Micro-Learning: Bite-Size Data for your Brain
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Modern learners have short attention spans and frequent interruptions. Most learners will only watch videos up to 4 minutes long. Micro-learning delivers content in short bursts to address these challenges. It involves short formats like quizzes, videos, and games to teach specific objectives. Micro-learning lessons should be brief, focus on one topic, and include an explanation of why the lesson is important for learning. While micro-learning is accessible on mobile devices, it risks only providing fragmented learning without coherence if not designed carefully.
Micro-Learning: Bite-Size Data for your Brain
- 2. People unlock their cell phones 9 times every hour. Workforce employees get interrupted about every 5 minutes. Most learners won’t watch videos longer than 4 minutes. 1% of a typical work week is all professional s have to focus on training SOME QUICK FACTS ON OBSTACLES OF THE MODERN LEARNER’S ATTENTION SPAN1
- 3. WHAT IS ON YOUR DESK? Using the pen tool, identify some objects that would distract from your tribe’s learner’s attention span. Then, post in chat what are some distractions in your workspace right now!
- 4. MICRO-LEARNING •It closes the skill gap between what employers need their employees to be able to do, and what those employees can actually do when they walk into work. •Content best suited for micro- learning can be categorized as information the learner needs "just in time." Why this important to e-learning and design? •Attention Spans are Shorter •Information changes quickly •Traditional classroom training is time-consuming •Effective both for the trainer and the learner Technology is Rapidly Changing the way we learn •This allows employees to fit training into hectic schedules. •It is cost effective •Accessible from many devices •Resources are easily available online •The learners are placed in control of what and when they’re learning. Micro-learning is a way of teaching and delivering content to learners in small, very specific bursts.
- 5. WHAT ARE THE METHODS AND TOOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MICRO-LEARNING? Quizzes and Polls Infographics Short Videos Quick Games Multimedia Interactives Reading/Text
- 6. DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR THE MICRO-LEARNING PROCESS Keep it to Just One Thing: •Identify one, and only one, learning outcome per micro- learning lesson. Identify the “why”: •Don’t neglect to share with the learners why the information in the micro-learning lesson is important to their professional development Keep it Brief: •Keep each micro-learning lesson no-more than 5 minutes in duration. Share the Learning: •Find a way to validate knowledge transfer. Invite participants to share best practices as their proof of understanding. Test and Retest: •Micro-learning is ideal for data driven learning, and presenters can plan the next training slice without slowing down production.
- 7. Casual Learners •When learners know that the lessons are going to end within a short time, they may not fully participate in the content delivered. Technolo gy Barriers •Since micro-learning is best delivered through web technologies, it often optimized for smart phone or tablets. There is an strong obligation to trainers to make sure that the learner audience is comfortable with technology. Learning Fragment s •For long-term learning goals, micro-learning sessions could end up as content fragments that are not tied cohesively. Over Focusing •There is a risk that learners will not be able to see the big picture when participating with several sequences of micro- learning lessons.. RISKS AND CHALLENGES IN DELIVERING MICRO-LEARNING
- 8. REFERENCE AND CREDITS • Food Vectors Designed by Freepik, http://www.freepik.com • Power Point Template Designed by the Rapid E-Learning Blog, 1. Tauber, Todd, and Dani Johnson. Meet the Modern Learner. Digital infographic. Bersin by Deloitte, 26 Nov. 2014. Web. 28 Nov. 2016. https://mrmck.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/meet-the-modern-learner-infographic/ 2. @Allencomm. "7 Awesome Microlearning Examples - AllenComm." AllenComm. Allen Communication Learning Services, 17 Oct. 2016. Web. 29 Nov. 2016. 3. International Data Corporation (IDC) “Bridging the information worker productivity gap: New challenges and opportunities for IT” http://wwwimages.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/acrobat/axi/pdfs/bridging-the-information-worker-productivity-gap.pdf 4. The Association for Talent Development State of the Industry Report 2012 5. Brinkerhoff, R. O., Apking, A. M. (2001). High impact learning: Strategies for leveraging business results from training. 6. The Wall Street Journal, “So Much Training, So Little To Show For It,” 2012 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204425904578072950518558328 7. The Association for Talent Development, Learning Circuits Archives “Time-to-Develop-One-Hour-of-Training” 2009 https://www.td.org/Publications/Newsletters/Learning-Circuits/Learning-Circuits-Archives/2009/08/Time-to-Develop-One-Hour-of-Training 8. Josh Kaufman, 'The First 20 Hours: Mastering the Toughest Part of Learning Anything‘ 9. Robert Pike, Creative Training Techniques Handbook, 1994 (from Mindgym) 10. Pandey, Asha. “5 killer examples: How to use Microlearning-Based training effectively.” Micro Learning. eLearning Industry, 11 Apr. 2016. Web. 29 Nov. 2016.
Editor's Notes
- #3: The way we pay attention, both individually and societally, has changed •In the 1960s movie industry it was common knowledge that an audience required something like 20 seconds to recognize an image while today that figure is less than 2-3 seconds •In the year 2000, attention span --as measured by adults surfing the web without distraction --was clocked at 12 seconds, and by 2013, that figure had fallen to just 8 seconds (the average attention span of goldfish is 9 seconds)
- #4: Regular work-at-home, among the non-self-employed population, has grown by 103% since 2005. 3.7 million employees (2.8% of the workforce) now work from home at least half the time. http://globalworkplaceanalytics.com/telecommuting-statistics
- #6: Forms of Micro-Learning tools we have experienced already Snap chat Duolingo- gamified learning for new languages Vine Adobe Captivate Articulate software Tasty videos from Buzzfeed (between 1- 5 minutes in length) Survey Monkey