{"id":3973,"date":"2022-02-21T04:28:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T11:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:37:08","slug":"week7-microlearning-for-higher-education-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2022\/02\/21\/week7-microlearning-for-higher-education-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Microlearning for Higher Education Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Microlearning delivers short bursts of content for learners to study at their convenience. It is dominant in the corporate industry; however, it is expanding into higher education. We selected this area as students have returned to school seeking a new career or wanting to upskill during the pandemic. We are interested in what impact microlearning has on higher education due to the various changes amongst the student population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-ubc-white-background-color has-ubc-white-color\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to our OER: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/etec522microlearninghigered\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Microlearning for Higher Education Students<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/etec522microlearninghigered\/home\/content-creators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We<\/a> encourage you to explore our site and look forward to your reflections along the way. We will provide discussion prompts during the week to keep the engagement going.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">P<em>lease remember to fill out the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/etec522microlearninghigered\/future-of-microlearning-in-higher-education\" target=\"_blank\">Microlearning Poll<\/a> as you explore our OER. We will provide the results at the end of the week. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-ubc-white-background-color has-ubc-white-color\" \/>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ice Breaker<\/strong>: After reviewing our <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/etec522microlearninghigered\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">homepage<\/a>, what information did you find noteworthy? <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">2. <strong>Reflection: <\/strong>After reviewing the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/etec522microlearninghigered\/pros-and-cons-of-microlearning-in-higher-ed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pros and cons<\/a>, do you think the good outweighs the bad for microlearning in higher education, or is there a need for improvement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">3. <strong>Comparative<\/strong>: For <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/etec522microlearninghigered\/market-analysis\" target=\"_blank\">market analysis<\/a> which microlearning integration model is effective in higher education, Curricular-Based or Open-Curricular?<em>  <\/em>Also, we encourage you to contribute to the discussion question as we would like to know your opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">4. <strong>Forecasting:<\/strong> Once you reviewed  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/etec522microlearninghigered\/future-of-microlearning-in-higher-education\" target=\"_blank\">Future in Microlearning in Higher Education<\/a> and information you have gathered from our OER. Do you think microcredential degrees will become the new standard in higher education?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-ubc-white-background-color has-ubc-white-color\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2022\/02\/Image-for-Post.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3994\" width=\"651\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2022\/02\/Image-for-Post-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2022\/02\/Image-for-Post-768x383.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microlearning delivers short bursts of content for learners to study at their convenience. It is dominant in the corporate industry; however, it is expanding into&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2022\/02\/21\/week7-microlearning-for-higher-education-students\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microlearning for Higher Education Students<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":85667,"featured_media":3996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a2-opportunity-forecast","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3973"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7437,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions\/7437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}