According to a popular survey which was conducted on 400 employees, over 50% of them expressed the willingness to use the company’s learning program if the courses are shorter. So here in this blog we will see how Microlearning can increase effectiveness in E-Learning.

90 – 20 – 8 rule :

As Microlearning focuses on the challenge of short attention spans in an effective manner and helps to maximize the impact through small-sized modules.

According to an interesting 90 – 20 – 8 rule,
– Learners will be attentive with complete alertness during the first 8 Minutes.
– The attention rate drops after 20 minutes.
– Attention rates completely go down once the module completes 60 – 120 minutes.

With the help of this rule, one can understand how Microlearning plays a vital part in gaining learners attention rates.

Suits increasing Millennial workforce:

Microlearning modules attract Millennials who’s training expectations are different and always engaged with devices. With the help of animated video and quizzes and games, there will be an increase in the engagement activity thus increasing the efficiency in E-learning.

Meets Specific Learning outcomes :

Microlearning helps the Millennials to overcome information overload which helps in increased retention rates. As the modules are smaller in nature it will address the shorter specific needs and delivers the learning outcomes of the organization.

Accessible:

In Microlearning the learner has the opportunity to create a personalized learning experience and has the power to choose what all the contents he has to relearn and can play across multiple devices and can be accessed at any time this makes the learning more effective and more engaging with the user.

4 R – Response, Review, Results & Revision :

E-Learning effectiveness can be measured by using 4R’s. So now let’s see how Microlearning plays a role in 4R’s.

Response: Microlearning helps in getting a better response from the learners as they are short and fun and interactive modules.

Review: As Microlearning is bite-sized modules they help in getting good feedback from the employees. It could also include how a learning program is helping the employee in tackling the everyday problems.

Results: Microlearning helps in getting good results for the organization as it suits the Millennials and helps in knowledge retention.

Revision: As the modules are smaller in size they increase the attention of the learner and the learners would like to check it often and on the go as it helps in continuous updation.

”An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Microlearning every day keeps cognitive resonance away.”