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6 Microlearning - Introduction

Microlearning involves consuming small chunks of digital content on mobile devices to promote learning. It is self-paced, just-in-time, and learner-led. Microlearning reduces cognitive overload by presenting content in short formats of less than 10 minutes. It is cost-effective to produce and can be used for informal learning through apps, videos, games and other mobile-friendly formats. However, it is not suitable for tasks requiring complex skills.

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6 Microlearning - Introduction

Microlearning involves consuming small chunks of digital content on mobile devices to promote learning. It is self-paced, just-in-time, and learner-led. Microlearning reduces cognitive overload by presenting content in short formats of less than 10 minutes. It is cost-effective to produce and can be used for informal learning through apps, videos, games and other mobile-friendly formats. However, it is not suitable for tasks requiring complex skills.

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Introduction to Microlearning

DEFINITION & BENEFITS


Presenter: Melisa Achoko Allela
Overall aim
By the end of this session, participants will be able
• To understand the concept of microlearning and apply this to develop their own individual content
• to use mobile technology to produce print based microlearning materials
• to integrate the technological, pedagogical and content knowledge to produce microlearning
objects

AIM: Using mobile technology to promote microlearning, as well as,


stimulate peer collaboration through networked learning and
Communities of Practice (COPs).
Memory
Read the list only, Vase Teapot
concentrating briefly for a
few seconds on each word. Tiger Camera

Book Ice Cream

Cushion Spade

Piano House

Hat Orange
Memory
How many words can you
recall?

Score between 5-9 is the average


capacity
Working memory
Learning is the process of acquiring new information in your working
memory and integrating it with existing information in your long term
memory.

Once in the long-term memory, you can recall and apply it to the real
world.
Cognitive load
Total amount of mental effort being used in the working memory

Extraneous material ‘distracts, disrupts. Seduces.’


Harp and Mayer 1998

The coherence principles means avoid adding any material that does not
support the instructional goal
Clark and Mayer 2011
Characteristics
• Low time commitment
• Small chunks
• Short effort
• Narrow topics (part of a complex whole)

Method of training involving short, bite-sized, digestible, well-planned


learning activities that learners can consume via digital media.
Microlearning is…
Single Focused: Targets single performance, or knowledge
Single Activity: Uses a single learning activity to achieve that objective.
Modular: Tied to a larger. Easy to design, produce, update and organize
Accessible: mobile devices, laptops, phones
Flexible: Learners can view or skip specific content
Holistic: Learners to get a full view of a topic.
Recursive: Learners attain a broad view of content before focusing on individual
parts
Reduce cognitive overload
The average human brain retains more
information when the content is
structured in short format chunks of not
more than ten minutes – an ideal time to
absorb microlearning lessons which are
part of a larger learning track.  
Varied Environments
• Learning can take place in informal learning
environments, outside of formal learning
environments but in mediated digital spaces
• Does not follow a specific curriculum
• Spontaneous
Self-paced, Just-in-time
Learner controls the pace at which they consume
the content. Learners are in control
of what, where and when they are learning and
consume the content as often as they wish.
Competence can be evidenced through
microlearning assessments at the end of each
module.
Learners can easily access specific kinds of
contents, at a specific time of day.  
Learner-led
Hands-on, fosters interaction via
collaboration tools that enable learners to
learn from subject matter experts within the
group or leverage on the strength of the crowd
for collaborative learning.
Mobile-friendly
Piggy-backs on the affordances of existing web-
technologies and new trends in eLearning and
educational technology.
Content can be deployed, curated, accessed and
shared by users on multiple devices and can be
implemented in any learning environment
Learners use tools that they are already accustomed
to and the tools leverage on pre-existing user
behaviour.
Cost savings
Quick to produce, enable piloting of short
lessons, gathering feedback, iteration and
further planning for additional lessons
especially where such content is rapidly
being updated.
Not suitable for...
• Task that require complex technical skill building
• Novice learners
Examples
APPS VIDEOS • Short quizzes and
Print2Screen Brief videos polls
audio books (Audible) Interactive videos
• Infographic
Twitter
• Activity notifications
Question and response
from online
Flashcards Learner recording a brief audio
in response to a question communities of
Duolingo
Practice
GAMES • Challenge type
interactive documents
Immersive micro-learning
simulations that last between 5
-20 minutes.
Questions?
Suggestions?

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