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Microlearning: Short and Sweet
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Microlearning: Short and Sweet

by Robyn A. Defelice, Karl M. Kapp
September 2019
Beginner
200 pages
3h 53m
English
Association for Talent Development
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Foreword

Why We Wrote This Book

At first, the notion of writing a book on microlearning was a bit preposterous. Shouldn’t we just apply the microlearning concept we are writing about to develop the material? After all, isn’t a book something you sit down and read over the course of several hours? If you had to make the comparison, that feels more like a full-length training program. Why wouldn’t we chunk the content into tiny portions, convert to PowerPoint slides, add some narration, and post it online? Isn’t that what microlearning is all about?

Well, to be honest, no. That’s why we decided a book was needed to demystify what microlearning really is, to offer all the learning theories and research that support it, and to present an actionable ...

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ISBN: 9781949036749