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Microlearning is an emerging instructional design strategy and has been a buzzword both in eLearning Industry and Learning & Development landscape. In this blog, we will dive deep into microlearning to find its characteristics.
Today’s millennial workforce is overwhelmed, distracted, stressed out and disengaged more than ever. And this younger generation wants to have a complete control over what they learn, how they learn and when they learn, provided the learning is completely relevant. Given their low attention spans and heavy distractions, long and boring content (aka information dump) makes no more sense in the present context. So it’s time to design eLearning with a more holistic learner-centered approach, and that’s what we call “Microlearning” (micro-learning or micro learning). It is an ideal eLearning solution for corporate learning environment that supports blended learning / mobile learning strategy / formal training.
Traditional eLearning is transforming. Mobile learning or mLearning is being widely used to deliver training at the point of need. Recent statistics on Mobile App usage reveal that the mobile learning via apps is currently a major means for most of the organizations to reach-out their diverse workforce to provide on demand corporate online training. Introduction of mobile apps in eLearning is trending across the globe irrespective of gender and work-processes.
So, what is so special about mobile apps in eLearning? Well, the most exciting benefit of native app is, training on the go without internet connection. Learners can simply download the app and get started. For example, the sales team on the field can take the full advantage of the mobile learning apps – download the course and use it offline. The sales team can go through the mobile learning nuggets or mobile apps at ease saving their time while traveling.
In Australia, The University of Sydney mobile app – “Sydney Uni app” is one of the best cases which provides online training and/or eLearning courses as well as library facilities to its students. Central Board of Secondary Education in India has launched their mobile application ‘e-cbse’ to provide eLearning material for students and teachers. It is an initiative taken as part of Digital India movement.
Besides academics, corporates like SAP offers mobile application based learning. For example, training on Sybase Unwired Platform 2.1 Mobile Application Development. List of hundreds of general to specific purpose mobile learning and training applications are available in public domain such as Google Play.http://www.swiftelearningservices.com/mobile-learning-apps-for-corporate-training/
Online tutoring is incredibly the most effective solution for children when face-to face-tuition is not possible. We introduce tutors with extensive experience in teaching. They will bring these qualities to your child and find fun and engaging ways for your children to learn. Microlearning and video-based learning are also good ways for learning online.
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