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Multitasking Vs. Continuous Partial Attention

eLearningMind

What is Multitasking? Multitasking is apparent human ability to perform more than one task at the same time. Therefore, multitasking often results in a high error rate. It might sound like two sides of the same coin, but multitasking is wildly different than continuous partial attention—especially for eLearning purposes.

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The Myth of Multitasking: Another Case for Performance Support

Dashe & Thomson

The post The Myth of Multitasking: Another Case for Performance Support appeared first on Social Learning Blog. eLearning performance support elearning multitasking' A new email has arrived via your smart phone and you just can’t resist responding. But not to [.]

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Multitasking – Don’t Do It

Upside Learning

When multitasking, productivity decreases up to 40% and stress rises. Harvard Business Review’s Peter Bregman spent a week consciously not multitasking and writes about it. Hit the jump - How (and Why) to Stop Multitasking. Related posts: Multitasking or Attention Switching? His results? First, it was delightful.

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Multitasking or Attention Switching?

Upside Learning

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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Multitasking Takes Toll On Memory, Study Finds

Upside Learning

Came across this article in the NYT Bits Blog – Multitasking Takes Toll on Memory ; states quite simply that the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has published research which shows that multitasking takes a significant toll on the working memory of older individuals.

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Technology-Based Multitasking: How Does It Affect eLearning?

eLearning Industry

This post was first published on eLearning Industry. Here's how technology has impacted online learning, and what we can do to adopt better learning habits.

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Multitasking

Tony Karrer

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!