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Working from home is a skill, not a circumstance

CLO Magazine

A time block can be for deep or light work: For example, you could block out time to “answer emails for 30 minutes,” “meditate”, “plan full year strategy,” “take a nap,” or “scroll Facebook.” Zoom fatigue is real, but conference etiquette is still being normalized for most of us. Multitasking is Still a Productivity Killer.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 2, 2020

Mike Taylor

The Myths of the Digital Native and the Multitasker. It then proceeds to present evidence that one of the alleged abilities of students in this generation, the ability to multitask, does not exist and that designing education that assumes the presence of this ability hinders rather than helps learning.

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10 Things the Motorola Xoom does Better than the iPad

mLearning Revolution

I now also have widgets for trending Apps in the Android Market, for all three of my emails accounts, for Google Books, YouTube videos, Facebook updates, Twitter mentions and Browser bookmarks. Multitasking. Not too bad but I still prefer the Xoom for multitasking. Very powerful stuff. The iPad has nothing comparable to this.

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8 Characteristics of Adult Learners Every L&D Pro Should Know

eLearningMind

Share on facebook. Balancing jobs, families, hobbies, health, and home, they’re much more seasoned at multitasking than younger learners, and are more selfish with their time. Share on twitter. Share on linkedin. Share on email. Artwork by Kevin Bannister. By: ELM Learning. Characteristics of Adult Learners.

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TCC08: What can Educators Learn from Online Religious Communities?

Experiencing eLearning

This is another liveblogged post from the TCC 2008 conference. She had not used a chat room, IM, Facebook, or MySpace before joining a site called OurPrayer.org. Second Life focused his attention–unprogrammed worship requires that focus, not multitasking. Doctoral students at George Fox University. Bible verse of the day).

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eLearning 2.0 Random Thoughts based on Chat

Tony Karrer

That's multitasking! that I got from running through the chat log: How was this conference marketed? Of course, having the conference free makes it a bit easier to attract attendees. Congrats to Brent who managed to attend my session, participate in the back channel, and attend a session in Second Life at the same time.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning - Untitled Article

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

on Facebook - ReadWriteWeb , September 16, 2009. How Facebook Copes with 300 Million Users - Technology Review Feed – Tech Review Top Stories , September 21, 2009. Videos of keynote and invited speaker sessions at the 2009 ALT conference - Fortnightly Mailing , September 23, 2009. Conferences (816).