Comments on: Top 10 Wired Campus http://alex.halavais.net/top-10-wired-campus Things that interest me. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin http://alex.halavais.net/top-10-wired-campus/comment-page-1#comment-5627 admin Sat, 26 Nov 2005 01:25:09 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/?p=1304#comment-5627 I wonder whether: a) they multitask while doing work <i>outside</i> of the classroom (almost definitely) b) if they will/do multitask in their working lives (probably) I am all for carving out spaces for scholarly thought, but I am also pretty sure students need to learn how to balance and shape their spaces. If they don't consider the class to require their full attention, they may just be right. I'm was also intrigued by the report on multi-taking improving learning outcomes. I suspect that they need to control for some fairly major factors... you know, stuff like teaching :). I wonder whether:

a) they multitask while doing work outside of the classroom (almost definitely)

b) if they will/do multitask in their working lives (probably)

I am all for carving out spaces for scholarly thought, but I am also pretty sure students need to learn how to balance and shape their spaces. If they don’t consider the class to require their full attention, they may just be right.

I’m was also intrigued by the report on multi-taking improving learning outcomes. I suspect that they need to control for some fairly major factors… you know, stuff like teaching :).

]]> By: Terry Dolson http://alex.halavais.net/top-10-wired-campus/comment-page-1#comment-5626 Terry Dolson Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:50:00 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/?p=1304#comment-5626 This is a problem in computer lab/classrooms as well, and we have been debating on our campus about how to deal with it. We are in the lab BECAUSE we do a lot of active learning, and yet some will still "multi task" with a game in a corner of the screen... One professor now counts the day as a skip for any student who is caught using the computer off-task. The article in Slate claims that some people learn better when allowed to multi-task. I am watching for more info and studies on this topic. This is a problem in computer lab/classrooms as well, and we have been debating on our campus about how to deal with it. We are in the lab BECAUSE we do a lot of active learning, and yet some will still “multi task” with a game in a corner of the screen… One professor now counts the day as a skip for any student who is caught using the computer off-task. The article in Slate claims that some people learn better when allowed to multi-task. I am watching for more info and studies on this topic.

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