Exploring multimedia and interactive technologies

The goal of multimedia design strategies and innovation is to produce meaningful learning environments that relate to and build upon what the learner already knows and what the learner seeks. The multimedia tools used to achieve knowledge transfer should activate recall or prior knowledge and help the learner alter and encode new structures. Traditionally, multimedia has been localized to specific delivery systems and demographics based on the government, industry, or academic concentration. The presenter will explore the introduction of immersive telecommunications technologies, constructivist learning methodologies, and adult learning models to standardize networking and multimedia-based services and products capable of adapting to wired and wireless environments, different devices and conditions on a global scale

How Predictive Analytics Persuade the Way We Think and Make Decisions

Global access to the Internet has created a virtual landscape where our browsing habits are open-sourced, gathered and then our web activities are overloaded with predictive or persuasive sliced information. Companies invest billions of dollars to buy and sell consumer information gathered from tracking our searches and internet habits without our knowledge or consent. Companies input gathered information into complex neural networks that produce predictive and persuasive analytics to increase our consumption and beliefs. An algorithm assumes our future consumer behaviors, but does it fail to understand our attitudes about the persuasion approach itself

Conscious Self-Discovery, Mindfulness, and Social Cognition in an AI World

This work describes how humans need to adjust to the capabilities of artificial intelligence systems through self-discovery, mindfulness, and social cognition

Quantum Teaming: How to Create a Virtual Internship to Provide Online Students with Real-world Experience

KapConsulting is a one-of-a-kind online internship at Kaplan University consisting of Kaplan Radio, Kaplan Financial, and KapTechnology. Students from diverse backgrounds come together to run a virtual real-world agile company. KapConsulting explores the applicability of quantum concepts, entanglement, superposition and uncertainty, in creating an environment where synergy can occur naturally among virtual interns. Superposition is a measurable phenomenon that occurs when each individual team member contributes their skills and many “Clark Kents” become “The Justice League.” This presentation discusses creating a collaborative environment where quantum teaming occurs and how KapTechnology implements strategies to achieve win-win synergistic outcomes

Virtual Andragogy Unifies Quantum Teaming, Neural Entrainment and Cognitive Coupling

This work highlights the potential of virtual andragogy, with its harnessing of quantum teaming, neural entrainment, and cognitive coupling. She shows how technologies enable the broadening of human learning and thinking

Making News Real: Learning From Academe

The 21st century explosion of instantaneous electronic news information via technology devices has proven convenient and catastrophic. In addition to the traditional Associated Press and Reuters, there is a spike in independent news streams with far right, far left and fuzzy middle agendas, which may or may not be accurate. Academic information, on the other hand, maintains a strong distinction between what is considered a primary source, acceptable research methods, and peer review processes to determine the accuracy of information that moves the body of knowledge forward versus information stirred up in a cauldron of private agendas. The question to be address is, Can government and the press learn from academic standards to alleviate or reduce fake news

Has the pandemic created opportunities to reform the education process?

This thoughtful work explores ways that education could change to the positive in the pandemic era

The Intentionality of Systemic Racism and Perpetual Trauma: The Effects of Poison-Privilege

This essay uses a historical argument to argue against racism and its continuation in American society, with its history of racist ideas promoting the domination of races for the promotion of one

In Times of Great Change: Reality, Morality and Ethics on the Internet

The author provides a thought piece on the importance of morality and ethics on the Internet given the power and reach of social media and people’s lives today