This short presentation gives an overview of some terminologies we come across frequently (e-learning, Social Learning, Gamification, Mobile Learning)

1. EMERGING LEARNING
TRENDS
This short presentation gives an overview of some
terminologies we come across frequently (e-
learning, Social Learning, Gamification, Mobile
Learning)
Ms Sukanya Patwardhan, India
28th August 2013
Sukanya.patwardhan@gmail.com

2. WHAT DO LEADERS THINK?
Marc Ramos, global lead of Google Enterprise EDU Learning
Programs, says that the Internet service company still has
growing up and maturing to do when it comes to using its
learning and training programs to increase efficiencies and
standards. In a field defined by immediacy, speed is a critical
aspect when designing new L&D programs at Google. When
developing new ideas for learning platforms, Marc doesn't just
focus on the latest trends, such as gamification and mobile
learning. With native products like Android and Google Glass,
Google has an obvious interest in further exploring those areas,
but Marc notes that it's equally important to look at the traditional
theories of adult learning and emerging learning markets, such as
Africa and the Middle East, for new and innovative ideas about
employee learning and development.

3. E-LEARNING
 E-learning refers to the use of electronic media information and
communication technologies (ICT) in education. E-learning is broadly
inclusive of all forms of educational technology in learning and
teaching.
 E-learning includes numerous types of media that deliver text, audio,
images, animation, and streaming video, and includes technology
applications and processes such as audio or video tape, satellite TV,
CD-ROM, and computer-based learning, as well as local
intranet/extranet and web-based learning. Information and
communication systems, whether free-standing or based on either
local networks or the Internet in networked learning, underly many e-
learning processes.
 E-learning can occur in or out of the classroom. It can be self-paced,
asynchronous learning or may be instructor-led, synchronous learning.
E-learning is suited to distance learning and flexible learning, but it can
also be used in conjunction with face-to-face teaching, in which case
the term blended learning is commonly used.
 It is commonly thought that new technologies make a big difference in
education. Many proponents of e-learning believe that everyone must
be equipped with basic knowledge of technology, as well as use it as a
vehicle for reaching educational goals.

4. E-LEARNING
 E-learning is a broadly inclusive term that describes
educational technology that electronically or
technologically supports learning and teaching.
Bernard Luskin, a pioneer of e-learning, advocates
that the "e" should be interpreted to mean "exciting,
energetic, enthusiastic, emotional, extended,
excellent, and educational" in addition to
"electronic." This broad interpretation focuses on
new applications and developments, and also
brings learning and media psychology into
consideration. Parks suggested that the "e" should
refer to "everything, everyone, engaging, easy".

5. GAMIFICATION
 Though the term "gamification" was coined in 2002 by Nick
Pelling,it did not gain popularity until 2010.Even prior to the
term coming into use, other fields borrowing elements from
videogames was common; for example, some work in
scientific visualization adapted elements from videogames. A
Forbes blogger also retroactively labelled[49] Charles
Coonradt, who in 1973 founded the consultancy The Game of
Work and in 1984 wrote a book by the same name, as the
"Grandfather of Gamification".
 The term "gamification" first gained widespread usage in
2010, in a more specific sense referring to incorporation of
social/reward aspects of games into software.The technique
captured the attention of venture capitalists, one of whom said
he considered gamification the most promising area in
gaming.Another observed that half of all companies seeking
funding for consumer software applications mentioned game
design in their presentations.

6. GAMIFICATION
 Gamification techniques strive to leverage people's natural
desires for competition, achievement, status, self-expression,
altruism, and closure.
 A core gamification strategy is rewards for players who
accomplish desired tasks. Types of rewards include points,
achievement badges or levels, the filling of a progress bar,
and providing the user with virtual currency.
 Competition is another element of games that can be used in
gamification. Making the rewards for accomplishing tasks
visible to other players or providing leader boards are ways of
encouraging players to compete.
 Another approach to gamification is to make existing tasks
feel more like games.Some techniques used in this approach
include adding meaningful choice, onboarding with a tutorial,
increasing challenge, and adding narrative.

7. SOCIAL LEARNING
 Social learning is learning that takes place at a wider scale
than individual or group learning, up to a societal scale,
through social interaction between peers. It may or may not
lead to a change in attitudes and behaviour. More specifically,
to be considered social learning, a process must:
 (1) demonstrate that a change in understanding has taken
place in the individuals involved;
 (2) demonstrate that this change goes beyond the individual
and becomes situated within wider social units or communities
of practice; and
 (3) occur through social interactions and processes between
actors within a social network
 As such, social learning may be defined as a change in
understanding that goes beyond the individual to become
situated within wider social units or communities of practice
through social interactions between actors within social
networks.

8. MOBILE LEARNING (M-LEARNING)
 The term m-learning or "mobile learning", has
different meanings for different communities, that
refer to a subset of e-learning, educational
technology and distance education, that focuses on
learning across contexts and learning with mobile
devices. One definition of mobile learning is, "any
sort of learning that happens when the learner is
not at a fixed, predetermined location, or learning
that happens when the learner takes advantage of
the learning opportunities offered by mobile
technologies."In other words, with the use of mobile
devices, learners can learn anywhere and at any
time.

9. MOBILE LEARNING
 M-learning technologies include handheld computers,
MP3 players, notebooks, mobile phones and tablets. M-
learning focuses on the mobility of the learner,
interacting with portable technologies, and learning that
reflects a focus on how society and its institutions can
accommodate and support an increasingly mobile
population. There is also a new direction in m-learning
that gives the instructor more mobility and includes
creation of on the spot and in the field learning material
that predominately uses smartphone with special
software such as AHG Cloud Note. Using mobile tools
for creating learning aides and materials becomes an
important part of informal learning.

10. M-LEARNING
 M-learning is convenient in that it is accessible from
virtually anywhere. M-learning, like other forms of e-
learning, is also collaborative. Sharing is almost
instantaneous among everyone using the same
content, which leads to the reception of instant
feedback and tips. This highly active process has
proven to increase exam scores from the fiftieth to
the seventieth percentile, and cut the dropout rate
in technical fields by 22 percent. M-learning also
brings strong portability by replacing books and
notes with small RAMs, filled with tailored learning
contents. In addition, it is simple to utilize mobile
learning for a more effective and entertaining
experience

11. THANK YOU
Reference – LikedIN HR Group, Wikipaedia on E-Learning,
Social Learning, Mobile Learning, Gamification