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18 Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest – 11

Upside Learning

Seems like, the war between social networking sites is far from over. The last week saw Facebook announcing the launch of its first cell phone, followed by Twitter launching its own version of Facebook’s ‘mutual friends’. Research: Less Girl Game Time Down To Multitasking Behavior With Tech.

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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. Web Browsing. Very powerful stuff. Notifications.

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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.” Multitasking is Still a Productivity Killer. Vanderkam has a good line: “If you can easily multitask, you shouldn’t be on that call.”

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Daily Bookmarks 08/12/2008

Experiencing eLearning

The Bamboo Project Blog: Privacy, Social Media and Learning. Businesses and organizations may worry about social media and Web 2.0 If people are going to share your secrets, they have plenty of other ways to do so besides social media–and those other ways are likely more effective. Registration required.

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How we spend our time in the UK

Clive on Learning

But by multitasking - effectively using two or more devices at once - the survey found that young adults were able to squeeze the equivalent of nine hours 32 minutes worth of consumption into that time.” Before getting carried away, it is important to realise that there are very real doubts about whether multitasking is actually possible.

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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. Even if you’re a pro, you might want to check out how easy hosting content on the web can be with TiinyHost. Follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn. It is internet radio designed to help you focus while you work. The History of Cognitive Load. Check out the archives.

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Attention span in e-learning courses: how long should they be?

isEazy

It is also worth noting that 15 minutes is a long time for a person visiting a web page (people usually spend around 2 minutes). Online stores : Websites that include online sales should take advantage of the impact that occurs at the beginning of the visit (it is estimated that the interest decreases from 2 minutes on a web page).