Presentation of Ebba Ossiannilsson, EDEN EC, EDEN SIG TEL QE, EDEN NAP, EDEN Council of Fellows, ICDE EC, ICDE OER Advocacy Committee, Chair, Swedish Association for Distance Education, Digital Job and Skills Coalition Sweden for the Open Education Week's fifth day webinar on "Microlearning and Quality for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Age" - 6 March 2020, 13:00 CET More information and recordings of the discussion are available: http://www.eden-online.org/eden_conference/microlearning-and-quality-for-lifelong-learning-in-the-digital-age/

2. Microlearning and Quality for Lifelong
Learning in the Digital Age
Moderator Ebba Ossiannilsson
Professor, Dr. EDEN EC, EDEN Council of
Fellows, ICDE EC, ICDE OERAC, V
President Swedish Association for
Distance Education

4. Professor, Dr., Ebba Ossiannilsson, ICDE EC, ICDE OER Advocacy Committee,
Chair. EDEN EC, EDEN SIG TEL QE, EDEN NAP 12 February 2020
The largest active and developing
professional community of researchers & practitioners of
open, distance and e-learning in Europe
➢ The most comprehensive European not-for-profit non- governmental
association of its kind, established in 1991
➢ Platform for professional co-operation and information exchange
➢ Open for all levels and sectors of education and training
➢ Open for institutions, individuals and networks
➢ Registered in the UK, Secretariat in Hungary since 1997

5. Professor, Dr., Ebba Ossiannilsson, ICDE EC, ICDE OER Advocacy Committee,
Chair. EDEN EC, EDEN SIG TEL QE, EDEN NAP 12 February 2020

6. With the rise of technology, combined with the explosive growth of
social media over the last decade, the concept of personalized mobile
learning through bite-sized learning snippets has come to the fore.
In addition, in the context of major global challenges such as
globalization, digitalization and demographic change, and learning for
all, there is an urgent need for a variety of learning opportunities and
pathways for lifelong and life-wide learning.
The concept of microlearning has been around since about 2000, but
what is it and how to make learning in bite-sized form successful,
attractive and effective, as it to be just right for me and learning in
education, training, achievement and talent development contexts.
Micro-learning offers opportunities to incorporate, integrate and
personalize cost-effective and meaningful learning and training
solutions for each individual in terms of personal, environmental and
organizational performance improvement.
During this webinar with invited experts in this field there will be
opportunities to learn more about the growing field of micro-learning /
bite-sized learning snippets and quality for life-long learning.

8. UNESCO OER Definition 25 November 2019
• Open Educational Resources
(OER) are teaching, learning
and research materials in any
medium – digital or otherwise –
that reside in the public
domain or have been released
under an open license that
permits no-cost access, use,
adaptation and redistribution
by others with no or limited
restrictions.

9. UN UNESCO OER Recommendations
25 November 2019
(i) Building capacity of
stakeholders to create,
access, re-use, adapt and
redistribute OER;
(ii) Developing supportive
policy;
(iii) Encouraging inclusive and
equitable quality OER;
(iv) Nurturing the creation of
sustainability models for OER;
and
(v) Facilitating international
cooperation

10. UN UNESCO OER Recommendations
Monitoring 25 November 2019
(a) deploying appropriate research
mechanisms to measure the effectiveness
and efficiency of OER policies and
incentives against defined objectives;
(b) collecting and disseminating progress,
good practices, innovations and research
reports on OER and its implications with
the support of UNESCO and international
open education communities; and
(c) developing strategies to monitor the
educational effectiveness and long-term
financial efficiency of OER, which include
participation of all relevant stakeholders.
Such strategies could focus on improving
learning processes and strengthening the
connections between findings, decision-
making, transparency, and accountability
to inclusive and equitable quality
education and research.

12. Microlearning
• …deals with relatively small learning units and short-term learning activities.
The term is used in e-learning and related fields in the sense
of learning processes in mediated environments. Microlearning is a holistic
approach for skill based learning and education which deals with relatively
small learning units. It involves short-term-focused strategies especially
designed for skill based understanding/learning/education.
• Microlearning refers to micro-perspectives of learning, education, training
and skill development. The approaches followed for assessment of
microlearning are multidimensional & holistic in nature and need based in
particular cases. An ideal instructional approach for many situations
especially in higher education for skill development, trainability and
employability of learners/students.
• The technique is capable enough to address challenges associated with slow
learners. This learning technique is versatile not only for skill based education
but also for sustainable socioeconomic development. Without taking care of
micro-perspectives in the context of learning, education, training and skill
development, a skill based education cannot be imparted effectively.

13. Microlearning
It's one of the most effective
forms of learning and training:
What is microlearning in a
nutshell?

14. Microlearning/Mobile learning

15. Microlearning
• Back To Basics: What Is Microlearning?
• While there’s no official microlearning definition,
all microlearning-based training shares one key
characteristic: brevity. This could either be small
learning units or short-term learning activities.
• Microtraining delivers short bursts of content for
learners to study at their convenience. Content
can take many forms, from text to full-blown
interactive multimedia, but should always be
short.

16. Microlearning
• Some microlearning content examples:
• Text (phrases, short paragraphs)
• Images (photos, illustrations)
• Videos (of the short variety)
• Audio (short snippets of speech or music)
• Tests and Quizzes
• Games (e.g. simple single-screen challenges)
• ….

17. What are The Benefits of Microlearning?
1. It’s Faster To Deliver
2. It’s More Affordable
3. It’s Flexible
4. Learners Find It More Engaging
5. It Boosts Knowledge Retention
6. It Gives Learners More Freedom
• ….

18. Microlearning Best Practices
?
Check Whether It’s Right For Your Use Case
Skim The Fat
Use Multimedia To Spice Things Up
Turn On Gamification To Boost Engagement
Use Micro-Assessments To Assess Progress
• ….

19. Are their any Limitations of
Microlearning?

20. Micro-learning and OER

21. My Footprints
www.i4quality.se
Ebba.Ossiannilsson@gmail.com
info@i4qulity.se