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Multitasking or Attention Switching?

Upside Learning

Recently during one of our discussions about the way individuals work and learn, we debated whether humans are inherently capable of multi-tasking, or is it a singular task at any point in time, but are capable of rapid switching of attention from task to task. The user is given a select set of words at the top.

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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! Found some great posts.

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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. It is also worth noting that 15 minutes is a long time for a person visiting a web page (people usually spend around 2 minutes). Average time of a student’s attention span depending on the format.

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Working from home is a skill, not a circumstance

CLO Magazine

Multitasking is Still a Productivity Killer. Vanderkam has a good line: “If you can easily multitask, you shouldn’t be on that call.” We have video meetings while staring at our screens that are bursting with pings, emails, and web content. If we are multitasking, it means we haven’t planned our work well.

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A challenge to the multitask assumption

Clive on Learning

A few weeks ago I wrote on the Onlignment blog about The multitask assumption. By this I meant the assumption you can safely make with any webinar that a good proportion of the audience is multitasking - you know, checking emails, answering the phone, listening to music, finishing off a report, and so on.

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Friday Finds: The Best Of Learning, Design & Technology | April 29, 2022

Mike Taylor

Multitasking is the enemy of a focused attentional system. Increasingly, we demand that our attentional system try to focus on several things at once, something that it was not evolved to do. Even if you’re a pro, you might want to check out how easy hosting content on the web can be with TiinyHost.

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5 Essential online survival skills by Howard Rheingold

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

Howard Rheingold is said to be one of the first community managers on the web and seems to be walking his talk, which is why I bought his book. The 5 skills he mentions are: Attention. sounds everywhere it is much harder to focus your attention. So the skill is how to divide your attention? How to focus? Participation.

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