The workforce doesn't need yet another course. It needs the right information at the right moment.

5 pages. 26 design principles. Each one gives you a tool, a framework, or a mistake to stop making — ready to use in your next project.

Pick one!
01 — 5 Moments→
The 5 Moments of Need
Stop building courses for problems that need job aids. Learn to classify every training request by the moment it serves.
02 — Micro-Content→
Designing Micro-Content
5 structural rules that separate real microlearning from chopped-up courses. Each has a concrete test you can apply.
03 — Spacing→
Spacing & Retrieval
Design a spaced delivery schedule with the right intervals. Includes the drip campaign model and retrieval event formats.
04 — Performance Support→
Performance Support & Job Aids
Choose checklist vs. decision tree vs. quick reference. Includes the 6-question "training or support?" decision framework.
05 — AI + JIT→
AI + Just-in-Time Learning
Evaluate AI-generated learning assets against microlearning principles. Know what AI does well, what it gets wrong, and where you add value.
Interactive→
Design Tools
3 decision tools: design a micro-module, plan a spacing schedule, or decide training vs. support.
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Most "microlearning" is just shorter courses — content sliced into pieces without being restructured for the moment. This site teaches the structural principles that separate effective microlearning from a video playlist: single objectives, standalone completeness, action-closes, and performance support design grounded in the 5 Moments of Need.

Design Micro-Learning is part of the instructionalai.org ecosystem — open learning resources for instructional designers and educators.