Research & Publication Arm — Unit 01

Digital
Sidewalk
Lab // entertainment-education — cybernetics
// human resilience — decentralized learning

The research and publication arm of PIP Projects Inc. Institutional home of The Digital Sidewalk paradigm. Founded 2023 by Darby Bailey McDonough, Ph.D.

2025
Ph.D.
6+
Pubs
IEEE
Member

About

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Digital Sidewalk Lab is the research and publication arm of PIP Projects Inc. It houses the academic and pedagogical work of Darby Bailey McDonough, Ph.D., including The Digital Sidewalk — a measurable framework for entertainment-education grounded in Jane Jacobs’ urban sociology, Gordon Pask’s Interaction of Actors Theory, and Mitchell Duneier’s ethnographic methodology. Research is peer-reviewed and presented at IEEE and national communication association conferences.

ORCID  0000-0003-4072-6191

Publications & Presentations

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2025
IEEE Digital Education & MOOCs Conference
“The Digital Sidewalk: Indirect Learning and Entertainment-Education in Decentralized Communities”
Peer-reviewed — ORCID 0000-0003-4072-6191
2023
Central States Communication Association
“Combining Vetted OERs from Federally Funded Sources with Free Cutting-Edge Software Design for Multicultural Learning Resources”
2021
Wyoming Blockchain Stampede BizCon
“Soren Kierkegaard and Media Transformation Theory: Through the Lens of Economic Theology and Blockchain Technology”
Peer-Reviewed
2021
Popular Culture Association
“A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Global Warming and Future Technological Realities in The Hunger Games Film”
2021
ACTFL Annual Convention
“Instructional Video Design to Exemplify K-12 DLI Teaching Best Practices”
2025
Ph.D. Dissertation — Regent University
“The Digital Sidewalk: Exploring Media Literacy and Entertainment-Education in the Buildspace Community — An Ethnographic Study”
Committee Chair: Dr. William J. Brown

Research Areas

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DSL-001
The Digital Sidewalk

Entertainment-education through orality, sound, and cybernetic feedback in decentralized digital and physical communities.

DSL-002
Human Resilience Modeling

Frameworks linking acoustic environments, psychosocial systems, and community cybernetics to quantify resilience outcomes.

DSL-003
Cybernetics & Indirect Learning

Pask’s Interaction of Actors Theory applied to transmedia programming and decentralized community infrastructure design.

DSL-004
Transmedia Narrative Systems

Mass media persuasion, film rhetoric, and narrative design as social-impact infrastructure for learning communities.

Live Demos

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DSL-DEMO-001 D3 · REACT · ORBITAL MECHANICS
Starlink Satellite Constellation — Cosmic Control Hub

Real-time visualization of 100 Starlink satellite positions, interference modeling, and fitness-based orbital optimization using D3 force simulation and React.

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