Microlearning in the Digital Age

Microlearning in the Digital Age

Author: Joseph Rene Corbeil

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-05-09

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1000380475

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Microlearning in the Digital Age explores the design and implementation of bite-sized learning and training in technology-enabled environments. Grounded in research-based best practices and a robust, eight-dimensional framework, this book applies the latest developments in mobile learning, social media, and instructional/multimedia design to one of today’s most innovative and accessible content delivery systems. Featuring experts from higher education, information technology, digital gaming, corporate, and other contexts, this comprehensive guide will prepare graduate students, researchers, and professionals of instructional design, e-learning, and distance education to develop engaging, cost-effective microlearning systems.


Didactics of Microlearning

Didactics of Microlearning

Author: Theo Hug

Publisher: Waxmann Verlag

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 3830968698

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This book is a comprehensive and articulate intorduction to the emerging field of microlearning. In public institutions, in small and medium-sized enterprises and in informal contexts we are all dealing with increasingly complex learning requirements, more fragmented knowledge, demands for greater cultural flexibility, and rapid technological change. As a result, new approaches are required, focusing on microcontent, medial fluency and spaces of learning.


Vocational Education and Training in the Age of Digitization

Vocational Education and Training in the Age of Digitization

Author: Eveline Wuttke

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9783847424321

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The increasing digitalization of work is associated with accelerated structural changes. This book focuses on the diverse demands placed on teachers, learners, and educational institutions in vocational education and training and provides up-to-date results on learning in the digital age.


Optimizing Education Through Micro-Lessons: Engaging and Adaptive Learning Strategies

Optimizing Education Through Micro-Lessons: Engaging and Adaptive Learning Strategies

Author: Ilic, Peter

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2024-01-10

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13:

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Traditional teaching methods often struggle to meet the diverse and dynamic needs of both educators and students. The persistent challenge of retaining knowledge, exacerbated by the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve, continues to hinder effective teaching. Moreover, the burden of mental fatigue resulting from long, uninspiring lectures and information overload plagues the learning experience. As educators grapple with these issues, the need for a more efficient and engaging pedagogical approach becomes increasingly urgent. Optimizing Education Through Micro-Lessons: Engaging and Adaptive Learning Strategies is a groundbreaking compendium of insights from eighteen distinguished authors. This meticulously curated volume provides a transformative solution to the problems plaguing contemporary education. Micro-lessons, concise learning units spanning just 1 to 10 minutes, and accessible across multiple devices, hold the key to unlocking superior learning outcomes and bolstering retention rates. In this book, academic scholars, educators, and policymakers will find a comprehensive guide that not only explores the theory behind micro-lessons but also offers practical strategies for their effective implementation.


Global Perspectives on Micro-Learning and Micro-Credentials in Higher Education

Global Perspectives on Micro-Learning and Micro-Credentials in Higher Education

Author: Omona, Kizito

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2024-02-27

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13:

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In the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education, where the acquisition of knowledge is a lifelong pursuit, educators and institutions are redefining the paradigms of learning through innovative approaches. Global Perspectives on Micro-Learning and Micro-Credentials in Higher Education delves into the intricate tapestry of contemporary education, where the convergence of advanced pedagogies and cutting-edge technologies is reshaping traditional boundaries. As the realms of chatbots, gamification, and hybrid learning intersect, a new era of holistic education emerges, seamlessly blending theoretical prowess with experiential wisdom. The book unfurls with meticulous exploration of pivotal themes, embracing the nuanced realms of instructional design, learning analytics, and library services tailored for the modern educational era. From the granular landscapes of microlearning to the macroscopic view of global teacher retention strategies, the book leaves no stone unturned. This book is a symphony of intellectual rigor, orchestrated to resonate with educators, administrators, researchers, and all stakeholders vested in the future of learning.


Online Teaching and Learning in Asian Higher Education

Online Teaching and Learning in Asian Higher Education

Author: Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-09-22

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 3031381297

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This collection focuses on the challenges, lessons learned, and best teaching practices shared by educators in the higher education system in both the developed and developing areas of Asia. Organized into three sections, the book covers key factors that affect the successes of online education in Asia, including innovations in curriculum design; innovations in communicating with students; and innovations in assessments. In doing so, it provides educators important insights into the differences between teaching and learning in both the developed and developing areas of Asia and highlights the problems that still need to be addressed as technologies advance in the twenty-first century in STEM and non-STEM disciplines.


Cases on Innovative and Successful Uses of Digital Resources for Online Learning

Cases on Innovative and Successful Uses of Digital Resources for Online Learning

Author: Sullivan, Pamela

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-03-11

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1799890066

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Education at all levels will continue to be dominated by technology for the foreseeable future. The rush to respond to the health concerns of the pandemic led to a mass adoption of online learning tools without careful consideration and placement within a conceptual framework that would have occurred prior to adoption in best practice scenarios. Cases on Innovative and Successful Uses of Digital Resources for Online Learning evaluates and describes successful initiatives in remote and hybrid learning during the pandemic disruption to traditional schooling for early childhood through college and job training levels. During the pandemic disruption, remote and hybrid tools were adopted rapidly without the benefit of careful utilization. This text conducts that careful consideration in the past tense. Covering topics such as artificial intelligence, connected learning, and educational simulation games, this book is an excellent reference for educators of K-12 and higher education, school faculty and administrators, researchers, pre-service teachers, policymakers, and academicians.


ICT Systems and Sustainability

ICT Systems and Sustainability

Author: Milan Tuba

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-12-02

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9819956528

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This book proposes new technologies and discusses future solutions for ICT design infrastructures, as reflected in high-quality papers presented at the 8th International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD 2023), held in Goa, India, on 3–4 August 2023. The book covers the topics such as big data and data mining, data fusion, IoT programming toolkits and frameworks, green communication systems and network, use of ICT in smart cities, sensor networks and embedded system, network and information security, wireless and optical networks, security, trust, and privacy, routing and control protocols, cognitive radio and networks, and natural language processing. Bringing together experts from different countries, the book explores a range of central issues from an international perspective.