Do you know what micro learning is? Micro learning is a newer way of learning in "nuggets" or digestible chunks. Learning this way discourages the idea of mastering a topic but instead promotes learning information as it is needed.
The table below compares micro learning to traditional learning:
The table below compares micro learning to traditional learning:
| Traditional Learning | Micro learning |
| Content is accessible through one or two means such as computer and hard copy printouts. | Content is accessible through multiple devices such as desktops, tablets and smartphones, etc. |
| Content is mostly text and images. | Content contains multimedia such as videos, interactive games, slideshows, podcasts, and simulations. |
| Content is time-consuming to create and is not updated very often. | Content is created very quickly through rapid development and templating. |
| Content covers topics in an "A-Z", linear fashion that are dependent on each other. | Content presents topics independently that provide a more interconnected view of an overall subject matter much like a concept map. |
There is a really good article on micro learning offered by Learning Solutions Magazine. It talks about how microlearning can be used to train millennials into the new workforce.
Popular sources for micro learning
* https://www.twitter.com
* https://www.twitter.com
I think that the most popular form of micro learning on the Web is Twitter. Using Twitter, users share information and learn from one another.
On YouTube, users create and share instructional videos that mainly teach. The idea is to learn from someone who already knows.
This company promotes the creation of small slide presentations that can be completed using tools and templates from their websites and then stored in the Cloud.
This company allows you to create and view short presentations that consist of no more than 20 images that automatically advance along with narration. The use of no more than 20 images is "Pecha Kucha" style which is a format created by architect Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham in 2003.
