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Learn how Emilia enhanced key soft skills to grow in her career

Coursera

During my time at TMU, I took an internship as a Music Office Intern for the City of Toronto. The title of my internship is a bit misleading as I wasn’t sitting around listening to music all day. Through my internship, I discovered my love for being a coordinator, project manager, and liaison as I naturally had an ability to multitask.

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How to Combat the “Hey Look! A Squirrel!” Syndrome

Jigsaw Interactive

While many people claim they can multitask while learning new information, such as listening to music or scrolling social media, the data shows that learning and performance decreases significantly with each distraction. Distracted learning isn’t effective.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | January 24, 2019

Mike Taylor

What I’m Listening to: Last week’s college music playlist has had me stuck on the 80’s alternative music that was a soundtrack of my days at Miami University. After all, if we provide both the written and the spoken words at the same time, we force people to multitask and us humans just can’t do that. Here are this week’s finds.

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Key Insights into the World of Digital Assistants

Epilogue Systems

Interactive Communication: They use voice or text-based interaction, allowing users to perform tasks hands-free or through simple messaging. This feature is particularly useful for multitasking or when manual interaction is inconvenient. Here’s a more detailed look at their key features: 1. How Does a Digital Assistant Work?

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Don’t Try to Do So Many Things At Once

CLO Magazine

Employee attempts to multitask are putting a serious damper on their performance. Digital Third Coast Content Manager Andy Kerns defined multitasking as the act of switching back and forth between multiple tasks — different from what many people believe the behavior to be: literally completing multiple tasks on a to-do list simultaneously.

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Typing, Talent, eLearning, Google, & Multitasking

Big Dog, Little Dog

What e-learning is least suited for is soft skills training, specifically anger diffusion, conflict resolution, communication and listening, rapport building, as examples. Multitasking Can Make You Lose. When it comes to Multitasking, it depends what you're doing. They are self-directed. People can learn at their own pace.

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How we spend our time in the UK

Clive on Learning

The statistics suggest people in the UK spend seven hours a day – almost half their waking lives - "engaging in media and communications activities" The article goes on: “However, the average person actually squeezes in the equivalent of nearly nine hours of media and communications by multi-tasking on several devices.