Today I had the pleasure of presenting to my new friends and colleagues at the International Council on Educational Media conference in Tallinn, Estonia. My talk was about microlearning in business and higher education. I talked about where this educational innovation is heading, and what it means for professionals in learning and development. Below are some resources and examples I mentioned.
Microlearning Articles and White Papers
- Patti Shank’s highly useful article about microlearning hype versus reality.
- Good microlearning summary from Connie Malamed. Article includes general information as well as references.
- Really useful Josh Bersin article on disruption of elearning industry via microlearning.
- Brief and general hype-heavy article.
- General microlearning hype article.
- Exampe of a mistake-filled hype article, with several speculations, and over-generalizations.
Microlearning Case Studies
- Description of a livestock industry disease prevention application.
- Case study on using microlearning (PDF) to train Pepsi employees about digital marketing.
Companies producing microlearning
- Grovo
- SumTotal press release about their microlearning platform.
Examples of Microlearning (or close to it)
- Introduction to STEM Communication
- Domino’s Pizza training
- Duolingo language learning
- Avengers infographic
- WikiHow: How to Make Calls with an Apple Watch
- 7 microlearning examples from allen communications
- And for your enjoyment and fascination, the Star Wars complete movie infographic (123 meters in length)