Friday, June 16, 2006

Nano-Learning: Bite Sized Chunks of Knowledge

Elliot Masie, president of The Masie Center and the director of the Learning Consortium, has done it again. He is one of the premiere thought leaders in the learning world, and has now come up with a new approach to learning, Nano-learning.

Right now, most learning modules start at 15 minutes and often cover hours or days of involvement. But most learning moments are teachable moments. Malcolm Knowles described the perfect teachable moment as the intersection of a small question with a great small answer. That is at the heart of nano-learning.

You can read the full article titled "NanoLearning: Miniaturization of Design." on the Chief Learning Officer website.

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