Front matter

Acknowledgements

This book is the result of work conducted by a great number of contributors, reviewers, and production staff, all of whom are listed in gratitude below.

CONTRIBUTORS

• Natalie Oostergo (UniSQ)
• Dr Chai-Yi Ooi

EDITORS

• Natalie Oostergo (UniSQ)
• Mary Haire
• Nikki Andersen (UniSQ)

REVIEWERS

• Professor Mark Loon (Dean, School of Business and Creative Industries (University of the Sunshine Coast)
• Associate Professor Robert Gill (Swinburne University of Technology)
• Dr Leah Li (RMIT, University)
• Natalie Oostergo (UniSQ)
• Professor Luke van der Laan (UniSQ)
• Spencer Howson (UniSQ)
• Dr S Maartandan Suppiah (Universiti Utara Malaysia)
• Professor Mark Toleman (UniSQ)
• Dr Eddie Thangavelu (UniSQ)
• Dr Wendy Hargraves (UniSQ)
• Dr Fiona Russo (UniSQ)
• Dr Tianning Li (UniSQ)
• Dr Trisha Poole (UniSQ)
• Dr Dan Jess Australian College of Vocal Arts (ACVA) | LinkedIn
• Michael Howard (UniSQ)
• Karl Manning
• Mary Haire

PRODUCTION

• Dr Adrian Stagg (UniSQ)
• Samanthi Suraweera (UniSQ)

A special acknowledgement goes to the teachers and invited guest presenters appearing in the videos included with this book and to the many students who willing and wholeheartedly agreed to appear in recordings of classes for this book.  

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chris Kossen (PhD) is a senior lecturer in Public Relations and Communication in the School of Humanities and Communication at the University of Southern Queensland and winner of multiple teaching awards.

As a learning and teaching specialist, his interests include the embedding of employment and career skills into curriculum, and in online teaching delivery, notably microlearning design for increasing first year retention and student engagement. Chris regularly presents on microlearning.

Chris is lead author and initiator for embedding employability in Communicating for Success 3e (2021), the first textbook of its type to feature employability, and the first Pearson textbook to be accompanied by short lesson-instalment podcasts www.chriskossen.me, in a form akin to microlearning.

He is coordinator of Communication and Public Relations Australia’s, Education Community Committee, monthly research-communication (ResCom) webinar series and a contributor to the promotion and continuing development of public relations and strategic communication as a profession and discipline covering areas including best practice teaching standards, corporate reputation management, sustainability, ethics and workplace wellbeing.

• First Year Experience Lead 2020-2024
• Employability Lead 2020-2022
• International Coordinator 2008-2015
• CPRA: Education Community Committee, Research Webinar Coordinator
• Excellence in Faculty Teaching 2020 (UniSQ)
• Public Relations Educator of the Year 2022
• Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2023
• Stellar Award, 2024 (UniSQ)

Preface

This ‘how to’ guidebook is a practical resource for lecturers, teachers, trainers and instructors. It shows how microlearning design and delivery principles and techniques can be applied to your learning materials and teaching delivery in ways that are basic and easy to implement, yet powerfully effective. Much of the power of microlearning lies within one of its key design objectives, which is to simplify the learning process to make it more appealing and engaging.