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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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Sparking Innovation in Your eLearning Design

Integrated Learnings

The advice here is to become immersed in what you’re doing and avoid multitasking. In some situations, we can set an expectation that email and instant messaging must be off during training. This eLearning blog is brought to you by Integrated Learning Services , an eLearning design & development company.

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Your leaders’ brains were not made for this moment

CLO Magazine

As the number of workers grappling with mental health issues continues to rise, learning and development leaders are facing a critical question: How and why are our employees struggling to cope? Suddenly, technology could enable people to be available 24/7/365 via phone call, email or instant message.

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Implementing the ARCS Model in Instructional Design

eLearningMind

Of course, Keller’s instructional development model was created for traditional teachers and instructors—those teaching face-to-face with their students. Making learning relevant today Back in the ’80s, when Keller conceptualized his ARCS instructional development model, the corporate world was one built around specialization.

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Knowledge and Learning In The News - 7/23/2005

Big Dog, Little Dog

Humans attempt to do many things at the same time, such as driving and chatting on the phone, or working and listening to music, and now research suggests why such multitasking may be possible: the brain appears to have its own control center. Training magazine's annual ranking of organizations that excel at training and development.

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Knowledge and Learning In The News - 3/26/2006

Big Dog, Little Dog

Traditional product developers would be aghast at such an idea, since it sounds hasty and unprofessional. Although multitasking kids may be better prepared in some ways for today's frenzied workplace, many cognitive scientists are positively alarmed by the trend. iPods Let Students Crack Books on the Go - Tech News World.

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Can You e-Learn at Your Desk?

Breakthrough eLearning

The "pro" side arguments tended to be centred around the following points: We all multitask all day, every day, why couldn't eLearning fit into this mix? email, phone, instant messages, pagers, bosses, co-workers, etc.) email, phone, instant messages, pagers, bosses, co-workers, etc.)

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