Quan Chen

As a digital native (Firat, 2013), I have some salient characteristic as my digital native peers: higher access speed, searching for instant pleasure, impatience in linear thinking, and most importantly, higher multitasking ability and continuous partial attention. I'm glad that I found the research topic that I have great passion on it during my doctoral studies in educational psychology. My research focuses on the impact of off-tasking multitasking with mobile phone on learning and driving. Three major reasons motivated me to study this topic: the prevalence of off-task mobile phone multitasking while learning, the complexity of this issue, and the urgency of understanding this issue. I also got a Master of Science degree in Biostatistics which equipped me with sophisticated statistical skills to conduct meta-analysis. I hope my studies can help learners (like me!) to avoid potential multitasking distractions and develop effective multitasking skills in the modern society.

November 2016