NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Media Multitasking, Juggling, Time Management
27 Nov 2016
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Multitasking: two or more tasks at the same time. Key idea of switching between tasks. Multitasking example: listening to the lecture and talking to friends. How multitasking impacts our ability to learn and process information. Notion of being continuously interrupted with whatever activity you are doing. Consequence that comes with it = idea of being interrupted. Mixed multitasking: repeated tasks with a few unique ones. Media multitasking: about the use of icts in today"s world, and how we use these devices and how it impacts our ability to pay attention. Switching between different activities and switching between activities that involve technologies. We are always multitasking, never doing one thing. Media multitasking is more popular and happening more frequently. Most people switch their attention between two tasks four times a minute (constantly being interrupted), instead can focus on one thing for less time (preparing for test) If humans multitask they think that is similar to what computers do.
