eLearningMind

AUGUST 29, 2021

Gamification is a small slice of the eLearning pie along with storytelling, scenarios, audio, video, graphics and social learning. Social Learning. A 2020 article in Educational Psychology Review found that learners respond positively to mild social pressure when they are competing with members of a community. Learner Autonomy.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

JUNE 20, 2008

Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide' - c/net. The Myth of Multitasking - The New Atlantis. When people do their work only in the "interstices of their mind-wandering," with crumbs of attention rationed out among many competing tasks, their culture may gain in information, but it will surely weaken in wisdom.

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eLearningMind

JANUARY 28, 2021

Social Learning. A 2020 article in Educational Psychology Review found that learners respond positively to mild social pressure when they are competing with members of a community. Brains love to multitask, but multitasking can hurt training efforts. Emotional Connection. Meaningful Goals. Cognitive Relief.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Cannot rely on social motivators (well, you could blend traditional e-learning with social learning, via social media or traditional forms…). “Expedited” path: Hit next without thinking, multitask, guess without consequence, random actions until give up. Tasks require attention. What we need.

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Designing Digitally

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In today’s modern workplace, jobs are fluid and employees are busy multitasking. They check their phones numerous times a day to stay socially connected. With such distractions and demanding schedules, it is difficult to divert their time and attention towards learning.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The 5 skills he mentions are: Attention. sounds everywhere it is much harder to focus your attention. However, only 5% of people are really capable of multitasking - performing 2 tasks which require your attention. So the skill is how to divide your attention? With all available media and 'pling!' How to focus?

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Nick Leffler

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Mark Britz brought the topic to my attention in October and I’ve since written on it several times. I then wrote about it in the post Social and Learned Helplessness in Learning. For a not so great multitasked (is anybody?) The best way to combat Learned Helplessness of Learning is to bring attention to it.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 27, 2014

It''s way more efficient and less maddening than having my Gchat icon flashing all day, since I already suffer from multitasking overload, thanks to email, Yammer, Campfire, social media, and multiple browser tabs. Instead of IM''ing each other, we''re talking in person.

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EthosCE

AUGUST 12, 2020

Are you also dealing with limited resources, so you end up multitasking and spreading yourself thin? For example, 65% of people are visual learners, according to a study from the Social Science Research Network, so more course providers have incorporated video and interactive content into their online continuing education courses.

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

I've talked about this in Online Conferences and In-Person Conferences and made the comment that: In-person conferences have an advantage of getting more attention from the attendees. Clive as points to this in Multitasking is now every presenter’s problem. and paying attention. eLearning Technology.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Traditional classroom learning provides a more readily accessible platform for interpersonal, social and organizational skills development in collaborative learning toward career building. A major benefit of in-person learning is that we are mostly prohibited from multitasking.

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TalentLMS

MAY 2, 2023

Personal, largely social interactions can help break down barriers and create a sense of unity among team members —especially for those who don’t interact with each other regularly. So if regular social interaction is part of your team-building strategy, consider hosting most of these events remotely. Networking with peers.

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Ed App

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Since millennials think differently from Baby Boomers, it is imperative that training also needs to revamp to engage their attention with interactive content. They have a limited attention span of 12 seconds (for an advertisement). But why must an organization’s focus on Millennials? of the global population. Bite-sized learning.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 6, 2014

Social: Introvert? Our brains are predominantly social organs, so we need to bring them some level of socially driven interaction or goal. Most workplace cultures, however, focus on optimizing results instead of improving social interactions. In other words, leaders should stop multitasking and focus on one task.

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KnowledgeOne

APRIL 23, 2020

The social nature of learning. The learning environment is founded on the social nature of learning and actively encourages well-organized co-operative learning. … Under these conditions, the teacher must be attentive to the types of interactions and the setting up of sociability. The social dimension in online learning.

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Matrix

AUGUST 6, 2020

Being already used to several platforms and multiple screens they make excellent multitaskers, but they need to be constantly stimulated, lest they shift attention. In order for learning interventions to reach them, keep in mind that: Millennials favor social networking and games as a part of learning.

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PulseLearning

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Managers are the key part of every business because they are in charge of its internal structure, which is why they deserve some attention. When it comes to most managing jobs, one of the tasks included in managers’ job description is multitasking. Not everyone is a high-functioning multitasker.

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LearnDash

JANUARY 31, 2018

Social learning. Either way, audio content is easy for me to consume while I accomplish other tasks, provided those other tasks don’t require all my attention. That small disincentive toward multitasking inadvertently boosts my concentration. Here’s how. Sometimes I substitute audiobooks for podcasts.

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eLearningMind

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Whether you’re just starting out or you’re looking to build your ID skills, Sargent offers practical tips on how the brain loves to learn so you can capture learner attention from the first interaction. By probing our daily lives for clues, Medina explains how everything from stress, sleep, and even multitasking affects the brain.

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Kitaboo

AUGUST 22, 2022

Their popularity is no surprise; they allow users to multitask without losing out on the joy books bring. For all we know, audiobooks may very well reignite the love for books that seems to have dwindled in these times of social media. In today’s busy world, audiobooks have blown up. What are the Features of a Good Audiobook?

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 26, 2010

But by multitasking - effectively using two or more devices at once - the survey found that young adults were able to squeeze the equivalent of nine hours 32 minutes worth of consumption into that time.” Before getting carried away, it is important to realise that there are very real doubts about whether multitasking is actually possible.

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Litmos

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

By building a network of online workers, a Learning Management System (LMS) can work in tandem with social learning to allow learners to engage with their co-workers online, while sharing their personal learning recommendations. Collaborative, social learning. Training to help increase their digital fluency. Pull learning.

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ProProfs

MAY 15, 2020

Some of the leading learning management systems (LMSs) come with built-in live chat, Q&A-based forums, online community, and social sharing tools. Enthusiasm, organizational skills, and a flair for communication and multitasking are some of the key attributes that a trainer should exhibit. Pay Attention to Course Design.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2013

In theory, multitasking seems like a good way to increase productivity. When working on important assignments, you can increase productivity by turning off mobile devices and signing out of email and social media. That allows you to give full attention to the task at hand. Aim for quality, not quantity. Dodge derailers.

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CommLab India

MAY 11, 2017

Even though it’s flexible and convenient, mobile learning has numerous technological and social drawbacks that prevent it from being a fully accepted method of education. Less Attention Span. You can scroll through social media, listen to music and shop online through your mobile phone.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2016

I am assured that if my mind isn’t preoccupied with adulting — the stuff of paying bills, celebrating health insurance coverage and so forth — it’s darting between any number of digital disruptors: social media, email, music streaming apps, game apps, news apps, podcasts, text messages, bings, buzzes and everything in between.

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CrossKnowledge

JANUARY 10, 2017

CEO of the largest social media platform yet conceived – Facebook – Zuckerberg is also known for having a very particular way of working. Notifications from corporate social media, emails and texts, combine to generate a never-ending flow of information that can ultimately kill your productivity. Multitasking is not your friend.

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CrossKnowledge

MARCH 30, 2016

According to Social Explorer’s Professor Susan Weber-Stoger, Generation Z has 60 million people, one million more than generation Z. They are world weary, entrepreneurial, multiscreen, Wifi multitaskers. This is due to the social context in which they are growing up. Learning will be de facto social, digital, and mobile.

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AthenaOnline

JANUARY 11, 2018

We’ve been hearing about microlearning for quite some time but it has attracted a lot more attention in recent years and continues to increase in popularity. We’re all aware of the statistics on shorter attention spans but is this really a bad thing? Shorter attention spans. Why has it become so popular? But I digress.

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ReadyTech

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Improved attention and awareness help employees perform better by focusing on the present and reducing the negative effects of stress. And the research is quite impressive: Mindfulness leads to better concentration, staying on task and multitasking. Mindfulness leads to improved attention.

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Instancy

AUGUST 9, 2023

They are commonly found on websites and social media platforms, assisting users and providing customer support around the clock. Whether it’s a multitasking executive or a worker in a different time zone, eLearning makes it possible to access course materials whenever and wherever it’s needed.

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Instancy

AUGUST 4, 2023

They are commonly found on websites and social media platforms, assisting users and providing customer support around the clock. Whether it’s a multitasking executive or a worker in a different time zone, eLearning makes it possible to access course materials whenever and wherever it’s needed.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Promotes Social Interaction: Ebooks allow interaction among other students and teachers by way of its social features. We know that people nowadays have a short attention span and that it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep them engaged and focused on one thing. This feature promotes collaboration among students.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

It happened again recently when a colleague called my attention to a magazine article in, of all places, Computer , the IEEE Computer Society journal. Blanda’s gridiron performance makes a great metaphor for the kind of multitasking Sobel said is demanded of modern educators. It was a column by education editor Ann E.K.

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Mindflash

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

However this idea isn’t just about getting people to spend their money it’s about getting people extremely engaged, gaming being the top activity to do on a device that has the lowest percent of multitasking, i.e. social media scrolling, texting and everything else is always usually done in between doing other things.

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Matrix

MARCH 1, 2016

Millennials are great at multitasking, socializing and networking and can use a laptop, a tablet and two smartphones at the same time. Between pages of written words and a video, what do you think will win their attention? And what's wrong with pursuing a healthy work-life balance? The video, no doubt.

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Wonderful Brain

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

And of course, pushing training down to a M will just shut down their attention. Hyperconnectivity is baked in to millennials as is multitasking. Nothing radical here except for the amount of time on learning – short attention spans will be honored. Millennials are 2.5 times more likely to embrace and use new technology.

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