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As the saying often goes, “It’s the small things that matter the most.”
When developing an education plan, this can be especially true. The amount of content can be overwhelming. In addition to developing an overall plan for your program, you may feel burdened with the increased demands of your staff in the workplace. It is becoming more and more challenging for employees to find the time in their hectic schedules to not only access learning content, but, more importantly, to retain the information provided.
Microlearning is a way of delivering learning content in bite-sized snippets that are easily accessed when the learner needs it. These snippets focus on specific content and leave out irrelevant information, increasing the probability of greater retention.
What does microlearning look like?
Microlearning could be a/an:
What would I use it for?
Microlearning works best for things like:
What are the benefits of using microlearning?
Would this work for me?
Though microlearning is not the solution for every piece of learning content, it is becoming a much more acceptable solution that is preferred by learners.
How do you think that microlearning could be used for your training and educational programs?
How would it benefit your learners, and how would they respond to this new approach?
As you ponder these thoughts, make sure to take in the big picture of what your education program is about and remember not to forget about the small things.
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