You know the old saying, ‘Good things come in small packages’, right? Well, when it comes to learning, that can be pretty on the mark. Microlearning gives you the chance to learn new skills in small doses without pushing your brain into overload. In the workplace, microlearning can be a great way of training employees, as it concentrates learning into “nuggets” with engaging content that’s both fun and informative. This can be far more beneficial than long, information-packed sessions delivered as text or a presentation. And, as a bonus, microlearning can streamline your company’s training scheme. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: • Understand what ‘microlearning’ is • Appreciate the convenience of eLearning & technology • Use microlearning to demonstrate that learning can be fun Why take this course? Microlearning is effective for challenging short attention spans, and the best way to learn about it is… you guessed it, in a microlearning course! For managers or persons responsible for training, this course will give you a greater understanding of learning in bite-sized chunks, showing how engaging content can make learning fun. It will also show you how technology and eLearning can be harnessed to allow training to be delivered quickly and on the go. 10 mins | SCORM | Takeaway Tasks
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
Co-operative education is a three-way partnership between the university, students and employers. Students apply their classroom knowledge in a series of four-month work experiences. You, the employer, enhance a student’s education, while reaping the unique benefits of CO-OP employees.
- Year-round access to well-motivated, qualified employees.
- Access to potential full-time staff in a controlled environment, reducing your costs and risks.
- Access to a cost-effective source of temporary employees for peak periods or special projects.
- A say in what students learn by working with the university.
- Promotion of your organization as one that believes in developing the potential of young people.
- Access to a great pool of French-speaking, English-speaking and bilingual students.
Most work terms run at least 15 weeks, or four months. They can be no shorter than 13 weeks. Some master’s students, as well as some science and engineering students, are available for 8 or 12 months’ work terms.
All jobs are reviewed by a CO-OP Program Coordinator, and only those providing students with work experience related to their professional development are approved. Administrative activities involved in a job should be less than 10% of the entire workload.
When you first contact SSC, you are assigned one of our Program Coordinators, depending on your discipline of interest. This person is your main contact in our office. As you move through the recruitment process, you also work with a representative from CO-OP Administrative Services, who assists with job posting and interview scheduling.
Internships offer usually one discipline-specific, supervised, structured paid or unpaid, and for academic credit work experience or practice placement.
Work Experience intersperses one or two work terms (typically full-time) into an academic program, where work terms provide experience in a workplace setting related to the student’s field of study and/or career goals.
Community Service Learning (CSL) integrates meaningful community service with classroom instruction and critical reflection to enrich the learning experience and strengthen communities. In practice, students work in partnership with a community-based organization to apply their disciplinary knowledge to a challenge identified by the community.
Field Placement provides students with an intensive part-time/short term intensive hands-on practical experience in a setting relevant to their subject of study. Field placements may not require supervision of a registered or licensed professional and the completed work experience hours are not required for professional certification. Field placements account for work-integrated educational experiences not encompassed by other forms, such as co-op, clinic, practicum, and internship.
