Shrinking Attention Span= Bite-sized Learning & Development

Learning and development is an integral part of a career advancement and self-improvement. It is inevitable for career success to constantly upskill or reskill in this ever evolving career market. Uncertainty is the only certainty. Career learning and development is so important that a recent  company report disclosed that top reason workers leave organizations is because of lack of career learning and advancement. However, a recent study says that average human attention span has  decreased from 12 seconds to 8 seconds. 

So, duration of attention to perform any task is reduced to 8 seconds. This is probably an outcome of freely available information in your hand or ever expanding digital capabilities. Humans have a tendency to gain information in a nanosecond… Even google shows  xyz results in 0.42 seconds… (Perhaps, this is the reason why we always tend to forward a message during festivals or New Year to wish each other, rather than keying in a self-written message). Even the products are also marketed in the same way- Quick start to your morning; delivered in 15-30 minutes, instant grocery delivery apps, everything delivered in minutes, news at a glance and the list goes on.

So, people are shifting from on premise long duration class-room training to quickly obtained e- learning. If employees are willing to learn something new they are shifting to short tutorials. The e-learning “short tutorials” is the trend of learning and development which will highlight 2023.

Research shows that micro learning or bite sized learning will improve information retention by 80% and engagement by 50%. The Learning and development training model will have a paradigm shift and move towards short tutorials with community based learning. The short tutorials focuses on short engagement with specific outcome. It emphasizes on imparting content in small focused chunks.

Career mapping along with upskilling or reskilling programs is a great procedure to build a culture of learning and development. Considering every paraphernalia, Gravitons Centre of Excellence is introducing industry oriented knowledge imparted by “Professors of Practice” who are having industry knowledge expertise of more  than 10 years in the mode of short tutorials which will help you to stay focused, retain information and  climb up the career progress ladder!