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Micro-Learning Through Social Media: Education on the Go

Beyond Campus Innovations

Medical, news, and education professionals have joined the TikTok community in sharing information ranging from self-care, world news, and study tips & tricks. With the use of microlearning, students and employees have an easier time multitasking between assignments, emails, and training programs. . References. Gutierrez, K.

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How we spend our time in the UK

Clive on Learning

The BBC news website describes a new Ofcom report which surveyed 1138 adults in the UK to determine how they spend their time, in particular the media they consume. Before getting carried away, it is important to realise that there are very real doubts about whether multitasking is actually possible. The findings are startling.

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Has the smartphone limited attention spans or increased access to knowledge?

Ed App

BBC Health investigated this claim and found it to be a statistical farce. . Before smartphones, people forgot new information at the same rates we do now (about 70% within 24 hours ). While we have access to more information than ever, we can only focus on one thing at a time (see: the myth of multitasking ). No, not really.

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How Can We Shift the Way We Learn to Adapt to Our Changing Attention Span?

SmartUp

You may have seen on big news outlets such as The Independent , Time Magazine , or the New York Times that our attention span has shrunk to less than that of a goldfish. Scientists and psychologists are bewildered by how this statistic came into circulation. Is that statement true though? . According to K.R. Divided Attention .