P04 Making Microlearning Work for Your Organization
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Monday, April 22
Incorporating microlearning into an organization’s learning ecosystem is not always as successful as L&D professionals envision. Especially if the expectation is a change in performance. This is largely in part to seeing the word “microlearning” as just another learning product, not for all of its meanings – a concept for developing an individual’s aptitudes/skills, a method for building (or refining, augmenting, etc.) skills/behaviors over time by targeting facets of those skills/behaviors through repetition, and as a strategically designed campaign that includes (typically) multiple learning products to address those facets. But what does that look like?
This workshop focuses on application of concepts to real-world challenges attendees are facing by actively engaging the everyone in the how and why of the design process.
Through hands on activities, participants will build examples, so that they can then start developing a microlearning campaign . Worksheets, tools, and templates will be provided to support ideation and application. Peer collaboration and discussion will provide additional perspective and ideas on how microlearning can be used at whether at work for a client.
Participants will leave the session with a better sense of what is possible with microlearning for their organization or client, a pathway to getting started, and templates to help them get going!
In this workshop, you will learn…
- Differentiation of the terms microlearning as related to a method, a campaign, and a product
- How to determine the purpose and potential of a microlearning campaign
- How to develop a measurable framework for a microlearning campaign and map a campaign to that framework
- Which factors to consider related to spaced retention, evaluating performance, and operational implementation
- How to map a microlearning campaign
Robyn Defelice
Learning Strategist/Consultant/Author
Principal
Robyn A. Defelice, PhD, is a consultant, author, and presenter with over 20 years in the L&D field. She is the co-author of Microlearning: Short and Sweet and has been researching How Long Does it Take to Develop Training for over a decade. Robyn’s passion comes from working with L&D leadership and teams to get them to the decision-making table. She strives to empower L&D professionals using her adventures in meeting client challenges, from corporate to manufacturing, government to higher education, and non-profits to startups.