About six months ago we ran a series of blog posts on Learning Campaigns (here, here here and here). The central idea is that for microlearning to be effective you need to combine the microlearning event with an opportunity for retrieval practice. And, depending on your learning goals, you might want to include a final … Continue reading A Practical Guide to Using Microlearning to Create a Learning Campaign
Here at Intela, we are big fans of microlearning. There is a huge amount of research demonstrating that presenting small nuggets of information spaced over time improves learning retention. Much of this is due to limitations on our working memory: Working memory is short-term (no more than a few minutes) and limited – capable of … Continue reading Just Because It’s Short Doesn’t Mean You Will Remember It
When I teach my workshop on Modern Learning, I always ask my students the following question: You are creating an eLearning course using text, graphics, animation and narration. You are showing an animation. What is best for learning: Animation plus text Animation plus narration Animation plus text and narration Usually 50% or more of the … Continue reading Text. Pictures. Narration. Animation. What’s Best for Instruction?
I think we all have an intuitive sense that learning should be difficult, but not too difficult. If, for example, you enrolled in a third grade math class you would likely do very well but wouldn’t learn anything you didn’t already know. On the other hand, if you enrolled in a graduate course in theoretical … Continue reading Is There a Failure Rate That Leads to Optimal Learning?
Earlier this year I wrote a blog post (here) questioning the value proposition of using VR for training. I DID NOT argue that VR was not effective; what I did argue was that I have yet to find a study that shows that VR is MORE effective than traditional, less expensive, forms of training -- … Continue reading A Study That (Maybe) Justifies Using VR for Training
In our past two posts we examined strategies for using microlearning for (a) delivering new content and (b) creating a sustainment learning strategy. This week we will consider how to use microlearning in the case where there is a large learning event and the goal is to achieve and sustain mastery. Returning to the classic … Continue reading Using Microlearning to Ensure Long Term Mastery
Are you interested in microlearning but need a guide to help you? If so, the ATD Press has published a new book written just for you: “Microlearning: Short and Sweet,” by Dr. Karl M. Kapp and Dr. Robyn A. Defelice. Want to order the book? Click here: Recently Dr. Steven Just, the CLO of Intela, … Continue reading Microlearning: Short and Sweet
Slight change of plan. This week we will discuss using microlearning for sustained learning; next week we’ll look at the mastery strategy. Last week we discussed a microlearning strategy that can be deployed when the microlearning is the learning (there is no large-scale learning event). This week we will consider how to use microlearning in … Continue reading Sustaining Learning with Microlearning
In our last blog post we described three Learning Campaigns, representing three different microlearning strategies: Learn – when microlearning is the learning. There is no prior large-scale learning event. Master – using microlearning to ensure long term learning mastery after a traditional learning event. Sustain – using microlearning to sustain long term learning after a traditional learning event. This week we will look more … Continue reading When the Microlearning is the Learning
Today, no training strategy is complete without a microlearning strategy. But where do you begin? And once you begin, where do you go from there? Classic eLearning courses tend to be of a fixed nature. They usually look something like this: But microlearning is less structured. It's more agile. Activities and microlessons can be combined … Continue reading Making Microlearning Effective Using Learning Campaigns
