The document discusses emerging learning concepts including the cloud, social learning, and mobile learning (mLearning). The cloud section defines what applications, platforms, and infrastructures comprise the cloud. It also discusses educational uses of the cloud including developing, collaborating, hosting, and managing. Both technical and soft skills can be developed using cloud-based learning. Pros include accessibility and version control while cons are performance, security, and evolving features. An example of a cloud authoring tool called Claro is provided. Social learning is characterized as a decentralized approach relying on shared knowledge and experience. Educational purposes include personalized and collaborative learning across boundaries. Technical and soft skills can be developed through collaborative courseware and learning communities.

1. emerging learning

2. concepts & examples

3. The Cloud
What’s in the cloud?
• Applications:
• Monitoring, Content, Collaboration,
Communication, Finance
• Platforms:
• Object Storage, Identity, Database
• Infrastructures:
• Computer, Block Storage, Network

4. The Cloud
Educational purposes::
 Developing
 Collaborating
 Hosting
 Managing

5. The Cloud
Technical and/or soft skill?
 Anything eLearning can do, it can do.
 Anything ILT can do, it can do

6. The Cloud
• Pros: Accessibility, Version Control,
Evolving
• Cons: Performance, Security, Features,
Evolving

7. Example of a cloud-based application:
 Claro is a cloud-based authoring tool designed
to facilitate cloud-based collaboration
 Other features:
 Rapid Authoring
 GUI = PPT/Lectora hybrid
 Cross-platform publishing

9. Social Learning
Characteristics:
 Decentralized approach
 Relies on shared knowledge & experience to build new
knowledge (wherein the whole greater than then sum)
 Open-ended & Informal experience

10. Social Learning
Educational purposes:
 Highly personalized learning experiences
 Limitless collaboration (across time, space, culture)
 Build community and solidarity
 Multiple roles

11. Social Learning
Technical & Soft Skill
• Collaborative courseware
• User Groups, Learning Communities

12. Social Learning
Pros:
 More then scalable, fluid
 Embowers learners (not only to learn but to help and teach)
Cons:
 We don’t know how to manage (fluid)?
 Validity of data

13. How other companies are using social learning:
 Topyx is a “Social LMS”
 Cloud-based collaboration for students and
designers/facilitators/admins
 Embedded learning communities (again for students and
designers/facilitators/admins)
 Integrate Social Media Tools such as: Facebook, LinkedIn and
Twitter

15. mLearning
Basic definition:
• Any training delivered via cell phone or tablet
• Any form of instructional design can be
repurposed for a mobile device (just not as a
1:1 conversion)

16. mLearning
Educational purposes (technical)
• Performance Support
• On-site/Out of office
Educational purposes (soft skills)
• Personal Learning Environment
• Learning community

17. mLearning
Pros
• Portable
• Accessible
• Personal
Cons
• Smaller screen size
• Multiple platforms can mean multiple versions to
build & manage

18. mLearning
• HTML5 is an increasingly popular
choice for developing cross-platform
eLearning with particular emphasis
on mLearning.
• Content developed via HTML5 can
be played on an Android phone,
Blackbrerry phone, iPad, iPhone, PC
or Mac computer.

19. HTML5-based mLearning examples
http://ow.ly/aLDDe