Wiki Away Procrastination by Tapping Your Inner

Zombies

Barbara Oakley, PhD, PEChris J. Kobus, PhD

Oakland UniversityRochester, MI 48309

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Procrastination is a key challenge to student success

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Focused modeuses available working memory

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Focused modewhen multitasking

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MAKE A LIST Barbara Oakley, 2013

Get students used to making task lists

1. Create a Wiki

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2. Populate the Wiki

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3. Watch as students fill out their task lists

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4. Watch students comment encouragingly on others’

task lists

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We are observing the effects of these approaches and formulating more effective methods of leveraging online interventions.

This is just one component of a multi-component project

to encourage students to learn how their brains learn

most effectively

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