Examining the impact of off-task multi-tasking with technology on real-time classroom learning
ARTICLE
Eileen Wood, Lucia Zivcakova, Petrice Gentile, Karin Archer, Domenica De Pasquale, Amanda Nosko
Computers & Education Volume 58, Number 1, ISSN 0360-1315 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of multi-tasking with digital technologies while attempting to learn from real-time classroom lectures in a university setting. Four digitally-based multi-tasking activities (texting using a cell-phone, emailing, MSN messaging and Facebook™) were compared to 3 control groups (paper-and-pencil note-taking, word-processing note-taking and a natural use of technology condition) over three consecutive lectures. Comparisons indicated that participants in the Facebook™ and MSN conditions performed more poorly than those in the paper-and-pencil use control. Follow-up analyses were required to accommodate the substantial number of students who failed to comply with the limited use of technology specified by their assigned conditions. These analyses indicated that participants who did not use any technologies in the lectures outperformed students who used some form of technology. Consistent with the cognitive bottleneck theory of attention ( Welford, 1967) and contrary to popular beliefs, attempting to attend to lectures and engage digital technologies for off-task activities can have a detrimental impact on learning.
Citation
Wood, E., Zivcakova, L., Gentile, P., Archer, K., De Pasquale, D. & Nosko, A. (2012). Examining the impact of off-task multi-tasking with technology on real-time classroom learning. Computers & Education, 58(1), 365-374. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/50697/.
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Full text is availabe on Science Direct: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2011.08.029Keywords
- Attention
- classroom learning
- Comparative Analysis
- Control Groups
- Electronic Mail
- Followup Studies
- higher education
- Lecture Method
- media in education
- Multi-tasking
- pedagogical issues
- post-secondary education
- social networks
- Synchronous Communication
- teaching methods
- technology
- Telecommunications
- Time Management
- Web Sites
- Written Language
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