Presentation I created for my graduate course for eLearning and Design on Micro _Learning

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.