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Learn the crucial points to consider before adopting Mobile Learning (mLearning) & the steps to take to ensure effective Mobile Learning Implementation.
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Amit Garg @gargamit100
Upside Learning 8+ years in eLearning 150+ clients in 13 countries Our offerings UpsideLMS | Upside2Go | Custom Learning Solutions 28 awards & recognitions
Upside Learning Upside Learning Solutions blog www.upsidelearning.com/blog eBooks and Whitepapers • Mobile Learning • Learning Management Systems • Game-based Learning Research endeavors • ASTD Research • Brandon Hall Group • Towards Maturity
Understanding Mobile Learning Source: http://www.mlearnopedia.com/mlearncon/
Understanding Mobile Learning Mobile Everything! Source: http://www.mlearnopedia.com/mlearncon/
Understanding Mobile Learning mLearning is about augmenting our learning– and our performance “ ” - Clark Quinn Source: Designing mLearning: Tapping Into the Mobile Revolution for Organizational Performance
Understanding Mobile Learning mLearning is about augmenting our learning– and our performance “ Mobile Augmentation! ” Clark Quinn Source: Designing mLearning: Tapping Into the Mobile Revolution for Organizational Performance
1. Need For Mobile Learning No Escaping Mobile Learning • A growing mobile workforce • Shift in computing • Personal behavior patterns changing • 21st century workforce • When do we actually learn? • Doing more with less View Webinar Recording
1. Need For Mobile Learning • What’s the real need? • What do you wish to achieve?
2. Assess Readiness • Audience profile – ease with mobile phones • Management buy-in • Culture – sharing, commenting • Learning strategy fit
3. Devices & Platforms To Support Feature Phones Smart Phones Tablets
3. Devices & Platforms To Support Mp3 Players Audience Response Systems Gaming Consoles eReaders
3. Devices & Platforms To Support • Eric Schmidt - $70 Android smartphones • Huawei IDEOS - $80 smartphones • Beetel (Airtel) - < $200 tablet • Sony – phasing out feature phones
3. Devices & Platforms To Support Smart Phones Tablets
3. Devices & Platforms To Support • Ecosystem – align with one or more or none • BYOD – Bring Your Own Device
4. Technology Bits • Native app or mobile web • Flash vs HTML5 (eLearning is not mLearning) • Authoring tools (develop once, deliver everywhere) • LMS integration/unification (SCORM, TIN CAN) • Build vs outsource
5. Context Drives Content What kind of content will work here? Photo credit : timothyagee.com
5. Context Drives Content • Learner’s context • Performance support nuggets / videos • One hand operated/voice driven • Think different (out of the course) • Not eLearning mLearning
6. Security Concerns Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications “The Army is pursuing a solution that sidesteps the security issue in a sense, one that ensures that these consumer smartphones access data without storing it. This way, if a device winds up in the wrong hands, it cannot be hacked into and exploited”. Source: http://www.arcic.army.mil/connecting-soldiers-to-digital-applications.html
6. Security Concerns • Login password protection • Data encryption • MDMs/ MAMs – remote erase • Mobile security policy
Final Thoughts mLearning Strategy is a ‘Moving Target’ ‘Just do it’ Photo Credit Images.com/Corbis
To Summarize • Think mobile augmentation • Identify the real need • Ensure readiness • Devices & platforms to support • Technology bits • Context drives content • Security • It’s a ‘Moving Target’ - ‘Just do it’
Free Resources eBook Whitepaper Webinar No Escaping Mobile Learning Download Download View Recording
Thank You! amitgarg@upsidelearning.com www.upsidelearning.com/blog @gargamit100