Microlearning Helps Workers Tame the Time Famine

Mobile Microlearning takes the stage with time-crunched workers

by Pamela Hogle 

​Many organizations are emerging from COVID-19 shutdowns and reorganizations with a stronger learning culture and heavier reliance on eLearning.

At the same time, amid layoffs, significant changes in workflow and process, and, for many, the challenges of juggling remote work with childcare, workers are feeling the effects of the time famine more than ever. 

​More than half — 56% — of L&D professionals that LinkedIn surveyed in May agreed that their organizations’ learning culture was stronger than pre-COVID — just a few months earlier! These eLearning professionals are focused on preparing employees to take on new and changed tasks and to move to new roles within the organization — 62% said that internal mobility was a high priority, and nearly two-thirds are focused on reskilling workers to fill gaps.

The new focus on learning reflects a significant top-down shift in just six months. In October 2019, just 27% of L&D professionals felt that their CEOs championed a learning culture; in May 2020, 70% did.

With more remote workers and dictates to keep employees physically separated even in the office, though, classroom-based instructor-led training (ILT) is giving way to online learning. Large majorities of L&D professionals are increasing the amount of virtual ILT and fully online learning in both their short- and long-term planning, while most are trimming in-person training.

Beat the time famine with Mobile Adaptive Microlearning from micro-Maestros.net

Executives who are on board with increased training, growing training budgets, and a focus on eLearning are all positive steps. But none of those things can provide what learners need most: time to train.

Learners of all ages say they don’t have time to train at work, according to the 2020 LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report — but 54% would spend more time learning if encouraged to do so by their managers. And “employees want self-directed learning opportunities accessible in the flow of work,” LinkedIn found.  ILT and comprehensive eLearning courses take a lot of time. Even when comprehensive training is available to remote workers, those workers cannot easily find a block of time to focus on training. And stress levels are already high as learners confront changes to nearly every aspect of their work lives, home lives, and personal lives.

Microlearning can slide right in and relieve some of that stress while aligning learners with business goals and needs.

• Microlearning delivers short, focused content that enables learners to grab 2 minutes to learn any time of the day.

 

• Mobile-first microlearning platforms provide the content learners need when and where they need it.

 

• Multimedia microlearning with gamification, videos, and more appeals to learners of all ages.

 

• L&D pros can create and deploy microlearning content quickly, getting workers trained on new health and safety protocols in no time.

 

• Some microlearning doubles as performance support — for instance, the AI-driven platform used by the expert Microlearning team at micro-Maestros.net uses searchable Knowledge Cards provide on-demand information that learners can look up any time they have a question.

Even your busiest employees can reskill efficiently with microlearning. Talk to a Mobile Adaptive Microlearning expert today about helping your workers beat the time famine — while filling their knowledge gaps!
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