Microlearning is a buzzed-about approach that even people outside the learning and development field might have heard of. But for all that talk, it’s not always clear what this term really me...
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Hi,
I wanna raise a question here. We all know by now that micro learning is a quick and easy way today to learn. But, being a designer my question is "Where not to use micro-learning"? I don't think that every topic can be converted into micro-learning. I wanna know what is the scope and limitations of micro-learning?
I wanna raise a question here. We all know by now that micro learning is a quick and easy way today to learn. But, being a designer my question is "Where not to use micro-learning"? I don't think that every topic can be converted into micro-learning. I wanna know what is the scope and limitations of micro-learning?
- I have had similar thoughts Neha; I'm weighing whether or not to try this approach for a new project. I have old content that is very text heavy; if I broke it into small chunks the dev time is less because I won't make a lot of changes to what's on the slide but I get to address the cognitive overload, which could arguably be our greatest ROI here. The goal was to not make a lot of changes to the slides/design so that we could finish the project quickly....
To your question now - I've realized that if I want to use this idea, then I'm a bit challenged when it comes to contextual differentiation. If I want to provide context for my large and varied workforce, I have to touch each slide - and if I'm doing that, I'm back to a full scale project. So, I would say that micro-learning might not work if the learners you are delivering the content to need different contexts in order to understand the material.
I'm sure others are also thinking about these things; I'd welcome any comments from my "thinking partners" in the community! - Hi Neha, I think you will find your answers in the INCITE Micro-learning Framework. You can download your free copy from here - http://incite.quodeck.com. Hope it helps!
