Learning Trends• Micro Learning

• MOOCs

• Learning Paths

• Content Creation v. Curation

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“Education is now outpacing the work world in leading informal learning, and gains in innovation with learning.”

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What could the future look like?

What tools are needed?

How do we keep momentum?

Activity

Micro Learning

Microlearning deals with relatively small learning units and short-term learning activities. Generally, the term "microlearning" refers to micro-perspectives in the context of learning, education and training.

Dimension of Micro Learning

Time: relatively short effort, operating expense, degree of time consumption, measurable time, subjective time, etc.

Content: small or very small units, narrow topics, rather simple issues, etc.

Curriculum: small part of curricular setting, parts of modules, elements of informal learning, etc.

Form: fragments, facets, episodes, "knowledge nuggets", skill elements, etc.

Process: separate, concomitant or actual, situated or integrated activities, iterative method, attention management, awareness (getting into or being in a process), etc.

Mediality: print media, electronic media, mono-media vs. multi-media, (inter-)mediated forms, etc.

Learning type: repetitive, activist, reflective, pragmatist, conceptionalist, constructivist, connectivist, behaviorist; also:action learning, classroom learning, corporate learning, etc.

Trending

Because old school training is expensive, time-consuming, and simply can’t be produced fast enough to react to a constantly changing work environment.

By 2025, Millennials alone will make up that 75 percent of the workforce. The average attention span of the Millennial generation is 90 seconds.

Deloitte recently estimated digital skills have a half-life of just 2.5 years for any given role. And because despite technology and digital products rapidly proliferating and evolving, these developments are only able to improve performance with the right training.

Learning Paths

Learning pathway is described as the chosen route, taken by a learner through a range of (commonly) e-learning activities, which allows them to build knowledge progressively. With learning pathways, the control of choice moves away from the tutor to the learner.

Learning Paths

From episodic to continuous learning

From assigning to enticing with content

From working at one scale to working up and down the scale

From grades to continuous feedback mechanisms

MOOCs

MOOCs (Massive Online Open Course) is a course of study made available over the Internet without charge to a very large number of people.

"MOOC poster mathplourde" by Mathieu Plourde {(Mathplourde on Flickr)

MOOCs

According to the New York Times, 2012 was the year of the MOOC – a massive open online course.

MOOC’s have risen to remarkable levels of popularity over the past few years with offerings from such high-ranking colleges and universities as MIT, Harvard, Yale, Duke, and more.

Trending

Mini MOOCs

Discussion Forums

Team-based course design

Student Engagement and Persistence

The User Experience

Credentialing

Appendix

Micro Learning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlearning

http://elearningindustry.com/awesome-resources-on-micro-learning

http://elearningindustry.com/why-microlearning-is-huge

http://www.microlearning.org/

http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1578/the-microlearning-trend-accommodating-cultural-and-cognitive-shifts

Learning Paths

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=what+is+learning+paths&spell=1

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=what+are+learning+paths

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_pathway

http://edglossary.org/learning-pathway/

https://www.nmefoundation.org/getmedia/76ca2f20-4141-42a1-880f-0bab1bcc21bc/nessc-briefing-personalized-learning-pathways

Appendix

MOOCs https://www.edx.org/blog/impacts-moocs-higher-

education http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/the-future-of-moocs/ https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-

beta/future-moocs