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eLearning is Dead Long Live mLearning!

eLearning is Dead Long Live mLearning!. Steve Howard (MSc) Magnolia Multimedia www.magnoliamultimedia.com steve@magnoliamultimedia.com. Long Live mLearning!. Introduction – Who am I? What is mLearning? What Sort of Devices? What Sort of Content? Other Applications Tools Play Time!.

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eLearning is Dead Long Live mLearning!

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  1. eLearning is DeadLong Live mLearning! Steve Howard (MSc) Magnolia Multimedia www.magnoliamultimedia.com steve@magnoliamultimedia.com http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

  2. Long Live mLearning! • Introduction – Who am I? • What is mLearning? • What Sort of Devices? • What Sort of Content? • Other Applications • Tools • Play Time! http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

  3. Who Am I? • Steve Howard • Authorware Developer since 1997 • Independent Contractor since 2001 • Owner of EuroTAAC since 2001 • www.tomorrows-key.com • www.eurotaac.com • www.magnoliamultimedia.com • Adobe Community Expert – Authorware and Flash Mobile and Devices • I am A MAD ACE  http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

  4. What is mLearning? • Delivery of content to Mobile Devices • Short Lessons • Small Files • Web Based? • Corporate • University • School • Consumer http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

  5. What Sort of Devices? • Laptop • PDA • Phone • SmartPhone • Blackberry • iPOD • Portable Media Player • UMPC (Ultra-mobile PC “handtop”) FlyBook, Origami, OQO, DualCor • But we are talking about pocketable devices today! • Other? http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

  6. What Sort of Content? • Text • HTML • PDF • Video • Mp3/PodCast • Flash • Email • “Just In Time!” • SMS !!! “Texting occurs within and between nearly every social situation—driving, going to the theatre, attending classes—despite the abhorrently kludgey interface” (Bryan Alexander 2004) • Voice recognition, Text-to-speech • Interactive? Engaging? “Navigation on mobile devices is cumbersome and time-consuming because of their limited screen size ” Stephen J.H. Yang et al (2003) http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

  7. Ex Lib: no “lack of didactic fantasy” • Training developers often lack the imagination to produce engaging interactive training. • “In fact engaging content [on PDA] is entirely possible, but it requires more advanced tools than HTML”Steve Howard (2006) • http://www.exlib.no/ http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

  8. Other Applications • Self-made Training • Context-aware • Convert existing web- and desktop-based training • Elementary School • Collaborative Learning – wireless classroom interaction • Blogs • Wikis • Spacial Context - Museums, Conferences http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/articles/invisible_ideas.html • MobiLearn Project http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

  9. Tools • C, C++, Java, eVB, eVC • .NET – Compact Framework, Micro Framework • HTML, PDF, Word, PowerPoint • Flash • Flash Lite 1, 2, (2.1 Brew, WM5) • Video tools • The devices themselves! http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

  10. Playtime • Let’s take a few minutes to look at what devices you have, what I brought and look at a couple of applications. http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

  11. Thank You If you have any additional questions, please email me Steve@magnoliamultimedia.com http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

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