Cognition – ‘The process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience or the senses’

Resonance: ‘Amplifying effect when two systems interact in harmony’

Evolution of Consciousness is toward Cognitive Resonance

The concept of the Brain as a Hologram posits that memory is distributed rather than localized in the brain. If it was possible for every portion of a piece of a holographic film to contain all the information necessary to create a whole image, then it seemed equally possible for every part of the brain to contain all the information necessary to recall a whole memory. But responses evoked by the individual in a particular scenario is highly conditioned since the neural networks work in a certain predictive pattern and the whole information content of the brain is not used. But scenarios are soon changing. A simple case of E-Assessment or E-Testing gives evidence that e-marketers are now able to think out-of-the-box to challenge the networking in the brain and force it to reconfigure the pattern. The so called ‘Disruptive Technologies’ which are AI driven are putting new barriers, forcing the brain to re-think and enable a seamless evolution of consciousness. Very soon traditional Multiple-Choice questions in E-Assessment which has one correct answer and others as detractors, will be replace by gaming scenarios or other multi-modal question-feedback that allows new synthesis and critical thinking to emerge – the new education perspective can be used to develop the ‘Multiple-Intelligence’ of the child from the very onset. It also augurs well in the velocity or emerging markets in the world where use of high-speed internet data (4G/5G or similar) is affordable in the use of devices like tabs and smart phones.

Going Beyond-Multiple Choice in the E-Assessment environment and the use of AI driven technologies in Skills Assessment also shows Change and Evolution in the Framework and Policies which are integrating the Transformation of Consciousness taking place.

Modern neuroscience research tells us that every brain is unique and
experience driven. So, at birth certain neural pathways and networks
are conditioned by our genes. That remains fixed or conditioned but
the brain is not static but dynamic and continually morphs itself in
response to experience. So, the new take is genetics + environment
drives human behaviour and understanding and skills set. There is
evolution of consciousness based on quality of external stimulants.

To challenge the brain and our understanding of a particular subject
we can devise new ways of testing or creating new scenarios which will
be completely new to the already conditioned neural pathways in the
brain caused by one set of testing or assessment. The brain has to
radically change its own response to the new assessment and evolve
accordingly. It has to form new synapses with regard to new
information processing and use data already stored in its own hologram
to find the right answers.
New ways of testing and assessment drives new evolution and it can
change brain function and brain size as well. This is the new dynamics
of collective evolution based on Beyond Multiple-Choice Assessment. For technical expertise assessment, there is already a shift towards virtual simulation, where the participant can respond to practical testing sitting anywhere, anytime.

If the new technology can mix unpredictability or uncertainty in the
scenarios for assessment, allowing randomness to constitute a new
complex order then the brain can respond to that situation using its
own non-local consciousness.

There will be quantum entanglement b/w the information bits (quantum
information bits or qubits) in the question and the information stored
as memory in the brain hologram. If Assessment is an understanding of the participant’s formal knowledge about a subject, then in an ideal scenario there is cognitive resonance between the Questions, Delivery of it and the Answers or Responses which comprise the Assessment Process. The more enriched this process is, the better is the evolution of consciousness.

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FUTURE SECURED FOR INTERNATIONAL E-ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE

 Assessment Tomorrow and the eAssessment Association (eAA) agree partnership for the e-Assessment Question Conference

Assessment Tomorrow and the eAA today announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to take forward the e-Assessment Question Conference and Exhibition (www.e-assessment-question.com).

The 2019 e-Assessment Question conference (10^th and 11^th April 2019), now in its 17^th year, has become one of the key events on the education calendar for the UK and beyond. It brings together public and private sector institutions, awarding organisations, technology companies, policymakers and other educationalists that share an interest in improving assessment.

Matt Wingfield, chairman of the eAA, comments:

“The eAssessment Question has become one of the most influential gatherings in education technology. The spring conference has steadily grown to become one of the main annual events in the edtech calendar, and has seen major deals and policy decisions originated from within its doors.”

Jeff Ross, director at Assessment Tomorrow, comments:

“We are confident that the eAA is well placed to drive the conference forward, evolving the format in partnership with its members and industry sponsors to ensure it remains relevant to the needs of this rapidly maturing sector.”

The eAA already organises the eAssessment Awards to promote best practice within the sector as part of the conference programme and the 3^rd annual awards dinner will be held on the evening of 10^th April.

From 2020, the eAA will take over the organisation of the conference and exhibition with support from Assessment Tomorrow.

Further information from:

Assessment Tomorrow, Jeff Ross (+44 7785 920392) or Martyn Roads (+44 7802 724750)

info@assessmenttomorrow.com    www.assessmenttomorrow.com

eAssessment Association, Karen Pernyes (+44 7986 847033)

marketing@e-assessment.com  www.e-assessment.com

Notes for editors:

Assessment Tomorrow has been organising specialist e-assessment conferences and events in a number of worldwide locations since its first London event in 2003.

The eAssessment Association is a professional membership organisation with over 1,600 members drawn from right across the formal education and work-based learning sectors.

Founded in 2008, the association promotes better assessment of knowledge, skills and capabilities of people through technology. It builds awareness of the benefits that technology brings to assessment and works to ensure that the industry it has a strong voice and influence in key policy debates.