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

Mike Taylor

It is internet radio designed to help you focus while you work. Multitasking is the enemy of a focused attentional system. Most Popular Music For Focusing. This is a look at the most popular music for focusing, according to Spotify data. Thanks for reading. The History of Cognitive Load.

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Key Insights into the World of Digital Assistants

Epilogue Systems

This advanced computer program simulates a conversation with the people who use it, typically over the internet. This feature is particularly useful for multitasking or when manual interaction is inconvenient. A digital assistant is much more than a tool that responds to voice commands or types out calendar reminders.

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Typing, Talent, eLearning, Google, & Multitasking

Big Dog, Little Dog

e-Learning is effective and efficient for learning systems, hardware, software, phone, Internet, anything technical, rules, regulations, protocol, principles, anything rote and repetitive-it can be referred to again and again, as a reference, a resource, and/or a refresher. Multitasking Can Make You Lose. Focus - N.Y.

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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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Facing These Challenges with Mobile Learning? Check Out the Solutions

CommLab India

Solution: Mobile internet security protocols are improving by leaps and bounds and will soon be as secure as a computer. You can scroll through social media, listen to music and shop online through your mobile phone. Multitasking might save you a lot of time, but when it comes to effective learning it only acts as a deterrent.

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Shout Out: Abbey Stahl--All the Rage

Kapp Notes

Is the internet the new communication wave of the future? We can easily carry [on] more than one converation, listen to music and search the web for a homework assignment all at once. So the gamers find it more practical to communicate via the Internet than via a telephone. Now telephones are even becoming impractical.

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Text-to-Speech Basics: What Is TTS and Who Uses It?

CourseArc

A Guest Post by ReadSpeaker The Internet of Voice has arrived, and it’s changing the way we interact with our devices. Google Assistant scours the internet for directions on grilling salmon, and reads them to you while you work. It makes sense: TTS eases the internet experience for the 1 out of 5 people who have dyslexia.