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Motivational Strategies for Engaging and Effective Microlearning
Microlearning is an educational strategy that delivers content in small, specific bursts, typically designed to be consumed quickly. This approach caters to the fast-paced lifestyles and short attention spans prevalent in today's society. However, the challenge remains: how do you keep learners engaged and motivated in these brief learning sessions? The answer lies in leveraging motivational concepts to inspire and enhance microlearning assets. Here’s how you can do it:
Understanding Motivation in Learning
Before diving into the specifics of how to use motivational concepts in microlearning, it’s important to understand what motivation is and why it matters. Motivation can be broadly categorized into two types: intrinsic and extrinsic.
Intrinsic Motivation: This comes from within the learner. It is driven by an interest or enjoyment in the task itself. When learners are intrinsically motivated, they engage in learning for the pure pleasure and satisfaction derived from the activity.
Extrinsic Motivation: This comes from external factors. It is driven by rewards such as grades, money, or recognition. Extrinsically motivated learners engage in an activity to earn a reward or avoid punishment.
Effective microlearning should aim to tap into both types of motivation to keep learners engaged.
Strategies to Incorporate Motivational Concepts in Microlearning
Set Clear and Achievable Goals
Setting clear, specific, and achievable goals is a key motivational strategy. In microlearning, each module should have a well-defined objective that is communicated to the learner at the outset. This helps learners understand what they are expected to achieve and provides a sense of direction.
For example, instead of a generic module title like "Introduction to Project Management," use a specific goal-oriented title like "Understanding the Basics of Project Management in 5 Minutes."
Use Gamification
Gamification involves incorporating game elements into non-game contexts. This can be an incredibly effective way to boost engagement and motivation in microlearning. Elements such as points, badges, leaderboards, and progress bars can make learning more interactive and fun.
For instance, a microlearning module on customer service can include a scenario-based game where learners earn points for choosing the correct responses in various customer interaction scenarios.
Leverage Social Learning
Humans are inherently social creatures, and social interactions can significantly enhance motivation. Incorporating social learning elements such as discussion forums, peer reviews, and collaborative projects into microlearning can foster a sense of community and support.
Creating microlearning assets that encourage learners to share their achievements or discuss topics with peers can boost engagement. For example, after completing a microlearning module, learners could be prompted to share their key takeaways on a social platform or within a learning management system (LMS) community.
Provide Immediate Feedback
Immediate feedback is crucial for motivation. It helps learners understand what they did right or wrong and how they can improve. In microlearning, this can be achieved through quizzes, interactive exercises, and instant feedback mechanisms.
For example, after completing a short quiz at the end of a microlearning module, learners can receive instant feedback that not only shows the correct answers but also provides explanations and additional resources for further learning.
Utilize Storytelling
Storytelling is a powerful tool to enhance motivation and retention. Stories can make learning more relatable and memorable by connecting the content to real-life experiences.
Microlearning modules can incorporate short, impactful stories that illustrate key concepts. For instance, a microlearning asset on leadership skills could start with a brief story about a well-known leader overcoming a significant challenge, thus making the learning experience more engaging and meaningful.
Personalize the Learning Experience
Personalization can significantly boost intrinsic motivation by making learners feel valued and understood. Microlearning assets can be personalized based on the learner’s preferences, needs, and progress.
This could involve adapting the content based on the learner’s prior knowledge, providing different pathways through the material based on their interests, or offering personalized recommendations for further learning.
Ensure Content Relevance and Practicality
Learners are more motivated when they see the relevance and practical application of what they are learning. Microlearning content should be directly applicable to the learner’s job or personal life and provide practical tips and tools that they can use immediately.
For example, a microlearning module for sales professionals could include practical techniques for closing deals, supported by real-world examples and scenarios that they are likely to encounter in their work.
Incorporate Visual and Interactive Elements
Visual and interactive elements can make microlearning more engaging and enjoyable. This includes videos, infographics, interactive simulations, and other multimedia elements that cater to different learning styles and keep the content fresh and interesting.
For example, instead of a text-heavy module on cybersecurity, use a mix of animated videos, interactive quizzes, and infographics to convey the information more effectively and engagingly.
Build a Progression System
A sense of progression can be highly motivating. Microlearning assets should be designed in a way that allows learners to track their progress and see how far they’ve come. This can be achieved through a series of interconnected modules that gradually build on each other, offering a clear path to mastery.
For instance, a microlearning series on digital marketing could start with the basics and progressively cover more advanced topics, with each module building on the previous one and helping learners see their journey from novice to expert.
Encourage Reflection and Application
Encouraging learners to reflect on what they’ve learned and how they can apply it in real life can enhance motivation and retention. Microlearning modules can include reflective questions, practical exercises, and prompts for learners to think about how they will use the new knowledge or skills in their daily lives.
For example, after a microlearning module on time management, learners could be asked to write down three specific changes they plan to make in their routine and how they expect these changes to improve their productivity.
Conclusion
Incorporating motivational concepts into microlearning is not just about making the content more engaging; it’s about creating an environment that fosters a deep, lasting desire to learn. By setting clear goals, using gamification, leveraging social learning, providing immediate feedback, utilizing storytelling, personalizing the experience, ensuring content relevance, incorporating visual and interactive elements, building a progression system, and encouraging reflection and application, educators and instructional designers can inspire learners and make microlearning a powerful and effective educational tool.
In today’s fast-paced world, where attention spans are short and time is limited, microlearning, infused with motivational strategies, offers a compelling solution to keep learners engaged and motivated. By understanding and applying these concepts, you can create microlearning assets that not only educate but also inspire and motivate learners to achieve their fullest potential.
#Microlearning#Motivation#Intrinsic Motivation#Extrinsic Motivation#Gamification#Social Learning#Immediate Feedback#Storytelling#Personalized Learning#Content Relevance#Visual Elements#Interactive Learning#Progression System#Reflection#Practical Application#Engagement#Educational Strategies#Learner Motivation#Instructional Design#Learning Objectives
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(Quote from David Tennant is from this video and the photo is from Staged)
#happy pride#fuck off and let people be#also#queer liberation#it’s gotta be systemic and individual#david tennant#david fucking tennant#sexy scottish serpent#queer#nonbinary#enby#lgbtqia+#pride#intersex inclusive progress pride#proud nerd convention#proud nerd con#crowley#good omens#doctor who#10th doctor#14th doctor#staged#bbc staged#david tennant video#i made this#meme
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#prisons#abolish prisons#politics#us politics#government#the left#progressive#current events#news#criminal justice#criminal justice system#acab
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A fierce duel commences!
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#lan wangji#game dev diary#This was a test to figure out busts (art style & methodology as well as implementation & uploading)!#Game progress is going well! It is not the most showy content at the moment though....but soon!#I have made more spritesheets + wrote a 20 page script for the beginning of the game + lots of mechanical stuff.#OOH and our main town has a map and I've hammered out most of the major character designs!#(I have a comic I will share later this week about how character design talk in a team setting has been going so far.)#This gif is to share a little bit of whimsy and joy with you all. Because we are having so much fun!#Fanart like this is great for practicing a new medium! Also very few people would care to see my custom windowskins.#(This gif is pre-custom windowskins sadly. Next game dev update will have them though!)#Thank you all for being here at the start of my journey B*)#By the way yeah I do think WWX would be a menace when it comes to taking his medication.#WWX's toxic masculinity trait is thinking he's invincible and doesn't need medication.#He would get worms and go 'Nah my immune system will handle it.' Which. No. Please take worms seriously.#LWJ on the other hand would be the model medication taker. He's got a schedule. A weekly organizer. He's a doctor's dream patient.
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Legal protection against domestic violence has become widespread
"This chart shows the share of the global population living in countries that criminally sanction domestic violence or provide protection against it. The data comes from the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law project.
Throughout the decades, the legislation on domestic violence has increased markedly. Until the 1990s, less than 1% of the global population in countries was legally protected from it, with only Canada, Sweden, and Ireland providing such safeguards. And as recently as 20 years ago, 80% of people lived in countries without legal penalties for domestic violence.
But by 2023, this had more than reversed, and 9 in 10 people lived in countries with legal measures to combat domestic violence. This shift highlights an increased recognition around the world that domestic violence is common, especially against women."
-via Our World in Data, September 19, 2024
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Note: This really puts in perspective just how much and how quickly attitudes on domestic and gendered violence are changing. Look at that graph! Look at it!!
Thirty years ago, there was only a single country in the entire world that thought hitting your spouse should be a crime, and had acted on that. (It was Ireland, go Ireland.) That is a world of difference from where we are now.
#okay listen carceral feminism bad but I stand by this statistic as a huge sign of progress#carceral feminism = prison system as a key solution in feminism#women#womens rights#domestic violence#cw domestic violence#ipv#femicide#good news#hope#re: my tags obviously domestic violence happens to people of all genders#but it is still a major feminist issue for obvious reason and it is skewed in gender so I tagged correspondingly#abuse#cw abuse
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🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
#luo binghe#shen qingqiu#sha hualing#mobei jun#shang qinghua#bingqiu#scumbag self saving system#scum villian self saving system#svsss#svsss fanart#myart#soupysundaeart#svsssaction#i finally have the opportunity to rant about my thought process and a few of the details but hey#hi if u saw this first on insta and on twitter#but first of all#those border things are specifically zhuzhi-lang’s snakes cute tongue and all was poking out but it doesnt even matter cause theyre covered#almost all texts were handwritten#the toucan touch was a last minute addition as my friends were somewhat with me halfway through making this drawing#“haha there’s two cans on vc because he’s sharing screen of its progress” and then they send multiple toucan pics on the gc#pelt them with rocks#if you think this formating seems somewhat familiar its because i was inspired by a tgcf magazine#orginally the oval at the top right was supposed to be a portion for sqq’s “reaction” to luo binghe coming 2 years earlier#the number 24? my favorite number. no it doesn’t align with the chapter number luo binghe comes back in the novel#the repetition of “next” was accidental. i repeated next twice at first and i said might as well take it a step further and add another one#then the mourning mourning blah text was just to fill up the space#i am so incredibly smart (never)#this binghe is somewhat smaller than the insta and twit post cause i just realized he kinda bothered me so#sucks cause i spotted the error hours later the art posts and it was too late to repost again#but its ok im fine with it (im not)
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"As for you, child, step carefully. No path is darker than when your eyes are shut."
Redrew a pencil drawing I did around a decade ago, before I got my tablet. Original is under the cut if you want to see my horrendous old pencil work :d
#dragon age 2#dragon age#merrill#dragon age merrill#blaze draws#I still have lots to learn but hey progress!#still this could have been better but I just wanted it out of my system
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(good future) Finding Home Pride edition <3
Trans Leo pride is something I see a lot, but personally, FH Leo wouldn't celebrate his gender. He grew up around Gali, who went through a lot of gender struggles, especially in his younger years, and with the brothers being so accepting, it's just another part of his life
But his lack of romantic attraction? That's something that stands out to him. He sees the brothers with their own attractions and crushes and such and realizes he stands out. He's different. But that's okay because he's still him and he's still valid
anyways~ it's pride month, which means i get to be even more annoying about aro pride ^-^
that final shot without text:
#sad•leonart#rottmnt#rise of the tmnt#rottmnt leo#rise leo#rottmnt leonardo#rise leonardo#finding home au#aromantic#aromantism#aro pride#featuring future fh designs to give me more motivation to sketch the next update#might do something for agender pride later#gender is hard a system and we think its a fitting label for our system rather than just wren#cuz 'bana isnt a demiboy#but its a good flag so we usually just use that#although fh probably settles more on a demiboy label#he doesn think much of gender#but he prefers when people view him as something mroe masculine#<- a little bit of big mama trauma in that decision#as a treat <3#shoutout to csp for currupting this whole file when my laptop crashed#and recovering it yeeted a lot of progress#but hey#its done now :D#and i do like how it turned out#even if a few scars are missing but im tired and dont have the energy to fix it rn#tag wall oops#if you read this far down.. hello :D
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I don't even think silco is trying to be evil and manipulative by saying "everyone else wants to hurt you and I'm the only one you can trust," he actually just thinks that. he's less a bad father and more a bad person who is attempting to be a good father.
#same goes for him having jinx sit on his lap to do his eye shots. hey man I don't think you're trying to be evil but Don't Do That. Please.#having a rather unique experience where I *don't* want to beat a bad fictional parent to death with hammers#because I think there's workable material here.#I think he has enough real care in his heart for jinx that god's perfect social worker could make progress with his parenting techniques#but alas there doesn't seem to be a robust system of community care for single parents in zaun. sad 💔#arcane#marina marvels at life
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sqq, the long-suffering
(+ some closeups bc I really like how the faces turned out :D)
#I love in bingliushen fics when bingliu’s spars progressively get gayer (somehow)#Or when lqg appeals to lbh’s demonic courting on accident#don’t mind sqq he’s just here to watch and pretend to be annoyed 👁️👁️#my art#digital art#svsss#fanart#shen qingqiu#luo binghe#liu qingge#bingliushen#svsss art#the scum villain's self saving system
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a villain’s journey
#scum villain's self saving system#svsss#luo binghe#shen qingqiu#shen yuan#finally read through the official localization.... it sent me right back to where i was when i first got into mxtx in 2019#back then my art was kind of in a transitional period so even though mxtx had me making art like crazy i didnt like much of it#and nowadays my mxtx tl on twt has all but vanished... but once again these books have rejuvenated me creatively#and i feel like ive progressed enough to do justice for how these stories make me feel. and properly scratch that creative itch#anyways. i hardly ever ramble in tags like this but im so emo about these books and i finally feel creative again#so i hope this is able to spread that joy...! sort of. ehe
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actually now that I think about it trsmp is perfect for charlie's rp style. he can literally log on, come up with an insane bit and just roleplay it out, instead of actually playing the game, until it's time to put it to an end by dramatically dying and being banned from the server. and then he can just log on the next day, come up with a new insane bit and repeat the process
#like. this is literally just how he regularly plays. he doesn't care for progress in the game or building or whatever#he just wants to do bits and the character reset with the death system works perfectly for that#aghshs#I haven't watched the stream yet. I just got home. but I'm getting hyped by the liveblogs lmao#trsmp#slimecicle#lenax rambles
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#abolish prisons#capitalism#prison industrial complex#politics#government#the left#progressive#current events#news#end capitalism#criminal justice system#health#health care
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Holly & Macy November 2024 BIG Progress Update!!
Hi, everyone! I've written up a fairly exhaustive progress update about the status of Holly & Macy and Everyone Else. You can read the whole thing (and view the included pictures) on my Patreon. The Patreon post is public, so you do not need to be a member of my Patreon to view it. It should be available for free to everyone. I'll very briefly summarize the main points below. The gist of it is:
Holly & Macy will officially resume weekly updates starting Wednesday January 29th 2025. From then on, the comic will update on Wednesdays at 11am PST. That’s 1pm CST, 2 hours later than the previous update time.
ALSO I am open for commissions right now! I’ve joined an artist collective raising funds to help Shimaa’s family in Gaza. If you donate to Shimaa’s gofundme, you can get some lovely art from me in exchange! More information about how this works, the vetting process, and the participating artists can be found via our carrd. If you have further questions, you can also reach out to my good friend Matty (@maddzroks) who is spearheading this project. At the time of writing, I have 2 slots open for commissions. Let’s do our best to help Shimaa and her family out!
Thank you all for your support and excitement, and for your incredible patience! Whether you’re a long-time fan or a new casual reader, your presence means very much. I draw comics to share them with people like you. See you again in January!
-Teratoaster <3
#oh I completely forgot my own tagging system#webcomic#progress update#it's like a devlog but for a webcomic LOL#original characters#oc art#my ocs#open commissions#queer artist#the Patreon post is much longer and gives the whole rundown of why I've made these decisions. I think you will like it#but if you don't want to read all that I at least think you should click the readmore of this post.#You will probably like the first sentence. if nothing else
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wip
#sketch#art wip#wip#work in progress#mxtx svsss#svsss#binqiu#luo binghe#shen qingqiu#scum villian self saving system#mxtx#mo xiang tong xiu#український tumblr#danmei#укртумбочка#illustration#art#digital illustration#fanart
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I grace the svsss fandom with my magnum opus
#lynxinks#my art#svsss#scum villain#scum villain's self saving system#shen qingqiu#luo bingge#svsss fanart#this took two days and I'm so proud that it didnt take longer. thats progress for me and my over-perfectionism!#i am also on tiktok... in case you want to follow me on there (◔‿◔)
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