The idea that knowledge should be gained in small amounts has found expression in an increasingly researched pedagogic approach known as ‘microlearning’. I see these bites as ‘tidbits’ (Cambridge, 2025) on the grounds that a small piece of interesting information resembles a small dish of pleasant food, as its definition conveys. Mobile devices, time scarcity and social connectedness have been considered main drivers of the practice (Torgerson, 2021:14–31). A glance at the state of the art of microlearning suggests that its essence is less clear cut than it seems, given the diversity that the concept entails. In a . . .
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