1. MAKE A MICRO-LESSON IN A DAY
AGENDA
Diane Elkins
E-Learning Uncovered
Tanya Seidel
Artisan
E-Learning
8:30-10:00am
Team selection, topic selection,
micro-learning overview, logistics
10:00-2:45pm
Working session
(includes breaks and lunch)
2:45-4:00pm
Presentation of micro-lessons
4:00-4:30pm
Lessons learned

2. SELECT A TOPIC Customer service Time management Business communication
Project management
Business software
Information security
Guide to Las Vegas

3. WHAT IS MICRO-LEARNING?
SCENARIOS
BITE-SIZED
FOCUSED
SHORT
REPEATABLE
TRENDY
INFORMAL
FUN
ON-DEMAND
SOCIAL
VIDEO
EASY
PORTABLE
PRACTICAL
YOUTUBE
24/7
SELF-DIRECTED
MOBILE-FRIENDLY
ANYWHERE
INFOGRAPHICS
INTERACTIONS
CONVENIENT

4. The Target Audience Influences the Design

5. DOES MICRO-LEARNING REALLY WORK?
Percentage of Millennials that
feel they can find a YouTube video on anything they
want to learn:
67%
Source | Last updated May, 2015
Number of 2013 Fortune 500
companies that had a
corporate YouTube account:
345 (69%)
Source
Percentage of 2013
Inc 500 companies that
use YouTube:
50%
Source
Amount of “How To” video content viewed in the first 4 months of 2015:
100 MILLION HOURS
Source
Year-over-year growth
in views for “How To”
videos on YouTube:
70% increase
Source | Last updated May, 2015
100M
67%
Consider
345
70%
50%

6. PROS & CONS OF MICRO-LEARNING
Small chunks good for just-in-time training
Focusing on granular topics reduces information overload
Budget friendly and easy to update
Ideal for mobile (device-agnostic engagement)
Easily repeatable and adapts to a multitasking workforce
PROS
Technical demands could be high if truly device agnostic
Requires a way to organize and present the lessons so learners are able to get the full picture
Lessons can become fragmented
Doesn’t always work for complex topics
CONS
TANYA

7. EXAMPLES

8. PICK YOUR MICRO-TOPIC

9. How to Design a Micro-Lesson…
What’s the problem?
What’s happening on some Tuesday in:
NOVEMBER
What does the
DREAM STATE
look like?
What SKILL or MINDSET will get them there?
What do they need MOST?
Memorization
Mastery
Presentation
Motivation
Personalization
Practice
Video
Animation
Game
Scenario
Infographic
Screencast
Simulation
What FORMAT is best?
Job Aid
_________
How to Design a Micro-Lesson…
People are spending too much time in meetings and can’t get any “real” work done!
Joe is sitting in a weekly staff meeting. He has a ton of work to get done, but he has to sit as they go around the table explaining what they are working on. He wonders why he is there.

10. How to Design a Micro-Lesson…
What’s the problem?
What’s happening on some Tuesday in:
NOVEMBER
What does the
DREAM STATE
look like?
What SKILL or MINDSET will get them there?
What do they need MOST?
Memorization
Mastery
Presentation
Motivation
Personalization
Practice
Video
Animation
Game
Scenario
Infographic
Screencast
Simulation
What FORMAT is best?
Job Aid
_________
How to Design a Micro-Lesson…
People are spending too much time in meetings and can’t get any “real” work done!
Joe is sitting in a weekly staff meeting. He has a ton of work to get done, but he has to sit as they go around the table explaining what they are working on. He wonders why he is there.
Mgrs will be respectful of people’s time regarding meetings. They’ll think about the impact on attendees when deciding whether to have a meeting, what to do in the meeting, and deciding how long it will be.

11. How to Design a Micro-Lesson…
What’s the problem?
What’s happening on some Tuesday in:
NOVEMBER
What does the
DREAM STATE
look like?
What SKILL or MINDSET will get them there?
What do they need MOST?
Memorization
Mastery
Presentation
Motivation
Personalization
Practice
Video
Animation
Game
Scenario
Infographic
Screencast
Simulation
What FORMAT is best?
Job Aid
_________
How to Design a Micro-Lesson…
People are spending too much time in meetings and can’t get any “real” work done!
Joe is sitting in a weekly staff meeting. He has a ton of work to get done, but he has to sit as they go around the table explaining what they are working on. He wonders why he is there.
Mgrs will be respectful of people’s time regarding meetings. They’ll think about the impact on attendees when deciding whether to have a meeting, what to do in the meeting, and deciding how long it will be.

12.    How to Design a Micro-Lesson… NOVEMBER
What’s the problem?
People are spending too much time in meetings and can’t get any “real” work done!
What’s happening on some Tuesday in:
NOVEMBER
Joe is sitting in a weekly staff meeting. He has a ton of work to get done, but he has to sit as they go around the table explaining what they are working on. He wonders why he is there.
What does the
DREAM STATE
look like?
What do they need MOST?
Memorization
Mastery
Presentation
Motivation
Personalization
Practice
Mgrs will be respectful of people’s time regarding meetings. They’ll think about the impact on attendees when deciding whether to have a meeting, what to do in the meeting, and deciding how long it will be.
Video
Animation
Game
Scenario
Infographic
Screencast
Simulation
What FORMAT is best?
Job Aid
Practice
_________
What SKILL or MINDSET will get them there?  
Meeting calculator 
Mindset: Realize how much time/money is being wasted.
Skill: Decide when it is/isn’t appropriate to have a meeting

13. Fewer meetings/ better meetings
Too much time in mtgs
In boring meetings
Fewer meetings/ better meetings    
Get better at meetings 

14. Mgrs holding meetings that waste people’s time
Time wasted in mtgs
Mgrs holding meetings that waste people’s time
Managers consider the impact of meetings on people’s time 
Meeting calculator
Appreciate the cost of meetings

15. TOOLS
What development tools do you have?

16. LOGISTICS Getty Images Budget Up to 15 images or video per team!
When you’re done, bring your published content to Tanya on a USB.
Getty Images Budget
Up to 15 images or video per team!
(Creative/Royalty-Free)
Provide image #s to Tanya for download
Cell phone number from each group

17. TIME CHECK Do you have: A topic? An outline?
A format & development tool targeted?
A storyboard?
A script?
Image/Design suggestions?

18. WHEN YOU ARE DONE: Bring Tanya your published course on a USB,
Ask Tanya for her USB and save it there, OR
Publish your micro-lesson somehow to the web and Tanya the link:

19. PRESENTATIONS YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO: Showcase your micro-lesson
Describe the problem you’re solving
Tell us what tools you used
Explain what you would have done if you had more time
Examine if you accomplished your goal & purpose
Do you need a meeting – PDF launcher link:

20. We have a responsibility to do it (team work, micro, etc
We have a responsibility to do it (team work, micro, etc.) this way moving forward since it’s so effective!
The flow chart helps!
Define the problem first!
Need a constant reminder to stay laser focused.
Action mapping helps! (Cathy Moore)
Still need to advocate for the learner and the business goal
Just because you can (include it) doesn’t mean you should
Microlearning <> Chunking
There’s no single “right” toolset
LESSONS LEARNED
Easy with groups – doesn’t necessarily save time, but can produce a better product
Being in teams helps!
Able to accomplish the goal because of teamwork (masterminds)
Struggle with being able to do this with just one person
Live review can be really helpful
Start with text – work from there
Start simple! Agile. What can you get out now? Start there.
No tests! Do you really need it?