The effect of interruptions on learning in e-learning and technology based learning environments

self regulation, e-learning, time management

Interruptions have been reported among the most common reasons why learners have trouble attending to and completing online training (Baldwin-Evans, 2004). Yet, research is lacking in identifying underlying characteristics of interruptions that detract learners during online training and how they impair learning and performance. This session will offer a theoretical framework based on data I collected that provides a typological characterization of interruptions that occur during online training and explains their effects on learning. In addition to presenting on the effects of interruptions during online training, useful self-regulatory learning strategies for managing interruptions will be discussed.

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