Micro-Learning in Continuing Professional Development: A Benchmark Against Longer Modules

Authors

  • Dobroslav Ivanek Department of Teacher Education, Kladensko Institute of Learning Technologies, Kladno, Czech Republic Author
  • Hristina-Ana Avramovic Centre for Workplace Learning, Pcinja Institute of Learning Technologies, Vranje, Serbia Author
  • Birgit-Kadri Kalju Centre for Learning Sciences, Laane-Viru Institute of Learning Technologies, Rakvere, Estonia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22694927

Keywords:

Micro-Learning in Continuing Professional Development; Educational technology; E-learning; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

Micro-Learning in Continuing Professional Development has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something a wider
community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull
together the current evidence for micro-learning in continuing professional development, covering the methodological, practical,
regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers are still
largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than
either broad rollout or blanket avoidance

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