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Panel Presentation Presidential Discussion Series Janet Miller, PhD Registered Psychologist Student Counselling

six points in five 01 04 Focus on Self-Awareness Research 02 Reading 05 Critical Thinking 03 Multi-Tasking 06 Informed, Engaged

It is always a mistake to assess the impact of a technology on the basis of individual experiences or anecdotal evidence. Instead we want to look for evidence from research

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How long do you spend visiting a web page? You’re looking at the answer

Reading time: Paper 10-15 min

Is reading on-screen different? Academic’s self- assessment of their pdf reading time 5-10 min

Reading time: acrobat pdf 1-2 min

How frequently will this person switch her attention between devices?

About every 2 to 5 seconds

Multi-tasking on one device? Task switch happens about every 19 seconds

We DON’T have accurate insight into our actual scanning behaviours

Test subjects underestimated their attention switches by

the evidence is very consistent heavy media multitaskers (of any age) have impaired recall, lowered comprehension & learn less

we are spending more and more of our cognitive processing handling ICT task switching, which is hich is measura rably degra degradin ing co g cognit gnitiv ive perf rform ormanc nce a e and ef effici iciency cy

This evidence about comprehension, distractibility, and scanning all suggest that we’re experiencing a decrease in critical thinking

scanning multitasking

critical thinking must be learned. Active cognitive engagement examination of information

and encourage students to read for depth, which is a slower, less distracted form of reading.

the field of Positive psychology can also be of help.

Empirical evidence links mindfulness to less distraction, more focus, and more deliberation in completing tasks.

six points in five? 01 04 Research Mindfulness & is clear Intentionality 02 Educate about 05 Critical Thinking Multi-tasking & metacognitition 03 Self-awareness 06 Engaged & Active isn’t a good guide

Thank you ! janet miller student counselling services jbmiller@mtroyal.ca