Preparing millennials as digital citizens and socially and environmentally responsible business professionals in a socially irresponsible climate

As of 2015, a millennial born in the 1990's became the largest population in the workplace and are still growing. Studies indicate that a millennial is tech savvy but lag in the exercise of digital responsibility. In addition, they are passive towards environmental sustainability and fail to grasp the importance of social responsibility. This paper provides a review of such findings relating to business communications educators in their classrooms. The literature should enable the development of a millennial as an excellent global citizen through business communications curricula that emphasizes digital citizenship, environmental sustainability and social responsibility. The impetus for this work is to provide guidance in the development of courses and teaching strategies customized to the development of each millennial as a digital, environmental and socially responsible global citizen

Democratic or Gendered Domain: Communication and Learning Styles in the Online Classroom

Computer-mediated communication (CMC) within cyberspace has become a recent pedagogical phenomenon. Cyberspace creates a domain for new learning environments. Using the online classroom has the potential to break down gender barriers and erect a more democratic space for students. Even with this limitless potential, there are competing conceptions regarding these new and promising classrooms--will online education conform to the same standards that shape a gendered society, or will these classrooms create a more equitable environment for both male and female students? Because of the rising numbers of online female students, gender bias becomes an increasingly important research topic. Yet the past research remains inconclusive regarding the relationships between gender, communication styles, and learning styles in the online environment. The purpose of the current project was to investigate cyberspace through CMC to study the influence of both biological and psychological gender on self-reported communication styles, online communication styles, and learning styles. This project used a case study approach to investigate thirteen participants\u27 style preferences. Participants completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory, the Communication Styles Q-Set, a demographic survey, the Kolb Learning Style Inventory, and McCrosky\u27s Self-Perceived Communication Competence Scale. As the researcher, I analyzed participants\u27 CMC in an online classroom using a developed Research Coding Scheme. I then compared participants\u27 CMC to the other measures through the calculations of mean scores. The results revealed differences between male and female participants when it came to participants\u27 CMC and self-reported communication styles, there were style similarities between CMC and self-reported communication, participants\u27 learning style preferences appeared to reflect the online environment, and learning style preferences drew parallels with communication style preferences. These results revealed that the online classroom fell short of a democratic ideal. Online classrooms have the potential of breaking down barriers to student participation. Still the online classroom within this project did not break down all barriers and continued to mirror a gendered society. The need for further research is imperative. Other researchers should continue investigating these emerging classrooms--hopefully, leading to a better understanding of how to neutralize gender bias within this new cyberspace domain

Will Unionism Prosper in Cyber-Space? The Promise of the Internet for Employee Organization

This paper argues that the low cost of information, communication, and interaction on the Web offers trade unions opportunities to improve services and attract members and thus reinvent themselves for the 21st Century. Analyzing current use of the Internet by unions in the United Kingdom and United States, we develop five hypothesis about the impact of the Internet on unions. 1) the Customized Services hypothesis that unions will individualize services; 2) the Cyber-organizing hypothesis that the Web will ease organization and produce virtual minority unions at many non-union firms; 3) the Cyber-democracy hypothesis that the Web will enhance democracy in unions; 4) the Cyber-dispute hypothesis that the Web will become an important space for industrial disputes; and 5) the New Internationalism hypothesis that the Web will strengthen the international labor community. If unions fail to exploit the opportunities on the Web to gain members, we expect other organizations, Internet recruitment sites, specialized advice centers, and the like, to fill the e-union niche.

Factors affecting e-Learning effectiveness in a higher learning institution in Malaysia

The purpose of this research was to investigate factors that influence the effectiveness of the e-learning system in a higher learning institution. The participants were students randomly selected from diploma and degree programs. The main instrument was a questionnaire that was distributed to the students. The researchers collected 205 completed questionnaires out of a total of 300. Four factors were chosen as independent variables namely: reaction and satisfaction,learning outcome and achievement, familiarity with online learning technology, and participation and interaction. It was found that the effectiveness of the e-learning system was significantly affected by reaction and satisfaction, learning outcome and achievement, and familiarity with online learning technology. The participation and interaction factor had no apparent effect on the effectiveness of the e-learning system. Therefore, it is recommended that higher learning institutions interested in introducing e-learning should focus on students’ reaction and satisfaction towards the system.E-learning should focus on learning outcomes and achievement. It is also recommended that institutions first look into the issue of familiarity with online learning technology among students before introducing the e-learning system so as to determine whether students are comfortable with the online learning tools

Synopsis of Cybersecurity and Risks Associated with Cybercrime to Susceptible and Blameless Global Citizenries

Cybercrime, a collapse of the world economy, social and economic insecurity are all continual threats to the global society. Our interconnected, global civilization will soon be affected negatively and economically by the rapidly evolving cybersecurity challenge. Leaders of both developed and developing countries must be ready to launch a defence strategy against those who carry out cybersecurity attacks. In the past, local, national, and worldwide communications relied on radio networks, conventional mail systems, and fax machines to send data and documents. This paper critically performed a synopsis of cybersecurity and the risks associated with cybercrime to susceptible and blameless global citizenries. The world's transmission and communication processes are now controlled by the culture of high definition television, broadband direct connection, electronic mail, Internet access, and cyber-technology. All segments of the global innocent population are constantly at risk as a result of the excessive rate of advancement in cyber-technology. Attacks on blameless people in Paris and San Bernardino serve as a reminder to leaders of developed and developing countries to develop cyber security-savvy workforces in order to avert future catastrophes. Cybercrime poses a grave threat to the physical wellbeing of innocent members of the society worldwide. Individuals, governmental bodies, businesses, financial institutions, and higher education systems are all at risk from cybercriminals operating in isolation. The establishment of a unified front to cooperate via confidence, dedication, and commitment must be among the most credible and reliable approaches to stop cybercriminals today and in the future. All facets of international organizations and educational settings are being affected by cybersecurity concerns. The exchange of ideas, values, and beliefs as well as the teaching and learning process are all parts of the culture of the educational enterprise. Presidents, vice chancellors, professors, instructors, and other educators are urged to develop a plan of action to safeguard the infrastructure, critical data, and other assets of the entire educational system against cyber-attacks. The unanticipated events in Paris, France, and San Bernardino, California, in the United States, are a persistent trend and a decisive step that empowers national and higher education leaders, professors, instructors, and allied educators to put in place a well-organized action plan, efficient security measures, and workforces to neutralize perpetrators' malign intent to destroy all the institutions of human civilization. According to the research findings, a Global Collaborative Partnership (GCP) should be established with policies and directives to offer steady security to vulnerable global citizens. Additionally, as part of the GCP ground plan, software designers must have preventative built-in capabilities to deter cybercriminals

Community across a continent: cultivating relationships in online education Distance Education versus Traditional Education: Management Methods and Systems

Online education has undoubtedly revolutionized the ways, means, and criteria for learning. With more systems for cyber communication and collaboration than ever before, online education is often touted as the second coming of Horace Mann's notion of “the great equalizer” in education. However, one critical piece of face-to-face education, the ability to build and cultivate interpersonal relationships and communities, is severely strained, and often nonexistent, in the realm of online learning. As more and more research suggests the importance of community to students' academic success at all levels of the educational system, what are the implications for our online students if this factor is missing? In this paper, the author draws upon her experience as a traditional public school educator and as an online instructor through the Johns Hopkins University Masters of Science in Education program to discuss the importance of nurturing personal connections with online students in ways that support students' intrinsic needs for community and increase participation, interaction, and academic outcomes

Battlespace Next™: Developing a Serious Game to Explore Multi-domain Operations

Changes in the geopolitical landscape and increasing technological complexity have prompted the U.S. Military to coin the terms Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) and Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) as over-arching strategy to frame the complexity of warfare across both traditional and emerging warfighting domains. Teaching new concepts associated with these terms requires both innovation as well as distinct education and training tools in order to realize the cultural change advocated by senior military leaders. Battlespace Next™ (BSN) is a serious game designed to teach concepts integral to MDO and initiate discussion on military strategy while conserving time, money, and manpower. BSN, a Collectable Card Game (CCG), is engineered to provide an engaging learning tool that educates on capabilities in a multi-domain conflict. This paper proposes an extensible game framework for modeling and reasoning about MDO concepts and presents our empirical feedback from over 120 military play testers evaluating a moderate to difficult version of the game. Results reveal the game teaches MDO concepts and delivers an engaging, hands-on learning experience. Specifically, we provide evidence it improved military readiness in seven areas of MDO in at least 62% of participants and 76% of respondents reported they enjoyed playing the game

Developing a Serious Game to Explore Joint All Domain Command and Control

Changes in the geopolitical landscape and increasing technological complexity have prompted the U.S. Military to coin Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) and Joint All-Domain Command and Control as terms to describe an over-arching strategy that frames the complexity of warfare across both traditional and emerging warfighting domains. Teaching new and advanced concepts associated with these terms requires both innovation as well as distinct education and training tools in order to realize the cultural change advocated by senior military leaders. BSN, a Collectible Card Game, was developed to teach concepts integral to MDO and initiate discussion on military strategy