Well I did, although my connection was ropy and I missed bits. There was a very interesting side discussion going on too.

For those who did not see it, the premise was that we ought to be adapting to providing 'shorter, sharper, smarter' learning content, using remote delivery methods, rather than delivering long, overly full training courses to groups which give everyone a nice warm feeling of 'done it' - with biscuits.

Be interested in anyone else's thoughts.

Missed this session (as with others)  due to its presentation media however the concept is very sound based in the tool box talks mentality - short sharp focused message (15 - 20 minutes maximum) rather than three hours plus of power point purgatory. Those adept in construction are well aware of this approach given the difficulty of getting a site full of hairy =--- buiders to pay attention unless they are sipping a strong white with two.

Just beware there is a creeping tendency to pick and post items readily available from internet providers which may address 80 - 90% of your needs but also be totally irrelevant to your particular business.

By example I have just sat through an IT security session wholly irrelevant to the way our business works because we do not have a reception desk in most premises (closed door policy) and where we do (head office) there are no access swipe cards for either employees or vistors (miss-appropriation of which was the central point of a 20 minute video session addressed to several hundred employees!). The IT director presumes it was worth the cost (pity they have never seen anything beyond head office).

I think there is a place for microlearning but not to be rolled out to subject matter that requires a debate and perhaps some case study work to enable discussion of issues that arise.

The trend towards more and more microlearning appears to be often driven by ill-considered cost-cutting that is likely to end up in tears.

Kate have you contacted the firm about this?

Surprised any sort of respectable company would stoop so low but then they use the word “agile” in a gratuitous manner.