Micro-lessons can be an ideal learning solution that appeals to the millennial learner's desire for on-demand, customized, and casual learning that is also tailored to their requirements. Students have a chance to learn from peers through social media micro-lessons, practise speaking about their knowledge, and establish learning communities on these platforms. The present chapter explains the role of social media channels in delivering micro-lessons. The role of social media as a learning tool has been identified and the specific applications of the prominent social media platforms have been presented. Examples and case studies of successful implementation of social media have been discussed to understand the success strategy for micro-lessons. The chapter will be helpful for teachers in identifying how the micro-lessons pedagogy through social media platforms can be useful for teaching the most relevant topics, while avoiding the student boredom and burnout.
Top1. Introduction
In the age of modern communication, social media has become a vital part of everyone's life, especially students. Particularly in the post-pandemic age, when the educational systems are undergoing a major upheaval, its use is increasing considerably more than it has in the past. According to recent studies on social media use, 3 billion people globally are currently interacting on these platforms (Iwamoto & Chun, 2020). Learning has also come a long way since the days of classroom lectures, thick textbooks and endless notes taking. In the past, teachers have facilitated discussions in the classroom, compiled and graded work, and have given guidance and supervision to their students (Kumar & Sharma,2017). Traditional teaching, commonly referred to as the lecture-based approach, is a style of education in which the teacher disseminates information to the learners through readings, lectures, or other kinds of presentations (Sharma & Kumar, 2017). Learning that is curriculum-focused, gives learners less value and develops the curriculum around the questions that learners must respond to comprehend the subject. The fact that traditional education naturally places more weight on standards, curriculum, and taking exams rather on pupil-centered learning (Kumar & Sharma, 2021). The ability to actively apply knowledge acquired through experience and reasoning is encouraged to a limited extent in traditional classroom instruction. It places a focus on the roles of learners as knowledge repositories and teachers as knowledge distributors. This method of instruction does not enable pupils to comprehend complicated ideas or to study for the rest of their lives. Whether a learner fully comprehends an idea or not, passing tests is emphasised in traditional education. As a result, learning is slowed down, and youngsters are not motivated to comprehend the strategies, tactics, and abilities needed to find solutions. Although it makes studying simpler, this lacks context and may alienate youngsters. This can be a disadvantage considering the present day learning outcome based education.