Did you get into the learning field by accident and have been figuring it all out as you go along? Did someone one day say, hey, now you need to be doing this for mobile, too? Well, join the fun! Slides from a presentation at mLearnCon 2014 in San Diego on June 26.

1. The Accidental (Mobile) Instructional Designer
#mLearnCon 2014
Cammy Bean, VP of Learning Design
Kineo

2. Once upon a time…
When I grow up, I
want to be…
A singer!
A writer!
A teacher

3. But instead, I became an
instructional designer.
What’s that,
Mommy?

4. And I (sort of) grew up.

5. It was all completely by
accident.

6. Along the way, I designed
hundreds of eLearning courses.

7. Until one day, someone said, “Hey, this
needs to run on tablets and phones.”

9. As I’ve moved
from accidental to
intentional, I like
to eat —and
talk— about
pie!

10. Learning

11. Creative

12. Business

13. Technology

14. Learning Creative
TechnologyBusiness
The well-rounded L&D
professional needs the whole pie.

15. Those who do it all, look like
this…

16. …although the reality may
look more like this.
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/creative_tools/4324925700/

17. What’s your favorite piece of
pie? What’s your sweet spot?

18. To continue the food
metaphor…let’s stop thinking
like bartenders…

19. And start thinking like mixologists.

20. Said in various forms by lots of people.
When you embed learning in the workflow, when
you put the information people need at their
fingertips, you move from FORMAL solutions to a
more NATURAL learning that’s in the FLOW.

21. The myth of mobile
“learning”.

22. Jennifer Neibert, in Learning Solutions Magazine
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1416/mobile-learning-for-talent-development-
critical-questions-for-learning-leaders
Your learners are already mobile learners.
Whether they’re listening to podcasts at the gym
or accessing a Lynda.com tutorial about HTML
tags while in line for coffee, they are using mobile
technologies to learn.

23. Jennifer Neibert, in Learning Solutions Magazine
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1416/mobile-learning-for-talent-development-
critical-questions-for-learning-leaders
Your learners are already mobile learners.
Whether they’re listening to podcasts at the gym
or accessing a Lynda.com tutorial
about HTML tags while in line for
coffee, they are using mobile technologies to
learn.

24. So how do you actually use your
devices?

25. Connect.

26. Capture.

27. Check In.

28. Find (the answers to burning
questions).
When did
Conan the
Barbarian
come out?
How long do
you boil an
egg?
Where is the
closest movie
theater, what’s
playing, and
how do I get
there?
What’s the
name of this
song?
How much does
this cost and is it
cheaper on
Amazon?

29. Read.

30. Watch. Listen.

31. Play.

32. Purchase.

33. Create.

34. Do.

35. Are you using mobile in these ways
to support your people? How?
Connect.
Capture.
Check In
Find.
Read.
Watch.
Listen.
Play.
Purchase.
Create.

36. For what devices are you
creating content?

37. For what devices are you
creating content?
Poll: http://cammybean.kineo.com/2014/05/whats-your-technology-mix-for-learning.html
Desktop/laptop 58%
Tablets 26%
Smartphones 14%

38. How will your audience use their
devices? Know your use cases.

39. It’s a grand convergence: smart phones,
large phones (phablets), tablets with
keyboards, laptops with touch screens.

40. “Making mLearning Usable: How We Use Mobile Devices”,
Steven Hoober with Patti Shank, PhD, CPT, eLearning Guild Research Report, 2014.

41. Brent Schlenker, Litmos
http://www.litmos.com/blog/
And when I need the information I’m all to happy
to consume it on my mobile device at the moment
that I need it. Is it perfect? No. But I’d rather have
it imperfect NOW, rather than perfectly designed 6
weeks later… it’s okay to simply convert your
existing content to a format that can display on
mobile devices.

42. So what dev
tools are you
already using?
And can you use
them for mobile?

43. Storyline (expected usage:
desktop and tablets)

44. Captivate 7. (Expected use
case: tablets).

45. Brainshark (Expected use case:
desktop, tablets and phones).

46. Responsive design (Adapt)
(for desktop, tablets, phones).
http://masterfirefoxos.mozilla.org/#/m
05/t05
earn more about Adapt – an open source, responsive elearning framework
https://community.adaptlearning.org

47. Finding smart ways to take
advantage of a phone’s features…
www.cognitiveadvisors.com

48. For mobile ID, be sure to add
another slice to your pie.
Usability/
interface design

49. Questions?
Controversy?
Big ideas?

50. Hey, look. I wrote a book!
Available now:
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Books/The-Accidental-Instructional-Designer and on Amazon

51. Cammy Bean
twitter: @cammybean
blog: http://cammybean.kineo.com
References and more on design:
http://www.diigo.com/list/cammybean/design
The Accidental Instructional Designer:
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Books/The-Accidental-
Instructional-Designer