhttps://vfrazier.app/writing/2026-05-xapi-lab-stack/https://vfrazier.app/writing/2026-05-xapi-lab-stack/Three months in. Cost, infrastructure, schema regrets, and what to start with if you're considering this yourself.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTInstructional DesignWhy a 1967 thought experiment is still the right tool for AI ethicshttps://vfrazier.app/writing/2026-05-pull-the-lever-1967-ethics/https://vfrazier.app/writing/2026-05-pull-the-lever-1967-ethics/A long-form essay drawn from the NSF-funded "Would You Pull the Lever?" workshop. AI ethics doesn't need newer frameworks. It needs older ones, applied better.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTResearchThe case for teaching cloud through real infrastructure, not labshttps://vfrazier.app/writing/2026-04-real-infrastructure/https://vfrazier.app/writing/2026-04-real-infrastructure/Our data center workers learn faster than our lab students. That's not a curriculum problem. It's an exposure problem.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTTeachingADDIE is not the enemy. Pretending you're still doing ADDIE is.https://vfrazier.app/writing/2026-03-process-theater/https://vfrazier.app/writing/2026-03-process-theater/A defense of process — and an indictment of process theater. What actually changed when we modernized technical training at VMware.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTInstructional Design