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There are a variety of benefits associated with Micro-learning, particularly in eLearning environments. In essence, micro-eLearning offers students the opportunity to more easily absorb and retain the information that is being offered, by making lessons and course activities more manageable and “digestible”. Micro-eLearning is often referred to as “bite-sized” education because it breaks the educational process down into lessons that typically last no longer than a few minutes, and enable them to collect and recall course materials more efficiently and effectively.
Micro-eLearning Techniques To Improve Your eLearning Course Design
Micro-eLearning Technique #1: Micro-games online
It's a proven fact that people learn more if they are engaged with the subject. Participating in a game, even if there is no winner, will allow students to interact directly with the lesson, and will enable them to get more out of the experience. This will provide you with the opportunity to make learning fun and fast. Therefore, it will be more effective.
Micro-eLearning Technique #2: Lesson-based Podcasts
One of the most beneficial micro-eLearning techniques used today is the educational podcast. Recording a small amount of information, that can discourse far and wide, can give learners the chance to gather important data and knowledge from the comfort of their own homes or offices (or even on-the-go). Better yet, they don't have to set aside large blocks of time to absorb this new information, as the lesson can be distilled into a few minutes and offered via podcast.
Micro-eLearning Technique #3: Multimedia presentations (slide shows)
Online slide shows are becoming increasingly popular due to the fact that they appeal to virtually every type of learner. Whether an employee or student is able to more effectively absorb information through auditory, visual, or interactive methods, a slide show can cater to their needs. Typically, these slide shows can provide a micro-lesson in a matter of minutes, and can allow the learner to grasp the concepts of each slide before moving onto the next. As such, it's an ideal technique for courses that may require more in-depth explanations or illustrations, ensuring that the learner fully understands each one of them.
Micro-eLearning Technique #4: Simulations that teach a skill set
You can also use simulations, either online or in group settings, that teach a particular skill set. For example, if you are designing an eLearning course that is geared toward sales transactions in retail environments, you can employ a simulation that walks the learners through a transaction and then asks them to do it on their own, after the brief step by step instruction that has been provided. This not only enables the learners to build upon a specific skill or knowledge of a task but gives them the opportunity to try it in a real-life or virtual setting.
Micro-eLearning Technique #5: Instructional videos (approach for this learning task)
Instructional videos can be created in a number of ways and can be used in a variety of educational environments. For example, you can easily design a video and integrate it directly into your site design or even post it on your video sharing sites (such as Youtube) in order to deliver it to remote learners. The students or employees can then access the video whenever they like and take their own time to absorb the information being offered. This particular micro-eLearning technique is ideal in situations that call for the demonstration of a specific skill or task.
Micro-eLearning Technique #6: Online assessment and quizzes
Micro-eLearning techniques can also come in the form of assessments or quizzes online. These quick virtual exams can give instructors the opportunity to gauge the level of skill and understanding of each of their learners, and can even offer learners the chance to determine how they are progressing along the way. They can also prove to be a good source of motivation, which always leads to enhanced performance both in and out of the office.
Micro-eLearning Technique #7: Educational blog posts
Even something as simple and straightforward as a blog post can serve as a micro-eLearning activity. Learners can visit the blog whenever they choose and gather the required information, making it an ideal way to get the information across when and where the learners need it. Blog posts can serve as a method by which you inform potential learners about the lessons being offered, or keep current employees or students up to date on the latest news or knowledge.
By offering your learners micro e-learning options, you gain the ability to boost their performance in the online classroom, without requiring them to devote a great deal of time to the learning process. Therefore, these activities are perfect for any educational setting, given that they can be effective for every type of learner, and allow each student to go at their own pace and fully master each lesson before progressing to the next one.
Please find the link below for my MicroLED video. It is a video that is linked to a course that I am currently teaching online due to the COVID19 situation. Looking forward to your comments and suggestions.
https://youtu.be/2Fj1PoEpjy4
Moving on, Laboratory experimentation plays an essential role in engineering and scientific education. Virtual and remote labs reduce the costs associated with conventional hands-on labs due to their required equipment, space, and maintenance staff. Furthermore, they provide additional benefits such as supporting distance learning, improving lab accessibility to handicapped people, and increasing safety for dangerous experimentation.
Taking into consideration the COVID19 situation currently, we at the school of engineering are facing great problems in conducting laboratory TLAs online. Therefore, we have to come up with a solution to how we can mitigate this issue. Thus I have been motivated to conduct a case study on the current situation that we have i.e. “Remote Laboratories for Undergraduate Engineering at the University of the South Pacific”. Recently, remote laboratories have been developed at multiple universities and adopted in engineering education. Furthermore, some of these laboratories are replicated at many universities such as the electronic circuit's remote labs: NetLab, VISIR, and labs based on NI ELVIS II. This was the commence of a new mainstream that advocates a better remodeling of those laboratories to allow their allocation, sharing among universities, and their communication with other heterogeneous systems, e.g., Learning Management Systems (LMS). In this context, numerous sharable educational architectures for remote lab integration have emerged such as LiLa, Lab2go, ISILab, DCL, WebLab Deusto, iLab (ISA), and Labshare (Sahara).
Reference
Giurgiu, L. (2017). Microlearning an evolving elearning trend. Scientific Bulletin, 22(1), 18-23.
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