Multitasking with laptops during Meetings

Experts state that laptop users need to understand the need of multitasking on their computer, to control their activities for the benefit of a meeting. It is observed that users involve in multitasking on their laptops during the meeting for taking notes in the electronic format, follow presentation slides, or search related information on the Internet. The related information helps them in better acquisition and processing of information. These are compliant uses, as they are related to the meeting's objectives. It is also observed that some users use their laptops, to access email, play computer games, or review unrelated documents. These are distracting uses, as they are unrelated with the objectives of the meetings. Researchers collected objective data from computer monitoring logs of laptops of a number of users, to help them in understanding the significance of multitasking and prepare strategies for performing better multitasking on their laptops during meetings.