Under what conditions and in what job tasks must individuals be able to multi-task? Would multi-media presentations during training be useful in preparation for such job tasks? Why or why not? Could such presentations assist in placing learners on a continuum of multi-tasking ability? Why or why not?

In this week’s journal entry, you will critically reflect on your own beliefs and biases about your Final Research Paper topic by using the concept of self-reflexivity. To paraphrase Crapo (2013, sec. 1.3), self-reflexivity is the process of confronting one’s own preconceived notions and examining how these may influence how one understands (or misunderstands) others. Understanding biases and beliefs about other cultures helps researchers apply cultural relativism to their work.For this journal, consider the sources that you summarized for Part I and Part II of your paper in your Week Three Assignment Worksheet.What was your initial response to the sources you read for your paper? Include in-text citations using Ashford’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide and full reference entries in APA format to all sources you will be using for your Final Research Paper.In the course of this class, you have learned about cultural diversity and how to apply cultural relativism to understand beliefs, practices, and behaviors within their cultural context. How has learning about different culturally practices helped you to better understand how narrowmindedness and prejudice constrict diversity?Can you identify any biases that you might have about the cultural practices you will discuss in either Part I or Part II of your Final Research Paper?Identify any problems you might be having in examining your own culture from an etic perspective or the other culture from an emic perspective. Review Miner’s article Body Ritual Among the Nacirema, (Links to an external site.)and explain how his discussion of Americans (also known as Nacirema) will help you take an outsider’s perspective on your own culture.The journal entry should be at least 250 words in length. You should also include a title page and a references page.

Is Consciousness Fractal? (Links to an external site.)  Imagine/Create a possible future Create possible futures within the group to envision, “what if” scenarios where the world is equipped to handle the knots. As a part of this process, you must integrate art: art in the form of inspiration, art in the form of enactment, art in the form of prototyping or process. Unflatten your view by adding even more dimensionality through art. Howsoever you choose (and you are encouraged to use multiple forms) to integrate, make sure you are playful and collaborative. Keep track of how your worlds change, and how levels of reality are crossed in the process. Design and Strategize Use your systems understanding and your vision of a future to solve the knot Which knot do you want to solve? How can your group integrate your future vision into an educational system that can change the world given curricular creep? Funding? Other issues? Choose a singular, education-related issue, propose with collaborators and explain how it will work. How we can create a long-term, iterative and relational solution. What unintended consequences should we consider? Present your proposal (10 pts) Each group will present one copy of their portfolio (steps 1-4 above) for a final reflection grade Additionally, we expect the group to share/present with the class. We want to invite your creativity and bring in your disciplinary expertise. Each group can decide how they would like to present. You can present your proposal in a variety of different ways, including (but not limited to) A podcast A film A data visualization Poetry Visual art Performance art Traditional PowerPoint (~ 10-15 min) Reflect on the process of your collaboration, as well as your journey through this class. (10 pts) A. We want you to be metacognitive about this collaboration, this capstone is just as much about the process as it is about the product. What worked? What didn’t? Which transdisciplinary tools proved useful during this collaboration? B. Look back at your previous reflections. How have the boundaries around the way you see this part of the world (ontology) changed? Have your values? Have they been challenged? Have they remained the same? C. As a final part of your reflection, choose any (or all) of the following outcomes from the course: De-silo art and science from their specialized spaces Explain how to "art" science and "science" art Apply transdisciplinary theory and tools to reframe and resolve complex problems Identify knowledge in terms of disciplinary and cognitive processes Integrate arts and science paradigms to facilitate change Understand creativity through scientific, collaborative, and transdisciplinary lenses Identify opportunities for greater inclusion in traditional art and science paradigms Which of these has been most helpful for you as you move forward in your academic interests and career? What topic(s) would you like to learn more about as you continue to gain disciplinary expertise in your respective fields? Why?