Sally Susnowitz, Director DSLx Life Learning
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Quickly delivering ideas and information, microlearning is ideal for busy, self-directed learners like MIT students. That’s why we’re inviting the MIT community to join us in creating microlessons to enhance the lives of MIT students. Learn more at <lifelearning.mit.edu>
The four-session Microlearning Boot Camp can spur your thinking and get you started with communicating your ideas effectively online.
Sign up for one session or all four (please indicate which session(s)) -- and sign up soon, since space is limited!
To sign up, just email the dates of the sessions you'd like to attend to lifelearning@mit.edu.
Contact: Sally Susnowitz, W32-119, 617-258-7344, lifelearning@mit.edu
| Jan/05 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-159 |
Come learn essential instructional design principles as they pertain to online education. We'll also discuss microlearning, an approach that offers opportunities for voluntary, self-directed learning - and how to get started with developing your own microlearning materials.
Sally Susnowitz - Director DSLx Life Learning, Sheryl Barnes - Program Manager, Digital Learning Res Ed: ODL
| Jan/12 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-159 |
"Fair use" requires understanding and interpretation, and the ways you may use sources in print or in other contexts may be very different from what's required online. This is a great opportunity to get your most pressing questions answered by a copyright connoisseur!
Ellen Finnie Duranceau - Prog Mgr, Scholarly Pub, Copyright: Libraries
| Jan/14 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-145 |
You can make a brief, engaging educational video - really! This session will help increase your level of understanding about what makes a good video, offer you the opportunity to learn the essentials from an expert, and most importantly, give you the chance to ask questions.
Chris Boebel - Manager, Multimedia Development: ODL
| Jan/19 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-159 |
Microlearning covers a wide range of learning approaches. This session will give you a chance to learn about strategies and tools for producing text-based microlearning (e.g. articles, listicles, and blogs) and graphic-based microlearning (e.g. infographics). Enjoy!
Mike Healy - Design Advisor: Copy Tech Center, Scott R Murray - Digital Communications Specialist: GECD