Steven H. Ton
Educator • Internship Director • Health IT Project Leader
Why are internships important?
I’m often asked why internships are so important. Having served as Internship Director for the School of Global Health Management and Informatics at UCF for more than a decade, I’ve had the privilege of guiding hundreds of students through this process and working with a wide range of organizations that host our interns. My answer…
What is competency driven education?
Competency-driven education is an approach that focuses on what students are able to do with what they learn, rather than measuring success solely by time spent in a classroom or credit hours earned. It emphasizes the demonstration of skills, knowledge, and abilities that align with professional expectations. In other words, it moves education beyond theory…
Can artificial intelligence ever achieve true consciousness, or will it always be a simulation of human thought?
Artificial intelligence has made extraordinary strides in recent years. It can now recognize speech, generate creative writing, diagnose disease, and even mimic human conversation in ways that blur the line between machine and mind. But behind these capabilities lies one of the most profound questions of our time: can AI ever achieve true consciousness, or…