Key Decisions To Make In Implementing Mobile Learning

Amit Garg@gargamit100

Upside Learning8+ years in eLearning150+ clients in 13 countriesOur offeringsUpsideLMS | Upside2Go | Custom Learning Solutions28 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 LearningSource: http://www.mlearnopedia.com/mlearncon/

Understanding Mobile Learning“ mLearning is about augmenting our ” learning – and our performance - Clark QuinnSource: Designing mLearning: Tapping Into the Mobile Revolution for Organizational Performance

Understanding Mobile Learning“ mLearning is about augmenting our ” learning – and our performance Clark QuinnSource: Designing mLearning: Tapping Into the Mobile Revolution for Organizational Performance

1. Need For Mobile LearningNo 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 SupportFeature Phones Smart Phones Tablets

3. Devices & Platforms To Support Mp3 Players Audience Gaming eReaders Response Systems Consoles

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

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 ResourceseBook Whitepaper Webinar No Escaping Mobile LearningDownload Download View Recording

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Key Decisions To Make In Implementing Mobile Learning

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