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Shaping the Future: Why Choose Microlearning?
In This Chapter
• Why learners are asking you to go micro
• Why organizations are asking you to go micro
• The learning benefits of going micro
• The value of microlearning to instructional design processes
• Barriers that may prevent you from going micro
Microlearning is a hot topic. It seems everyone wants to be doing it without really knowing what “it” is or how it can make a difference for their learners or their organization. In chapter 1, we defined microlearning as any learning that is short—five to 10 minutes (or less)—and just as long as needed to give the learner what they really need. But why should you go micro?
We’ve been using long-form learning for decades and it seems to work just ...
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