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4 Ways to Boost Attention Intelligence (AQ) in the Workplace

KnowledgeCity

The aggressive rise of technologies constantly demanding our attention and focus is changing the way we interact and relate. Consequently, attention quotient (AQ) is becoming just as important as IQ and EQ in determining professional and organizational success. AQ represents our ability to pay and sustain attention.

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Presentation Backchannel Multitasking

Tony Karrer

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? simple statement: Multitasking is an illusion – we are simply not capable of doing it. Multitasking Doodling and Notetaking are good.

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

SHIFT eLearning

The current era is often referred to as the Age of Information; however, it could just as easily be called the Age of Distraction or the Age of Interruptio n as, although humanity has never in its history been entirely distraction free, distractions have never been more rampant as they are today.

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Attention span in e-learning courses: how long should they be?

isEazy

For this reason, at isEazy we want to touch base on attention span in e-learning courses and how long they should be. At this point, you must be wondering, can I keep their attention in an e-learning course and compete with other formats (video, audio…)? Average time of a student’s attention span depending on the format.

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Free learning & development webinars for April 2021

Limestone Learning

If you can catch a breath this month, give yourself an hour to attend a free webinar. PT: Debunking Myths about Certification (Free for ATD members) Wondering about the best way to advance your career? It’s springtime chaos! It may give you some new ideas, and even some time management tips. Thursday, April 1, 2021, 10 a.m.–11

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