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The Reality of Multitasking

CLO Magazine

Multitasking is a hot topic for researchers and practitioners alike. However, there are different perceptions of what multitasking actually entails. Researchers focus on the human brain’s ability to multitask, while practitioners focus on the impact of multitasking the workplace.

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Old vs New Ways of Thinking About…

Kapp Notes

Twitter, Facebook). Multitasking. (IM, Blog, email). Organizational Structure. Hierarchical Team-based Structure. Level Playing Field, Equality. Communication Channels. Face-to-Face, Phone Calls). Software Applications. Interface and Information are Separate. Information is the Interface. Career Advancement. Patient Ascent. Classroom.

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

Upside Learning

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. Twitter Launches ‘Connections,’ Its Own Version Of Facebook’s ‘Mutual Friends’.

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eLearning Gamification: How to Implement Gamification in Your Learning Strategy

eLearningMind

Share on twitter. Brains love to multitask, but multitasking can hurt training efforts. Artwork by Kevin Bannister. Share on facebook. Share on linkedin. Share on email. If the idea of gaming at work conjures images of isolated employees hunkering over their laptops and secretly playing Minecraft in their cubicles—think again.

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Twitter’s Impact on Your Brain-Same as Bilingualism

Kapp Notes

This is much like what people do when they’re updating their Twitter status, instant-messaging friends, or answering text messages and emails while they’re doing something else. Dr. Kuhl said this multitasking, where people are stimulating new patterns of sequential processing, could then reap the same benefits as bilingualism.

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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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Narrowing Gap between Face-to-Face and Online Presentations

Tony Karrer

If your audience is already on a laptop and connected wirelessly, then you can use techniques such as Twitter Conference Ideas with twitter as a back-channel or twitter to post links to the audience. Clive as points to this in Multitasking is now every presenter’s problem. for how great the audience input can be).