As an instructional designer, I’ve learned that career growth isn’t just about mastering authoring tools or creating beautiful learning experiences—it’s about building the right foundation for continuous learning, adaptability, and connection. Looking back at my journey, three key things have made all the difference: a growth mindset, a mentor, and a strong instructional design community.

If you’ve ever tried to design a course, you know how tricky it can be to balance everything - content, engagement, assessments and make sure learners get the most out of it. Gagné’s theory offers a solid framework to help guide the process but like everything, it’s not without its challenges.

Microlearning has been found to be effective since 1880 (Hermann Ebbinghaus's curve theory - Understanding how people retain and lose information). Hence, this article will outline the benefits and impact of microlearning on employee productivity, provide examples, tools for microlearning and case studies while explaining how organisations can implement it.