{"id":5508,"date":"2025-05-28T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/05\/28\/free-inquiry-project-week-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:00:07","slug":"free-inquiry-project-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/05\/28\/free-inquiry-project-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Inquiry Project: Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have an update on my findings regarding my free Inquiry topic of Microlearning. I have researched what Microlearning is and what platforms are used to distribute the learning. I have also looked at the benefits of Microlearning and how they compare to traditional learning. <\/p>\n<p>What is Microlearning? <\/p>\n<p>Microlearning is a teaching approach that delivers content in short clips, passages, and other formats, ranging from 2 to 10 minutes. It is delivered through videos, social media, quizzes, and infographics, which are highly relevant to what current generations use daily on their mobile devices. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Some platforms help facilitate the engagement and rise of Microlearning, including Duolingo, TikTok videos, YouTube clips (such as TED Talks), Instagram Reels, and Khan Academy\u2019s short lessons. All of these platforms are examples of Microlearning in today\u2019s society.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Microlearning Examples <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Microlearning can occur in many different ways! This video explains 4 examples of microlearning that are used today! <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>1: Infographic: This could include visual charts, posters, maps, or timelines. <\/p>\n<p>2 : Videos: This could be a YouTube video, a Tiktok video or an Instagram reel! <\/p>\n<p>3: Short Scrolling Pages: This could include apps with information pages divided by categories of knowledge. <\/p>\n<p>4: Quizzes \u2013 This could include a google form quiz or a kahoot! <\/p>\n<p>Benefits of Microlearning <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arist.co\/post\/microlearning-research-benefits-and-best-practices\">Microlearning Benefits\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ellameld99.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8743\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-at-11.52.06%E2%80%AFAM-845x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205\"><\/figure>\n<p>After researching Microlearning and more specifically its benefits I have further narrowed down my topic by exploring my personal interests and questions related to it.\u00a0<br \/>I have begun exploring the rise of Microlearning and whether it is something that can compete with traditional education. After researching the benefits I am intrigued by the level of student content retention and how It compares to traditional learning in terms of student attention spans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My plan was to further narrow down my topic depending on my interests around the topic, after looking through the benefits of microlearning in comparison to traditional learning I have gained an interest in learning about student retention and attention span. I plan to further research these benefits and how they relate to traditional learning, as well as relate on my own personal experiences of learning.  <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have an update on my findings regarding my free Inquiry topic of Microlearning. I have researched what Microlearning is and what platforms are used to distribute the learning. I have also looked at the benefits of Microlearning and how&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/05\/28\/free-inquiry-project-week-2\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}