A documentary is coming out called Connected, about the degree to which we are connected through technology, its impact on our lives, and the degree it has changed human relationships. Check the trailer out http://youtu.be/rUBjnk_9n8Y

Can’t wait to see it.

Now this conjures up an extremely relevant issue for training (corporate, mandatory, etc.) and education as a whole and that is one of attention, motivation, and attitude of both the instructor (trainer, teacher; call them what you will) and the learner. Do we have your attention? or is it divided from the lesson, the lecture (Ugh!), or exercise.

This goes back to my original blogpost on Information Ubiquity. Further to this, it is not just the plethora of content we are exposed to but the human connections, with friends, families, colleagues that we want to keep up with on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc.

Which all leads to me to my pitch in how we might address it: through @-It-Tude. Keeping the learner, ourselves, and our teams  At-It: at the task, at  attention, and actively learning and pursuing their goals rather than being unproductively distracted.

So here is my open ended inquiry out to the universe:

Tell me how you focus yourself and your learner’s attention in an over-messaged world

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