LinkedIn’s 2018 Workplace Learning report states that the #1 challenge for talent development is getting employees to make time for learning. This does not mean that employees don’t want to learn. In fact, 94% of employees say they would stay at a company longer if it invested in their career.
Curated microlearning pathways can help learners spend as little as a few minutes per day and yet pursue ambitious learning goals as they make progress every day, building on their learning.
Insights from our customers show low usage of content subscription libraries. Our studies indicate that not being able to find relevant training in the maze is one of the key reasons that contributes to low usage. This is when average length of the courses is 60 minutes or more. Imagine the increased chaos when organizations adopt microlearning and the average course duration is 10 minutes. There will be at least 6 courses for every 1 course.
This explains why curated microlearning content is becoming a key focus area for many L&D managers. The micro nature of the content ensures that it can fit into the limited time that learners have. Stringing the content into pathways ensures that even though each nugget is small, together multiple nuggets can help learners meet their learning goals. Last but not least, curation ensures that learners are not spending their precious time navigating through that haystack of content. Five popular sources of microlearning content that our clients leverage the most are: