(Newswire.net — April 26, 2018) — Every business executive wants a vibrant, creative and productive workforce. They want their organizations to grow and yield a profit. The easiest way to accomplish this is through employee training. Training programs not only educate the employees, they also ensure that the workforce stays motivated and equipped to accomplish key organizational goals and objectives.

But it is one thing to organize seminars and training programs in the workplace, and it is another thing for the employees to learn what has been taught. This is where micro learning comes in handy. Microlearning in employee training, basically, involves dishing out eLearning in little bits or as tiny bursts of training material. This way the participants are able to learn the information they are given within short periods.

If you are enthusiastic about designing easy-to-understand learning materials for your workforce, then microlearning is what you should consider. Studies have shown that learning modules are easily grasped when they are acquired one brief, simple and narrow topic at a time. But this is only one out of many ways microlearning can make work-training programs an exhilarating experience.

For the purposes of this article, I will outline the top five ways microlearning can improve employee training in the workplace.

1. Employees Can Complete Training Sessions At Their Own Convenience

One factor militating against the success of employee training programs is stress. Members of staff often have a lot to handle in the workplace; they can’t afford to take a break to study learning materials let alone finish whole courses. Certainly not while they are under pressure.

Microlearning, on the other hand, removes the stress and pressure of having to cram training materials/ content in one sitting. Instead, it streamlines the learning process by adjusting to the learner’s needs. Microlearning puts the learner in charge of the knowledge-acquisition process so that the training is completed at each learner’s pace. What’s more? The learner can select his or her preferred learning format and study method. Since training materials vary, employees can choose what works best for them.

This explains why more human resource experts have begun to embrace this new trend of eLearning.

2. Makes It Easier For Employee’s To Retain Information

Microlearning is fantastic for our fast-paced, tech-savvy world, especially since most people have developed shorter attention spans. It has become very important to revolutionize learning, particularly in the workplace. Hence the need for mobile learning (especially via smartphones, tablets and computers). But microlearning can also take place on other platforms, where learners can easily retain what has been taught.

Neurologists have revealed that the human brain is unable to process and retain more than seven pieces of information in the short-term memory (STM) at once. According to this information processing theory, the learner is only able to retain learning material he or she can understand.

The aforementioned learning theory by George Miller inspired the design of microlearning materials. Course creators now design materials with the motive of making the learning content meaningful so that it can be easily remembered. So if you want your employees to learn and retain training materials, employ microlearning.

3. Improved Accessibility

From time to time, employees and their trainers would need to revisit training materials. This is one reason why employers and managers must choose a learning model that is easily accessible. Microlearning makes learning content more accessible through web-based training platforms, especially since the training content is carefully divided into small chunks.

The best part is that the employees can choose the order of the lessons. They can also explore their freedom to access the material weeks or months after the training has ended.

4. Reduces The Stress Of Updating Training Content

All around the world, researchers are coming with updates. And every day, old theories are disproved. In the same vein, serious trainers work hard to keep their learning materials up-to-date.

Microlearning simplifies the trainers’ jobs in this regard. Since the training materials are easily accessible via a web platform, they can easily upload updated versions of learning materials and notify everyone who had taken the course.

Again, learners can choose to study only revised portions of the material. And they can study before or after work hours. Employers can save time and money too.

Trainers who use microlearning must remember to notify their former students every time an adjustment has been made to the web-based learning materials.

5. Learners’ Progress Is Easier To Evaluate and Validate

Evaluation is an important aspect of learning. After every lesson, the trainer is expected to measure how much of the lesson the employee understood. Without evaluation, the employer cannot measure the progress of the employee or the success of the training program.

More often than not, trainers have a hard time evaluating their learners. This is especially true in the workplace. Microlearning reduces the workload of trainers by making the evaluation phase easier.

In the end, both learner and trainer can easily note areas of difficulty. Through embedded tests questions, the trainer is able to measure the extent of learning and understanding. If the lesson has to retaught, the trainer can then schedule another lesson. Learners, on the other hand, can improve their performance from the feedback they would have received. In fact, feedback is a great motivation for employees to work harder at grasping the content of future lessons. 

 In conclusion, microlearning will continue to revolutionize learning in general. In the business world, organisations are beginning to opt for the web-based training platform, not only because it is considered the most effective method of transferring training content in portions, but because it is very easy to access. Again, every employee wants to easily evaluate the performance of the employees. Largely, it ensures that workplace training is meaningful and functional in the employee’s job role.