Upside Learning

APRIL 22, 2010

As a general search on the web will reveal, there is quite a debate about multitasking and task switching. He needs to either multitask – to monitor the word streams and identify the words that occur in the set, or he must constantly switch focus from window to window. It’s based on simple word identification.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 6, 2009

As way of background for this month's big question - , I went to eLearning Learning and looked up Multitasking. " Also disconcerting, he notes, is that "people who chronically multitask believe they're good at it." " Will Thalheimer - Younger Generation NOT Good at Multitasking Either!

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Some great responses to this month's big question New Presenter and Learner Methods and Skills. Caveats to Multitasking is Generally Bad for Work and Learning See my post on Multitasking for a summary of this. Or Clive Shepherd's How should presenters address multitasking? I'm learning a lot from the posts.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2009

I’m just in time to tackle this month’s Big Question from the Learning Circuits Blog. There were some great responses to the Big Question – I particularly liked the concept of Binge Thinking suggested by Ken Allen.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

An article, The Myth of Multitasking , in this month’s Management Today magazine, adds to the backlash against the frenetic task switching that has become so common in the past few years, as more and more communication channels open up alongside new mobile technologies. The article collects some fascinating opinions and data.

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The Learning Circuits

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Both your face-to-face and your online audience is likely multitasking. Clive Shepherd captured the problem as Multitasking is now every presenter’s problem. Hence, this month's big question is: New Presenter and Learner Methods & Skills? Related questions: What should we do as presenters in this multitasking world?

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eLearning Learning Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Presentation Backchannel Multitasking - eLearning Technology , October 29, 2009. The Big Question: How should presenters address multitasking? User Interface Design For eLearning – Updated - The eLearning Coach , October 25, 2009. Twitter for learning - Sticky Learning , October 25, 2009.

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