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Multitasking Vs. Continuous Partial Attention

eLearningMind

What is Multitasking? Multitasking is apparent human ability to perform more than one task at the same time. Therefore, multitasking often results in a high error rate. It might sound like two sides of the same coin, but multitasking is wildly different than continuous partial attention—especially for eLearning purposes.

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Multitasking – Don’t Do It

Upside Learning

When multitasking, productivity decreases up to 40% and stress rises. Harvard Business Review’s Peter Bregman spent a week consciously not multitasking and writes about it. Hit the jump - How (and Why) to Stop Multitasking. Related posts: Multitasking or Attention Switching? His results? First, it was delightful.

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Multitasking or Attention Switching?

Upside Learning

As a general search on the web will reveal, there is quite a debate about multitasking and task switching. He needs to either multitask – to monitor the word streams and identify the words that occur in the set, or he must constantly switch focus from window to window. It’s based on simple word identification.

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From Classroom to Screen: Mastering the VILT Transition with Best Practices

Infopro Learning

Substantial disparities exist between these two instructional approaches, particularly concerning the integration of technology, learner engagement strategies, and multitasking requirements. Format and Design: Tailor the course content and materials to fit the virtual tools used. Finalizing and Ensuring Quality of Presentation Content.

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Designing virtual learning to deliver application and impact: 20 powerful techniques

CLO Magazine

Multitasking inhibits learning. It’s a myth that a person can multitask and still absorb in-depth knowledge and information. Research shows us that multitasking actually reduces a participant’s ability to learn. With instructor-led learning, multitasking is better controlled in many ways.

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How To Design An Effective Hybrid Learning Program

Tesseract Learning

What exactly is hybrid learning, and how can we design it effectively? Designing Effective Hybrid Learning Programs. Hybrid Multitasking. Considering hybrid multitasking, we are all forced to adapt to new ways of learning. The post How To Design An Effective Hybrid Learning Program appeared first on Tesseract Learning.

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Designing virtual learning for application and impact: the missing ingredient

CLO Magazine

Serious multitasking takes place with virtual learning. We all know that multitasking inhibits the learning process. Virtual learning is designed to achieve learning; it is not designed for application and impact. All the focus is on designing for learning. This failure primarily occurs because of four reasons: 1.