Reasons why microlearning is replacing training courses

Transform your training approach with microlearning: effective memorization, quick updates, accessibility and participation by everyone in the learning process improve training courses.

It is easier on the brain

Short-term memory can hold only up to four pieces of new information. Research suggests that information is then overwritten or diverted before it can move into long-term memory. Breaking topics into small pieces therefore makes new knowledge easier to retain.

It is easier to create and update

Unlike tedious courses that can take weeks or months to develop, a course containing a few key messages can be designed in the morning and distributed that afternoon. If a relevant case study appears in the previous evening's news, it can be easily included, keeping information fresh and current.

Microlearning is more effective

Employees can train on their smartphones at their own pace. Technology enables more interactive and even gamified lessons, encouraging learners to achieve higher scores by answering correctly and quickly. Add real rewards for the best performance, and they may forget they are being trained. Microlearning courses have completion rates above 90%.

It is easy to distribute

Microlearning courses can be downloaded anywhere through the cloud. Since employees access them on their own phones, those without internet at home or outside work can download specific short lessons before they need them.

Anyone can create a lesson

Simple interactive templates let anyone upload information and ask questions about it, facilitating peer learning. Experts suggest that a third of online learning should come from colleagues, and it is easy to understand why: no external trainer knows more about your organization's specific roles than the people already working there.