You’re faced with volumes of complicated content that you must translate into effective training. Your SMEs are pushing for delivering it through hours and hours of web-based training, which you know your audience will dread. You’ve heard of the benefits of using a micro format, but how can you possibly use it to cover all of that content?

In this session, you’ll learn how to slim down your content and use formats such as email campaigns, modular mini-courses, and microlearning videos to help your learners understand and use challenging content. You’ll discover how to break down the issues related to simplifying difficult content and translate these issues into key goals. You’ll then dive into examples of real micro solutions to find out more about the content analysis techniques and instructional design approaches that made these projects a success. By the end of this session, you’ll be able to use microlearning to create solutions that respect your audience’s time while also ensuring your SMEs feel you’ve covered the material thoroughly.

In this session, you will learn:

  • Tips and tricks for crafting microlearning content
  • How to employ content analysis techniques for simplified learning in micro formats
  • How to design simplified instruction for micro formats
  • How to apply the tips and tricks in the session to change how you deliver content in your own workplace

Audience:
Novice to intermediate designers and managers.

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All Contributors

Corey Decker

Learning Solutions Architect, Becton, Dickinson and Company

Abbi Hake

Manager, Performance Consulting, Becton, Dickinson and Company

Liz Herrick

Manager, Performance Consulting, BD