Are you already using microlearning in your training, or are you starting soon? In our mini-series, we reveal the challenges that await you – and how to solve them. Today in Part 1: Relevance!

In the summer, many trainers and companies plan new training measures for the autumn! Accordingly, we are starting this month a small article series on the topic "Challenges in Microlearning". In the first part, we focus on why current learning content is important.

Update August 2022: Interested in the topic of learning bites? Then also read the article about Learning Nuggets (Definition + Examples) on our blog!

All articles from the series "Challenges in Microlearning" at a glance:

1. Updating your content (here)

2. Providing content for everyone

3. Introducing fixed learning times

4. Creating a learning culture

Relevance is crucial in training. If learners feel that your learning content has been the same for 10 years, motivation drops immediately. Therefore, you should regularly update your microlearning content. Do you use real examples to clarify certain content? If so, you should regularly check if they are still current. If they are not, you should renew them to keep them up to date.

Relevance also concerns the nature of your content: Your microlearning should always match your current group of learners. So create microlearning content for different learners, professions, or departments. This also keeps your microlearning up to date for your participants.

One example: You offer the same microlearning for two departments in a company. The topic can be identical. Still, choose different everyday examples that fit the tasks of the department. Exercises on data protection, for example, can be set up very differently for sales employees than for IT employees.

But be careful: The more learning content you develop, the more content you also need to update regularly! This is where a decisive advantage of microlearning comes into play:

The individual learning contents are typically

1. small or short (2-5 minutes),

2. self-contained and

3. focused on one core message.

This way, you can easily adjust and exchange individual contents of an entire microlearning chapter: For example, you can shoot a two-minute video for an exercise much faster than a 20-minute video. Or update a single text document faster than an entire manual.

This makes it significantly easier for you to keep your microlearning content as current as possible and tailored to your participants.

How to keep your microlearning up to date:

• Regularly check everyday examples for relevance

• Provide current content for different learner groups

• Keep your content as short as possible to update it quickly

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