KnowledgeCity

JANUARY 11, 2019

Rather than trying to catch a continually running clock, research indicates you would be far better off focusing on attention management instead. Sticky notes started appearing on computers, calendars were full of scheduled meetings, and multitasking became the buzzword. Multitasking —One fact you should know: multitasking is a myth.

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Litmos

JANUARY 29, 2019

Case in point: according to the Information Overload Research Group (IORG) , if a knowledge worker is interrupted at work, it takes 10 to 20 times the duration of the interruption to recover and get back to their previous task. The human brain isn’t designed to handle context-switching.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Portrait of a Multitasking Mind - Scientific American , December 14, 2009. Why We Don’t Care About Information Overload - HarvardBusiness.org , December 8, 2009. and Change Present Challenges to Many Learning Executives - Informal Learning , December 13, 2009. Use Your Brain - Internet Time , December 18, 2009.

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