An Update on Media Multitasking

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Can we talk about the perils of media multitasking enough? I don’t think so, and that belief was confirmed by a clearly organized and well-written review of the research on multitasking with various electronic devices (May & Elder, 2018). I try to be measured in my response to articles on teaching and learning, saving claims of greatness for only the best—and this is one of the best. Even better, it appears in an open-access source.

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