Summary: Recently, smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy
S4 have come equipped with optical sensors that track users' eye
movements, and
scroll or pause text and images accordingly. Now, a similar approach is being
employed on tablet-based
training software. Theoretically, if users look away from the training program
to check their e-mail or phone messages (or watch a cat video on YouTube), the
session will stop and wait until they return. The ability to hold off on
running the firehose of information if a user gets distracted is an interesting
concept.
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But
learning is not always an intensively focused process -- some people need to
pause regularly to reflect on the information they have just learned.
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For
some, having a machine nag them to get back to the course of study may be more
of a concentration killer than an enabler.
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it
could even evoke flashbacks of that mean elementary school teacher who snapped
at you every time you lifted your head up from your books.
Potential Strengths
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Mindflash, which
is marketing the online training solution, calls the new capability the
"look-away feature."
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As the company puts it: FocusAssist
monitors trainee attention and pauses a training course in the Mindflash
application when trainees look away.
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"Organizations concerned about
trainee distraction and compliance during self-paced remote training can now have greater confidence that critical
information is being reviewed and understood," Mindflash says.
Potential Problems
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The computer-vision solution was developed
by Stanford University Ph.D.s and founders ofSension, maker of computer vision technologies.
Discussion
Questions
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Will
this improve employee training?
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Is
this too aggressive?
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