And has anyone ever sat in a cinema behind someone texting? Utterly distracting/infuriating!
Some support for David's instinctive response..
Peter
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Subject: Re: interesting study about the effect of using laptops instead of pen and paper to take notes
The second experiment indicates that students are distracted by people
nearby who are multi-tasking on their computers. However, because all the
laptop users were asked to multi-task, as opposed to focus only on
note-taking, it isn't clear whether the distraction to others is caused by
the mere fact of having a laptop open or whether it is because of the
activities being carried out on that laptop.
Some months ago I was in the audience at a conference and was making notes
on my laptop. After a few minutes the man next to me got up and moved a few
seats away. With a pang of guilt I realised that the brightness of my
screen in a dimly lit auditorium was clearly distracting to others, so I
turned the brightness way down. It would not surprise me, therefore, if
the mere presence of laptop screens is a distraction, but empirical
verification would require further research.
David
On 16 August 2013 10:59, Foster, Ed <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/08/14/technology-laptop-grades.html
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