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3 Tips To Meet Modern Learners Digital Expectations

B Online Learning

You might also be surprised to hear that employees get interrupted every 5 minutes and people now lose concentration only after 8 seconds, which is less than the 9 second attention span of the average goldfish! You Now Have a Shorter Attention Span Than a Goldfish. References: Bronya Benvin. ONLINE] Available at: [link]. Josh Bersin.

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Attention Spans Are Getting Shorter

Nick Leffler

Attentions spans are shrinking, nobody can pay attention for more than a few seconds. Just to clear things up, an attention span is that thing that allows us to pay attention to something. You know, when something captures our attention because it’s so incredibly interesting and we can’t turn away.

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Off to TechKnowledge 2015…

Kapp Notes

In a short period of time I will be headed to ATD’s TechKnowledge 2015, it is a fun conference with lots of great sessions and vendors. If I do make it to TK 2015, I will be doing some awesome stuff. How do we grab and hold a learner’s attention? What happened to Larry…help solve the case.

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How your Student’s Attention Span affects your eLearning Platform

Academy of Mine

Did you know that with the advent of increased technology in our day-to-day lives that the average human attention span has actually gotten shorter over time? In fact, the average human attention span of 8 seconds is shorter than that of a goldfish’s at 9 seconds… . How does a shortened attention span affect eLearning?

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How Your Student's Attention Span Affects Your eLearning Business

Academy of Mine

A 2015 study by Microsoft of 2,000 survey participants and 112 individuals monitored via EEG in Canada found that since the year 2000 (queue the mobile revolution) a person’s average attention span has dropped a staggering 33% from 12 seconds to 8 seconds. How does a shortened attention span affect eLearning?

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Are shorter attention spans hampering your best efforts In L&D?

looop

“According to scientists, the age of smartphones has left humans with such a short attention span even a goldfish can hold a thought for longer” The Daily Telegraph, 2015. There’s been a challenge to the belief that attention spans are shortening. “I We know this, right? It’s very much task-dependent.

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Moving from Classroom Training to Virtual Training: Here’s How

Association eLearning

In 2015, less than half (49%) of all learning was instructor-led in a classroom without a virtual learning component, marking a steady decline over the course of seven years according to the Association of Talent Development. Given the opportunity, it seems webinar attendees are less than attentive.