Let's Get Small by John Talanca, Jr. e-LearningGuru.com This is an interesting examination of the effect of learning modules' length (or "seat-time") on their usefulness. Think about knowledge you have recently acquired. If you're like me, the majority of the learning you completed over the last year probably occurred in small chunks: a web search here, some investigative reading there, a few minutes in a chat room, followed up with a conversation in the break room. This belief has lead my department's e-learning strategy to include the design and development of brief e-learning modules as a main staple. The majority of e-learning courses we offer our employees take less then twelve minutes to complete, and many take only eight to ten minutes of the learner's time. Sure, we have some longer courses in our catalog, but they're the exception. We constantly receive learner comments on these mini-modules to the tune of, "Exactly what I needed and no more," and "It [the module] didn't waste my time."
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Posted by at May 11, 2004 10:28 PM