Easy Micro learning Strategies for Online Courses

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Micro learning involves in 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. You can check out some resources on micro learning in my previous post entitled, Micro learning Basics.

Micro learning Basics

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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:

WHITE PAPER: Getting Online Students to the Finish Line

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This 13-page white paper from BlackBoard and EducationDIVE is a great little read that summarizes ways for administrators, course designers and faculty to encourage student success in their online courses.


I LOVE the quote from page 11 that reads, "[T]echnology isn't a silver bullet but it can make the day-to-day of faculty easier". I've said this for years to faculty who have asked me how it is to teach online. There are easy things about using technology for sure, but on the other hand, there is more work to stay engaged with students because of the lack of face-to-face interaction.

This white paper by Blackboard (popular LMS creator) and EducationDIVE (education news source) gives some really practical ways to retain online students. I've discussed many of these ideas here on this blog for the past year.

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Get a download of this white paper HERE. (Note: You'll need to fill out a short form first.)

7 Ways to "Teach" Your Online Students

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One challenge to teaching online is that there is no face-to-face interaction with students. I recently wrote a post about motivating students online. In it I compared techniques that I used online to simulate the face-to-face interactions I had with my students in the past.

In this post, I wanted to list the ways that I use to "teach" my online students during the course. I consider these opportunities to be "teaching moments". While these teaching moments are often just assumed when teaching in a classroom; in an online class, teachers really have to value these moments and go for them as much as possible.

Here are the ways that you can achieve "teaching moments" with online students: