I Didn’t Understand the Assignment: Mitigating Technology’s Impact on Student Cognition

Our students are not just distracted, they struggle to read and process information deeply and think critically. Technology and social media affect more than students’ ability to focus, they also impact cognition and learning. There are many studies on learning and technology published outside of the business education arena that could assist us in reinventing how we engage the next generation of students. Participants in this session will work together using findings from current research on cognition and learning to redesign our favorite assignments and activities so as to compensate for these changes and better insure that students learn.