During the pandemic of the COVID-19, theirs no better time for hackers to come steal information that was left on business that you shop at well they close down during the pandemic. The article does a great job explaining how you can protect yourself from cyber hackers. You can read more at the website provided . https://www.natlawreview.com/article/business-time-covid-19-us-cybersecurity-and-privacy-issues-you-to-consider

A new email scam going around in the UK has been found to lure victims with the possibility of earning millions using Bitcoin. Amidst the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, scammers are targeting people staying at home and offering them fake ways to make money. They are taking victims to a malicious site and asking them to deposit a “commission amount” allowing them to access their fake account. The emails are known to emulate the popular UK newspaper ‘The Sun’ and even use a similar red banner at the top. It is important to be wary of scams in troubling times like these, as many people are anxious and looking for ways to stay afloat financially.

Full Article: https://cyware.com/news/new-coronavirus-scam-urges-users-to-trade-in-bitcoin-and-earn-millions-f9a61d6e

How does context/environment play a part in Instructional Design? Does a designer need to learn different skill sets for certain environments?

If you are interested in the field of Instructional Design (ID), the work environments you will be designing for will most likely be for academia or corporate. As a designer, you may do both if so desired, but others may chose to work for one field specifically. The question can be asked: how does go about deciding which environment is best for them? Does it require different mindsets or skill sets to be successful? The answer lies within what ID is at its core, and what each environment’s intentions are.

The academic field is, you guessed it, all about the instruction of children from primary school to higher education, how one goes about doing so, and seeing which strategies of delivery are the best for students. The intention of this environment is for students to acquire a holistic education of different subjects, and be able to critical think and engaging with them. There is not too much need for research, for there are teachers and professors who are content experts themselves to assist with the design, and the demographics are mostly consistent from year to year. There’s a lot of continuous collaboration between designer and teacher, as their focus is not only to see the effectiveness of learning, but see how the attitude of the class changes towards the content over time. These attitudes allow for experimentation with pedagogues and new experimental teaching methods. Although, limited funding within academia stifles the ability to take proper measurements. Despite that, there is a lot of room to investigate and experiment with new ideas to push Instructional Design.

The corporate field is any company that deals with employers (adults) learning a specific task to improve the company. The intent is to learn a specific skill or process to increase effectiveness and profit. Corporate has more front-end work than academia, for a lot of companies have different, varying demographics; the content designers need to focus on might require more research to organize and refine, since companies want to teach new skills to employees or the skill set is spread across different departments. Here, the goals are more defined on what the company wants; “x” leads to “y”. This mindset doesn’t leave much room for experimentation, as the company was guaranteed results. This means that the designer will be working with the same theories and models time and time again. Measurements and assessments are important, and you use all possible statistics to describe the results of the cooperate training you composed.

Both fields are vastly different: academia is experimental, abstract-like, and focuses on critical thing, while corporate is definite,  precise, and focuses on procedural skills for profit. But where they both are similar is their foundations: working with people. Whatever field you decide to work for, the best transferable skill will be understanding, empathizing, and guiding people. Charisma, awareness of social and cultural context, psychology, learning theories and a bit of anthropology will take you a long way, no matter where you go.

Here’s the article on which this post’s information was based on; there are more details on the dichotomy and options from other designers in the comment sections:

http://cammybean.kineo.com/2010/03/instructional-design-as-practice-in.html

 

As the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) increases, there is an increasing threat and pressure on governments to control the spread and minimize cases of the virus. One way this can be done is through the utilization of the Internet of Things.

One way the Internet of Things can help with the recovery efforts of COVID-19, is by helping to trace the origins of outbreaks in specific regions. According to the article, Researchers at MIT “aggregated mobile phone data to trace, in granular details of short distances and periods, the spread of dengue virus in Singapore during 2013 and 2014.” This helped these researchers triangulate patient zero and additionally helped them identify carriers and who they came in contact with.

The Internet of Things is currently being used during this pandemic to survey and enforce quarantine in some areas via drones. A.I. is being used to help predict future outbreak areas. In one case, a doctor used drones to check the temperature of high risk quarantine patients from their balconies using an an infrared thermometer. This type of technology can be helpful in getting patients the care they need, but also minimizing the risk of cross-infection with patients.

https://www.technologynetworks.com/immunology/articles/using-the-internet-of-things-to-fight-virus-outbreaks-331992

The coronavirus has had a huge impact on everyones lives and we all have truly never experienced something of this magnitude before. To stay in line with my general topic of sports marketing and analytics and make it relevant to the biggest headline across the world I am going to share a quick example of how this pandemic is making its impact on sports. As by now, every major sports league and even minor has either canceled or postponed their season or events. But the biggest news to sports fans out of all of this is that the notorious NCAA mens basketball tournament “March Madness” has been canceled and thrown executives, coaches, players, fans, the media into an absolute frenzy. To read more about the massive impact this has on everyone click the link below to read more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/03/13/march-madness-money-coronavirus/

China has always been one of the leading countries within the tech industry, due to their large amounts of research conducted regarding the field, large companies, and a large amount of talent recruited for tech moguls.

China even went on to publish their own Artificial Intelligence Development Plan. This plan was put into place to use AI to connect and upgrade the entire Chinese industry by the year of 2020. With such a large population, also comes a big responsibility in taking care of their people. China wants to use AI to monitor its population, being able to take care of them by ensuring the public has good safety measures in place. Artificial intelligence has definitely moved into the field of safety over coming years, and is one place in which if implemented correctly, can be shown to thrive.

China is the prime example of an economy that is successfully implementing AI into their environment and seeing great results. By using this, they can see great advances in their daily lives and continue to see their economy boom.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2020/01/14/china-artificial-intelligence-superpower/#7a208dbe2f05

Julia Riccio – jmr17e

Love using your iPad but would like to be able to use a mouse. Takes the point away from the man’s function of the iPad using a mouse. Apple wants to move the computer era onto there small compact iPad, not bulky computers. see how they are making this possiblehttps://www.popsci.com/story/technology/apple-ipad-pro-laptop-replacement-touchpad/

Social media is a place where everyone feels entitled to share every aspect of their life. This creates a rising issue in mental health, because even if someone was originally perfectly content with staying home, “Becky” is out at a local coffee shop, and now you feel like your life is boring in comparison. FOMO (fear of missing out) has been a common issue that rises because of social media comparison. Since the current state of the world is in a global pandemic, this issue might be slightly resolved, or better than it was before. Now that everyone across the globe is staying indoors, and doing significantly less than they were before, there is no room for lifestyle comparison; because we are all living the same lifestyle.

This might seriously impact this issue, because the study depicted in this article shows conclusive results that spending less time on social media reduces user’s FOMO and depression. If we are all staying indoors, there is nothing to have FOMO about. This might seem like a circumstantial solution to a realistic problem, because it is. While the recent lifestyle changes for everyone are significantly helping this issue; the best way to solve it is to reduce your social media usage if these mental health issues are real in your life. It takes self-reflection and self-discipline to know what each user needs out of their social media usage, for their experience to be positive and helpful.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/social-media-use-increases-depression-and-loneliness#Does-social-media-cause-depression?

As a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), many organizations, from companies to universities, have begun to meet online through the video-conferencing platform Zoom. This platform allows members to interact via live video, audio, and text from remote locations. Unfortunately, the online platform has provided internet trolls with yet another platform to terrorize.

The result of this boom in Zoom has begun an internet trend by some trolls who find their way into these video-conferences and interrupt with pornographic images, obscene language, threats and even hate speech. This “ZoomBombing,” as it is now being referred to, is becoming viral and many videos have already circulated the internet and social media.

To protect your next meeting in Zoom, flow the advice of the article below:

As Zoom Booms, Incidents of ‘ZoomBombing’ Become a Growing Nuisance

Local Universities in North Carolina are have been working with engineers and nurses to create 3D printed PPE to help with the worldwide shortage. Although these universities are not printing masks, instead they are printing face shields which would allow these healthcare professionals to wear masks for an extended period of time. Universities are also taking requests from any healthcare organizations such as hospitals, practices, nursing homes, and hospice organizations. To learn more about this 3D printed PPE, visit: https://www.wcnc.com/article/tech/nc-clinical-leaders-harness-3-d-tech-to-provide-ppe-for-frontline-health-care-workers/275-fe989362-3d1f-46a1-8e6d-9a8e6ddba2e1