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Print this article. Skip to main content. Derry Koralek. Photograph: Getty Images. Audience: Teacher. Young Children. March Buy this issue. Employers can also set up the sites they want employees to be redirected to, making sure their internet usage is productive and effective.

For example, they can block social media sites, adult content sites, gambling websites and any sites that may be harmful and dangerous. We use cookies for various purposes including analytics, personalized content and ads.

By continuing to browse this site, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Privacy Policy. Block distracting apps and sites. Make productivity your priority. Add to Chrome. Add to Firefox. Add to Edge. Why Block Websites in the Workplace? April 9, Businesses often worry about employees spending too much time on social media and online shopping whilst at work, thus affecting their productivity and costing the business money.

What websites should be blocked in the workplace? There are already tangible improvements in pass rates in the first year of implementation. It may seem, on the surface, that focusing on shorter subjects one at a time is better than the traditional semester model. But research on effective learning shows learning over a long period and studying multiple subjects at a time is more effective.

Read more: Revising for exams - why cramming the night before rarely works. In addition to spacing study out, there are also benefits to mixing up study across different topics. The advantages of spaced practice and interleaving are shown in robust findings in the psychology laboratory. But basic research on learning in the brain and mind is difficult to make sense of in the real world.

There are many complexities in university education that cannot be tested or controlled for in laboratory studies. The evidence about what constitutes quality learning is difficult to see in the university classroom. This makes it difficult to know if studying subjects in short blocks will lead to the same problems as cramming or not.