Micro-learning to support just-in-time learning for academic staff @ Temasek Polytechnic

Pratima Majal l Woo Boon Seong 2 November 2018

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Micro-LearningCoursesforPedagogicalProfessionalDevelopment

TP-wideMLCs(availabletoalllecturers)

Micro-Learning to support just-in-time learning

HowwedesignedandimplementedMicro-LearningforJITLearning?

1 WhatisMicro-Learning?

2 WhyadoptMicro-Learning?

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Micro-Learning to support just-in-time learning

WhatisMicro-

Learning?

Content

Time-taken

LearningplaIorm

Bite-sizedtoquicklycloseaknowledgeorskillsgap

10to15minutes

MobileplaEorms

SomechallengesfacedbyadulteducatorswithregardstoeLearning

Manyofmylearnersarenotregularandabsenteeismisquitehighinmyclass.

Mylearnersdon’thave*meforeLearning.

MinearenotusedtoeLearning.

Someofmylearnersseemtohavetechnophobia.

SomechallengesfacedbyadulteducatorswithregardstoeLearning

Someoflearnerscomplainthattheycannotfocuson

learning.

Someofmylearnerslackmo*va*on.

Someofmylearnersdon’thavethepre-requisiteknowledge.

Ihaveaverydiversegroupoflearners.

BenefitsofMicro-Learning

Micro-Learninghasbeenfoundtoaddresstheneedsoflearnersinthemostefficientandeffec*ve

mannerpossible.

Grovo(2014)

aidesMemory

enhancesMo+va+on

aidesiden*fica*onofMisconcep+onsorchallengesstudentsface

Content

Time-taken

LearningplaIorm

Bite-sizedtoquicklycloseaknowledgeorskillsgap

BenefitsofMicro-Learning

Content

Time-taken

LearningplaIorm

Doesnotdisruptwork

Caterstolearners’

shortaKen+onspan

BenefitsofMicro-Learning

10to15minutes

Content

Time-taken

LearningplaIorm

MobilelearningsavesTime

EasyAccessforJust-in-Timelearning

BenefitsofMicro-Learning

MobileplaEorms

Somechallengesfacedbyadulteducators

Commonchallengefacedbyouracademicstaff

IhavePET,CET,Industryprojectsetc.etc.thereisno*metoa`endworkshops. Idon’thave*mefor

eLearning.

NotenoughTIMEforprofessionaldevelopment

Workplacetrainingismosteffec*vewhenthetraininghappensjustin*measpartofaworker’s

regularjobac*vi*es.

Collinset.al(1997)

BenefitsofMicro-LearningforJust-In-TimeLearning

Inthepastfewyearstechnologyhasbecomeanintegralpartofworkplacelearning.

Wang(2017)

BenefitsofMicro-LearningforJust-In-TimeLearning

Micro-LearningforJust-In-TimeLearning

Just-in-TimeperformanceaidtosetuptheLMSsite

Micro-LearningforJust-In-TimeLearning

Before

ANer

PerformanceaidforaddingLevel2interac+vity

Micro-LearningforJust-In-TimeLearning

RequirementforallCETmodules

Micro-LearningforJust-In-TimeLearning

Demonstra*on(Assessment-staffusingtheMicro-Learning

Course)

Context(Examplesindifferentcontext)

Content(What,Why&

How)

SequencingAdoptedfortheMicro-LearningCourses

SequencingAdoptedfortheMicro-LearningCourses

Content Context

Demonstrate

Example

SequencingAdoptedfortheMicro-LearningCourses

Thetwotask-basedmicro-learningcourseshavebeenusedbylecturerstoenhance

morethan350subjectsites

“Goodanddetailedstep-by-stepinstruc*ons”

FeedbackfromStaff

“TheMLC2oneResourcesprovidedmewithaquickreferencetodifferenttoolsthatIcouldusetoreachlevel2interac*vity.”

“Thehands-onpor*onismostimportantforanyofsuchsetup.Thanksforsharing.”

“Ilearntseveraluseful*psonhowtoenhanceanLMSsite.Thankyou.”

DesigningMicro-LearningforJust-In-TimeLearning

1 2 3 4 5

Iden*fyAc*onPoints

Chunkyourmaterial

Iden*fymobileplaEorm

Makeitengaging(Sequence-Tell-Show-DoPresentusingengagingformats)

Planforassessmentandevalua*on

Templatefromfreepik.com

DesigningMicro-LearningforJustInTimeLearning

Iden*fythe‘right’contentformicro-learningtoencouragework-placelearning

Micro-learningisaboutfinding“applica*onpoints”thatpromoteworkingproficiencyinapar*culararea.

Grovo(2017)

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WhyadoptMicro-Learning?

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ReferencesCollins,J.A.,Greer,J.E.,Kumar,V.S.,McCalla,G.I.,Meagher,P.,&Tkatch,R.(1997).Inspectableusermodelsforjust-in-*meworkplacetraining.InUserModeling(pp.327-337).Springer,Vienna.Grovo,2014.BiteSizeIstheRightSizeHowMicrolearningShrinkstheSkillsGapinHigherEducaFon.WhitepaperretrievedonJuly2017fromhPp://www.ecampusnews.com/files/2014/12/Grovo_Higher_ed.pdfGrovo,2017.Future-ProofYourWorkforceWithMicrolearning.eBookretrievedon10June2017fromhPp://blog.grovo.com/ebook-futureproof-workforce-microlearning/Wang,M.(2018).EmergingTechnologiesforWorkplaceLearning.InE-LearningintheWorkplace(pp.29-39).Springer,Cham.