💕 #MAGICademy S3E5, @Ryan Laverty, co-founder of @Arist, discusses the transformative impact of micro-learning on culture shifts and behavior change in organizations. By emphasizing bite-sized learning experiences, micro-learning fosters rapid engagement and ongoing reinforcement of new skills, making it an effective strategy for embedding learning into daily workflows. He also highlights the importance of nurturing curiosity and childlike wonder in the skill development process.

Story Takeaways

1️⃣Microlearning activates curiosity in skill development by employing engaging open-ended "odd" questions and interactive gamified quizzes. Appropriately unusual questions capture attention, stimulate interest, and encourage critical thinking by prompting learners to make connections with prior knowledge to integrate the new.

2️⃣ Microlearning can accelerate skill acquisition. Focused learning modules target specific skills for quicker mastery and immediate application, while reduced cognitive load and on-demand access enhance retention. This efficiency gives organizations a competitive advantage by enabling rapid upskilling in response to market changes.

3️⃣ Microlearning in the flow of work is a powerful tool to generate subtle culture change as it integrates learning into daily routines, providing continuous reinforcement of desired mindsets & behaviors through bite-sized content to address skill gaps and foster engagement, ownership, and culture shifts.

4️⃣ Ryan’s MAGIC: being a perpetual student and enjoying the process.”

#FlowOfWork, #MicroLearning, #SkillDevelopment, #CultureShift, #AdaptiveLearning, #EquitableLearningAccess, #RapidEngagement, #SalesEnablement, #LeadershipTraining, #BehaviorChange,#Curiosity, #ChildlikeWonder, #Entrepreneurship

🌼 Conversation Outline

00:00 Introduction to Ryan Laverty and Arist

01:34 The Genesis of Arist and the Mission

05:38 The Power of Micro-Learning: Rapid Skill Development

11:03 Measuring Impact: Courses Taken and Learner Outcomes

13:29 Creating Sustainable Culture Change through Micro-Learning

18:49 Micro-learning enhances practice of skills in the flow of work

23:05 Embedding Learning into the Flow of Work

26:53 Curiosity and Childlike Wonder in Learning

31:34 Interesting resources to explore on micro-learning

37:40 Entrepreneurship and the Perpetual Student Mindset

☕ Connect with Our Guest Here

Ryan Laverty is the Co-Founder and President of Arist. Named a must-have by CLO magazine, Arist's innovative learning platform is used by many of the world’s largest organizations to train employees where they spend their time: all over SMS, WhatsApp, Slack, and MS Teams. Arist is one of the fastest-growing learning companies, backed by leading investors and having raised over $20m.

Before Arist, Ryan ran a public speaking coaching company where he found a love of all things learning design and employee training, authoring the original white paper on text-message-based learning while in his senior year of college. Ryan now spends his time speaking with talent development leaders about how they can shift the way their organizations learn.

https://www.arist.co/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-laverty/

📚 Reference:

• Parkman-Colbert, K. T. (2023). Nurses’ Perception of Instructional Design Elements of Microlearning for Professional Development Training (Doctoral dissertation, Walden University).
• Iaquinta, R. (2024). Scrolling Time and Micro Learning Experimental Environments. In Optimizing Education Through Micro-Lessons: Engaging and Adaptive Learning Strategies (pp. 141-156). IGI Global.
• SARIZEYBEK, Y. (2024). A NARRATIVE STUDY ON MICROLEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE: IMPLEMENTING A NEWLY DESIGNED MICROLEARNING BASED ORIENTATION COURSE IN CORPORATE TRAINING (Master's thesis, Middle East Technical University).