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Multitasking or Attention Switching?

Upside Learning

As a general search on the web will reveal, there is quite a debate about multitasking and task switching. We figured there must be a simple way to check this out, so we created a small game like application to see for ourselves. There isn’t an end state in the game; it just keeps increasing the difficulty.

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How to Link Game Mechanics to the Learning Experience

Knowledge Guru

If you want to design a learning game, you need to know about game mechanics and game elements. Game mechanics are the rules players follow… and rules the game follows. In the board game Ticket to Ride , you can choose between four possible actions but only perform one of them on every turn.

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Presentation Backchannel Multitasking

Tony Karrer

Caveats to Multitasking is Generally Bad for Work and Learning See my post on Multitasking for a summary of this. Or Clive Shepherd's How should presenters address multitasking? simple statement: Multitasking is an illusion – we are simply not capable of doing it. Multitasking Doodling and Notetaking are good.

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

Upside Learning

Talks how games are not just fun and engaging, but bring about effective learning as well. Research: Less Girl Game Time Down To Multitasking Behavior With Tech. Everything you wanted to know about QR codes and implementing them in eLearning. 50 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. What’s fun for you….

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Seven Ways to Use the iPad for Workplace Learning

Upside Learning

Games – the iPhone has shown great potential as a handheld game platform, the same would apply to the iPad. The large screen and touch interface lends itself well for the deployment of learning games. These types of games may be effective especially when used for soft skills. Does it support multitasking?

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Apple iPad: Who Is It Really For?

Upside Learning

I think the iPad in its current form – sans Flash, multitasking, & camera – has very limited uses in workplace learning. Gaming Devices? Casual Gaming – Yes. Serious Gaming – No. Remember the ‘iPad Killer’ from Google is about to come and it will probably have multitasking.

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Old vs New Ways of Thinking About…

Kapp Notes

Looking at the difference between old and new ways of thinking about knowledge, information, learning, video games and other critical concepts. Video Games. Multitasking. Perception of…. Structured. Books, Memos, SOPs). Unstructured. (IM, IM, Blog, email). Organizational Structure. Hierarchical Team-based Structure. Classroom.