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How Instructional Designers Can Cope with Continuous Partial Attention in "The Age of Distraction"

SHIFT eLearning

Thomas Friedman stated in 2006 “All we do now is interrupt each other or ourselves with instant messages, e-mail, spam or cellphone rings.”. The term continuous partial attention was first used by Apple and Microsoft executive Linda Stone in 1990 to describe, in her own words, “post multitasking” behavior.

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What is Mobile Learning and Why Is It Important in Employee Training?

Acorn Labs

Still not sure why mobile learning is your key to engaging and empowering employees on their learning pathways? We’ll walk you through just how and why you need to nail the mobile learning environment. What is mobile learning? And these aren’t even the only benefits of mobile learning. Accessibility.

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Four Ways Technology Is Changing How People Learn [Infographic]

SHIFT eLearning

It is changing the way we communicate, the way we do business, how we learn and teach, and even it’s changing the way our brains work. Because the arrival of technology, the learning environment is changing. In olden days, people used to only learn at a classroom. 2) From Passive to Active or Brain-based Learning.

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