I saw this on Facebook recently. Would you call it content suitable for “microlearning”?
In its simplest sense, it certainly is because it fills many of the defined dimensions of microlearning:
- Short time consumption (seconds)
- Narrow, focused content (a light look at “personality”)
- Fragment of something larger (self concept, etc)
- Could easily be expanded upon (convert to full sentences, paragraph, etc)
- Accessible technology (print / on-line)
- Informal learning (not classroom; reader is not ‘required’ to do anything with the content)
Most importantly, it invites the reader so consider their own viewpoint on the subject:
- Do I think, for example, that ‘rough’ and ‘tough’ are part of ‘personality’?
- Am I any or all of these things to me?
- Am I any or all of these things to others?
- Is this a positive viewpoint?
- A negative one?
Any small piece of information that challenges or invites us to look at our own perspective of the world falls in the general category of microlearning content (i.e. it is micro in size and can create a learning opportunity all by itself).
Of course, this particular piece of content may not be suitable in many types of corporate curriculum (though I would definitely include it for certain target audiences!) and it would have more impact as part of an ongoing course such as my Simple Sound Solutions program, but in and of itself, it is a strong example of microlearning content.