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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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Friday Finds: The Best Of Learning, Design & Technology | April 29, 2022

Mike Taylor

Multitasking is the enemy of a focused attentional system. It is internet radio designed to help you focus while you work. Last week’s most clicked item: 20 Googling Tricks 99% of People Don’t Know About. The History of Cognitive Load.

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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. People Don’t Pay for Content.

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eLearning Podcasts (and a few others)

The eLearning Coach

I’m addicted to podcasts because they’ve changed my life. Although there are many education-related podcasts, there are surprisingly few devoted to eLearning in the workplace. Xyleme Voices is an excellent podcast hosted by Dawn Poulos of Xyleme Learning. Clay is passionate about learning technologies.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | November 9, 2018

Mike Taylor

From funny cartoons to serious reflections and a whole lot in between, here is what I found this week from the learning, design, and technology world. Technology is changing very rapidly, and those changes seem to be accelerating. Multitasking View 6:34. Learning, Design & Technology Miscellany. Windows Search 0:36.

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The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | July 27, 2018

Mike Taylor

Learning, Design & Technology Miscellany. Books/Courses/Podcasts. I recently had the pleasure of talking with Lloyd Dean ( @LloydDeanUK ) on his Future of Learning podcast. Adam Gazzaley on Why our brains aren’t evolved for media multitasking, and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way.

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5 Ways to Repurpose Your Training Content To Save Time & Costs

Thinkdom

Some would prefer visual formats like video and pictures to learn, while others would want to listen to it like a podcast when they are multitasking. Repackage Content for Different Learning Formats Content re-packaging is like creating a buffet of the same material and letting the learner decide which format is best suited for them.

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