Nano-Learning: An Analysis of the Bite-Sized Discussion on TikTok

Various studies have claimed that the average human attention span has shrunk to 8 seconds which affected pedagogical approaches, and it is often blamed on the excessive use of social media; however, some educators have taken this as an opportunity to craft new teaching methods by utilizing social media platforms for learning and one of these is nano learning, an individual teaching program that allows learners to learn in 10 minutes or less which is often applied on TikTok, a social media platform. This study seeks to provide a deep but precise understanding of the observed patterns used by TikTok content creators in applying nano learning to their contents on English, Math, Filipino, Science, and Araling Panlipunan (Social Studies) through descriptive research design. Results of the thematic analysis show that the TikTok learning videos selected through purposive sampling consist of the 3Qs of Nano Learning: Question, Quote, and Quantify, which can be utilized in a virtual classroom or flipped classroom.