Castello, William J. Indelible Memory: Data Dissemination Designed to Optimize Memory. 2020. Radford University, Thesis. Radford University Scholars' Repository.
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Abstract
The Information Age (a.k.a. the Computer or Digital Age) is characterized by the rapid shift from traditional industry to an economy based on information technology. Mankind is rede- signing, improving, and advancing all that has come before. The major impediment to this advancement is man’s inability to deal with the volume of data. We learned to learn via methods designed prior to this reality. The conscious acceptance of data initiates a process in the human brain to retain and utilize information, defining the creation of personal knowledge. This process along with compounding blocks of knowledge builds intelligence. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the information collected and use it to design an optimal method of information dissemination. The four pillars of research on which this thesis is based are neurobiology, psychology, educational science, and human-centered experimentation. Neurobiology helps define the nature of a single thought, the process of thought creation, storage, and utilization - the process by which thoughts combine to form knowledge. Psychology helps define human will. Conscious acceptance or rejection of data requires the engagement of the will. I hope to discover the triggers that prompt the mind to actively accept or reject data. Educational science, the third pillar, helps examine methods used to impart information. Both successful and failed methods of information transfer were analyzed, tested, and explained. Research relevant to media and digital platforms, classroom procedures, and other methods by which a learner is exposed to data is examined, to determine the relative efficacy of teaching methods and platforms. The research provided key elements of biology, psychology and methodology that were included in an experimentally designed method of teaching, administered to a group of volunteers. The collected research material was combined with data obtained by human-centered experimentation to provide a fulsome and holistic pool of data from which an optimal method of information dissemination was formulated. Human-centered experimentation featured a workshop designed to collect data about educational experiences, using classroom sessions to compare the results of teaching and testing the same data delivered in two distinct ways. This research provided relevant information to under- standing learning processes and the factors that drive and inhibit it. Results of the classroom sessions suggest that information delivered with psychological triggers and emotional content add the value needed to prompt an individual’s choice to accept and process data. This work sincerely intends to provide findings leading to an optimized paradigm of teaching and learning.
| Item Type: | Thesis |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > L Education (General) Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Radford University > College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences > Department of Psychology |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2021 22:22 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2023 12:54 |
| URI: | http://wagner.radford.edu/id/eprint/660 |
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