A look at nano-learning and why visual content should be used in Moodle.

1. Building a Learning Platform fit for
2017
Introducing Social-Outcomes Based Learning
With Nano Content
Lewis Carr

2. Most organisations are still building courses like
it’s 2004?

3. Instead of building for tomorrow.

4. For too long we’ve encouraged a culture of
assessment, scrolling content, file repositories
and other antiquated online teaching practices.

5. If you have Office 365 or Google
Repositories...Use them!
Microsoft have spent millions of pounds on file
technology, search and sharing.
So why do we insist on using Moodle as a file
dump?

6. Why teachers don’t use Moodle
Time consuming to build content.
Software is difficult to use.
Lack of design skills.
Little or no Return On Investment.
Intellectual Property concerns.
Lack of Training.
Lack of Understanding.
Fear of accountability.
Source: iMoot 2015 crowd-sourced discussion by actual Moodle users

7. What colleges want
Move away from repository style teaching.
Break down silo based courses.
Adopt new eLearning Trends.
Promote active learners.
Increase adoption and engagement (ETAG).

8. 89%of the UK are daily internet users
Source: Office for National Statistics

9. UK Social Media
Actively use Social Media
16-24 Year Olds Actively use Social Media
59%
92%
Source: Office for National Statistics

10. Did you know? Every minute in 2014..
67,000 Instagram photos uploaded
Source: radicati.com, internetworldstats.com, pewinternet.org, google.com/trends
433,000 Tweets Sent
306 Hours of Video uploaded to YouTube
4.1m Google searches

11. This tells us that nearly all users are creators
or curators of content.

12. Which tells us that our
teachers and our students
can be creators & curators also.

13. Nano/Micro Content
Users happily consume, share
or create small bits of
information in their daily lives.

14. Yet we still ask teachers to build long winded
quizzes, assignments, questionnaires and web
page content…
.. and we expect learners to read them.

15. 28%of the words on a web page is ever read
Source: http://www.nngroup.com/
Based upon Harald Weinreich, Hartmut Obendorf, Eelco Herder, and Matthias Mayer:

16. User spend only 4.4
secs more for each
additional 100 words
Source: http://www.nngroup.com/
Based upon Harald Weinreich, Hartmut Obendorf, Eelco Herder, and Matthias Mayer:

17. Do you still want to upload that
PowerPoint or PDF?

18. The way we use Moodle today is all
wrong.

19. On the Web, Video is King
100m
users a day
stream video.
3 hours
Average time a
UK user
watches online
video per day

20. 80%of viewers will watch a video, while only 20%
will read text
Source: Quicksprout, InSivia and DigitalSherpa

21. 74%Understanding increased by watching a video
Source: Quicksprout, InSivia and DigitalSherpa

22. Why visuals are important in Moodle
90%
of information
transmitted to
the brain is
visual.
40%
of people
respond better
to visuals rather
than text.

23. 93% of communication is nonverbal
Graphical Description Textual Description
A curved line with
every point equal
distance from the
center
Studies find that the human brain deciphers image elements simultaneously, while language is decoded in a linear, sequential manner taking more time to process.

24. So what do we need to do?

25. As educators we need to
Respond and cultivate the creative instinct of
our learners and tutors and build a learning
platform that is reflective of today.

26. Or simply do what we (should) already do

27. And bring it all into Moodle.

28. Using outcomes-based nano content.

29. The 5 Rules of Nano Content
1. Must be mapped to a learning outcome.
2. Must be small.
(Single Image, Single Question, 3 min video or 140
character text)
3. Must demonstrate understanding.
4. Must be reflective and social (discussion led)
5. Must be suitable for Mobile.

30. For a demonstration of our Social Learning
Solutions or to look at Nano Learning in
action, contact us.
adaptivle.co.uk
@lewiscarr