Towards a Pedagogical Pattern Language for Micro Learning in Enterprises

The use of short and small micro learning units to foster learning on-demand is getting more important in the corporate context, but also beyond. The learning units are easy to learn and promoting self-regulated learning through a high degree of flexibility. The employees can decide for themselves wherever and whenever they need to learn a certain topic. As the learning units are as short as possible, they can be consumed quickly at the workplace and foster a close proximity of learning and working. However, these benefits depend on the appropriate design of the micro learning content. Since the design of the learning content is a major challenge for the responsible employees in enterprises, there is a great need for design patterns that provide support on pedagogical issues. To bridge this gap, we conducted a systematic research in theory and practice to find design solutions. Towards a pattern language for micro learning in enterprises, we present in this paper four design patterns that address the special characteristics of micro learning.