For a healthy body, it is important to ensure proper digestion of food, so that our bodies can avail itself of all the vital nutrients essential for a healthy life.  The key to digestion lies in taking bite-sized morsels that are easy to digest rather than gulping large volumes of food.

Microlearning is a Learning concept that applies this same principle to empower the student and make learning easier for him.

The core principal of microlearning is to provide the learners with small, bite-sized bursts of content instead of stuffing the minds of the students with copious amounts of data.  Microlearning calls for small nuggets of learning to be spread across 10 to 15-minute modules that are designed to meet specific learning outcomes.

Below are a few examples of how microlearning is ready to revolutionize the online learning for students

• Address the challenges of low attention span

Many young learners today are struggling with the challenges of low attention span or attention deficit disorders. Microlearning is designed is a way to work with these challenges. By offering course condensed in small time nuggets, micro-learning is able to appeal to the mind of young, distracted learners who can learn the concepts in short bursts.

• Offers targeted learning

Instead of browsing reams of textbook content to understand a concept, microlearning presents the same concept with targeted information in specific modules. This helps to eliminate confusion and helps the learner get straight to the point.

• Available in various formats and devices

Microlearning is not limited to a single format as the concept can be easily adapted to a number of formats from short videos, static infographics, interactive pdf’s, online games, quizzes and lots more. The advantage of this is that microlearning can then be accessed across devices and is then beneficial to a larger number of students who do not own a desktop but learn on their phones or tablets.

• Empowers the learners

Instead of constantly pushing information towards the students, online learning empowers the students as they are able to consume information that they need, in a format they can access and at a time that is more convenient to them. This self-management of learning is empowering the learners as it puts them in charge of their own learning

• Budget Friendly

Microlearning is also gaining popularity among online learners as it is budget friendly as compared to signing up for large module courses. The smaller, targeted courses are more easy on the wallets of the learners.

Formal learning is often characterized by large volumes of information spread over an extended period of time. However, micro-learning is fast changing that and helping the LMS landscape evolve.

Today, students prefer signing up for courses that deliver critical information in short spurts of content. This brevity of information is the perfect way to help students bridge the knowledge gap and grasp new concepts without the stress of learning and memorization.

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