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The world of automotive retail has clearly intersected with the digital age. Technology now pervades
almost every component, from the products that are sold and serviced, to the marketing channels that
are used to disseminate information, to the way customers communicate and share experiences. Despite
these revolutionary times, the need for dealerships to develop competent individuals who can engage
with customers remains critical to automotive retail success.
1) Project Praviin is an IBM initiative to partner with colleges and universities in India to better educate students for the IT workforce through training and professional certification.
2) It aims to enable students to quickly adapt to jobs and experience speedy onboarding by providing an industry-relevant curriculum and certification.
3) At the heart of Project Praviin are IBM Software Centers of Excellence which serve as training and certification hubs, connecting industry, academia, and students. They provide hands-on learning environments and opportunities to work on live projects.
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Technological devices are playing such a significant role in our lives that educators are incorporating
Ipads, smartphones, and even Skyping via these devices to educate our future generations. Managing the
utilization of this technology has become an important issue for businesses and proposes the question: how
is it possible to maintain good human relations with customers, clients and other businesses with all of the
technological advancements that often prevent face-to-face interaction? This paper addresses the value of
assimilating human relation skills into the curriculum of Industrial Technology related programs.
Additionally, this article provides an overview of Industrial Technology related programs and will also
address how to differentiate between Human Resource Development programs and Human Resource
Management programs.
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This white paper was a finalist and runner up in the Tecxpedition 2007 at KPIT Cummins. It talks about how a trainee may benefit from the training if his supervisor uses some statistical intelligence for selection of appropriate training module that the person may enjoy and value.
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2) Curated digital learning involves employees and managers maintaining a collection of useful digital tools and resources on various topics to support ongoing learning.
3) Younger generations of employees, known as Millennials, are digital natives who prefer learning through interactive experiences. Their learning styles need to be accommodated through approaches like social learning and curation of content.
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Mobile Learning: Driving Business Results by Empowering Employees in the Moment
1. The Future of Learning (a three-part series)
Mobile Learning:
Driving Business Results
by Empowering Employees
in the Moment
Shrinking markets, high employee turnover and evolving
employee demographics are driving the need for learning
content that can be consumed exactly when and how
it is needed. Modernizing the learning infrastructure
and content will be critical to succeeding in a business
climate of rapid change.
| FUTURE OF WORK
2. Executive Summary
Major forces are driving change in organizational training and
learning. Employees have limited time to attend training in its
traditional format in the classroom mode, leaving their day jobs
to lie fallow. The pace of business is simply too fast to allow this
sort of extended break from corporate life.
Beyond the inherent inefficiencies and time commitment, the
costs of traditional training have also become prohibitive. It
takes dozens of development hours to produce one hour of
classroom training. This is untenable, especially in an environ-
ment increasingly populated by millennial employees, who
expect to direct their own learning, on their preferred platform.
This generation of learners is adept at using all types of tech-
nology — social, mobile, cloud-based — to get the knowledge
they need, anywhere, anytime.
Mobile learning (m-learning) refers to performance support
materials delivered on-the-go. Thanks to m-learning, an orga-
nization can deliver targeted bits of content that help an indi-
vidual in the moment, whether to present product information
or access equipment documentation. Rather than heavyweight
classroom or computer-based training, which remove the
learner from his or her work environment, m-learning provides
immediate knowledge to help individuals in the moment.
Today, awareness is building that employees must be equipped
with the right tools, knowledge and capabilities to drive busi-
ness results. M-learning initiatives are gaining significant fund-
ing, particularly in industries such as pharmaceuticals and re-
tail, as organizations pursue advantages ranging from reduced
costs to increased agility.
This white paper, which outlines the benefits of m-learning, is
the first in our Future of Learning series. Part 2 will cover learn-
ing technologies’ move to the cloud; Part 3 will focus on creat-
ing resilient learning content strategies.
2 FUTURE OF WORK November 2012
4. M-Learning: The Next Wave in the Future of Work
Globalization is a major force in the business world today, as companies of all types
and sizes can leverage expertise wherever it resides. The millennial generation
is also reshaping everything from communication to innovation, both inside and
outside the organization.
Technology is also shifting fundamentally. Virtual platforms are enabling real-time
collaboration among team members, regardless of time or place. The emerging
SMAC stack, consisting of social, mobile, analytic and cloud capabilities, is also
reshaping the organizational computing model.
Meanwhile, the competitive landscape within many mainstream industries is con-
tracting via vendor consolidation, while at the same time, service and product lines
are expanding and morphing more quickly than ever to respond to fast-chang-
ing business needs. A sales representative who sold a finite array of products or
services a few years ago now has a more daunting sales portfolio under his domain.
These individuals must unlearn and then relearn key competencies to effectively
compete in this new environment. Traditional classroom learning or computer-
based training cannot provide the immediacy needed or the convenience that
millennial employees (and those with a millennial mindset) have come to expect.
Given the speed of business today — and with information overload impacting
nearly every professional pursuit — employees require information and knowledge
just when they need it, in their desired format and on the mobile platform of their
choice, particularly as the use of these devices has become second nature.
The rise in social content has also disrupted conventional learning styles, causing
a shift toward self initiative on the learner’s part. Employees can see the content
that is available to be consumed, and they are not waiting for anyone to spoon-feed
it to them.1
This is why the traditional training paradigm is shifting to just-in-time transmission
of skills and sharing of knowledge and information to boost employee performance.
M-learning solutions deliver content to be consumed at the point of need, enabling
employees to make better decisions and satisfy customers.
With the increased popularity of mobility, organizations can more easily dissemi-
nate learning materials to employees, partners and anyone else who might need
them. M-learning can be applied to everything from product training and sales/
marketing-related learning aids, to IT and organizational compliance training. The
correlation with business results is direct. In our experience, putting learning in the
palm of people’s hands — exactly what they need, when they need it — can have an
immediate positive effect on the bottom line.
Toward that end, companies across industries are using tablet computers and
smartphones for knowledge dissemination, to showcase sales presentations and
as a platform for training media. Certain sectors — particularly pharmaceuticals
and banking — are taking the lead in developing content and learning infrastructure
strategies aligned with their organizational mobility strategies. (See Figure 1, next
page, for an illustration of how sales professionals can leverage m-learning).
The Evolution of Corporate Learning
Until very recently, learning in a corporate environment was content- and tech-
nology-centric, with most large organizations investing in a learning management
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5. M-Learning: Visualize and Interact with the Sales Force
Future State
• Mobile tools for remote product
learning, virtual role play and
certification.
• On-demand learning materials
for skills enhancement.
• Virtual world-based learning.
Benefits
• Accommodates different
learning styles.
• Allows for real-time compliance
tracking of remote product
learning and certification.
• Virtual role play: Leverage
the iPad 2’s cameras to use
videoconferencing to act
out scenarios.
Figure 1
system (LMS) that hosted learning content. An internal group was tasked with
building and deploying content, whether via computer-based training or in an
instructor-led classroom environment. Traditionally, it was difficult for this group to
gain funding and visibility for learning initiatives. Return on investment was often
difficult to demonstrate. When resources became scarce, the training organization
was often the first to be cut.
Today, there is a growing recognition that unless employees are equipped with the
right tools, knowledge and capabilities, they will not be able to work effectively and
contribute to business objectives. In fact, spending on corporate training saw a 9.5%
jump in 2011, according to the Bersin & Associates Corporate Learning Factbook.2
Corporate training is beginning to gain significant funding as organizations seek to
take advantage of the new approaches inherent in performance-based mLearning.3
Talent development is no longer a sidelined function but a mainstream operation that
is seen as contributing to achievement of business goals. It is now standard practice
for learning team members to be embedded within business units supporting unit-
specific learning needs, in addition to delivering mandatory organizational learning
to dedicated teams. The influx of the millennial population, coupled with advance-
ments in mobile technology and a significant shift toward self-directed learning,
now places talent development teams in the center of business decisions.
Learning is now firmly learner-centric and able to address the needs of decentral-
ized environments. In these environments, learning happens through varied inputs
received via social structures, self learning and just-in-time content made available
to help individuals improve their job performance. As such, employees can access
materials from a myriad of sources, including social sites, the Internet, books,
colleagues, friends, online course materials and m-learning content.
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6. The Learning Modernization Landscape
M-learning shifts the focus of learning to provide a social, collaborative and
convenient learning platform. This has particular appeal to millennials, who want
to experience the same technology experience at work on Monday morning as they
do in their personal lives on Sunday night.4 Learning needs to be modernized to
blend with the social experience to ensure it meets younger employees’ needs.
M-learning offers a host of benefits:
• Access: Employees can access learning material from virtually anywhere.
• Convenience: Employees can engage with mobile-based learning content when
they have time, much faster than on a laptop or desktop PC.
• Retention: M-learning is a powerful tool for training to enhance recall or refresh
the memory.
• Overcoming resistance: Instead of having long, drawn-out classroom sessions,
which many employees resist, mobile learning provides nuggets of information
when they need it, however they want it. For example, a short help message
might pop up when a user is working in an app or going into a sales call. M-learn-
ing can help eliminate the need for both traditional classroom-based training
and computer-based training.
• Acceleration: Mobile devices can be excellent portable job aids, providing learn-
ers with instant access to topical and contextual learning or support material,
speeding their time to competency.
• Speed: Traditional training material (classroom and computer-based) takes many
hours to develop and roll out, while m-learning can be put together and made
available comparatively quickly. M-learning nuggets can be created in a week or
two and delivered instantly, boosting agility and reducing cost at the same time.
Figure 2 shows opportunities to build m-learning experiences within an organization.
M-Learning’s Sweet Spots
Game-based learning for impacting Learning courseware targeted at
behavior changes, business problem multiple mobile platforms
solving and activities-based learning (e.g., learning nuggets, videos).
(e.g., soft skills, leadership development).
Mobile
Learning Learning
Games Courseware
Simulation-based learning for Classroom assignment
training, virtual classrooms compatible with mobile
Virtual
and online/offline conferences E-classroom media (e.g., exercises,
World/
(e.g., product training). Simulation case studies).
Native Web
Apps Mobile Apps
Learning
Learning aids that help enhance Support Assessments
Online assessments
job-oriented performance and quizzes.
(e.g., job aids, live data feeds).
Social/ Migration/
Collaborative Cross-Platform
Learning Portability
Learning applications that Migrating existing/legacy
integrate existing social courseware to a mobile-
media with learning needs. compatible medium.
Figure 2
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7. Pharmaceutical Companies Embrace M-Learning
The pharmaceuticals industry is on the forefront of the m-learning revolution, with
interest also coming from the retail and manufacturing sectors. From our work with
clients in the pharmaceuticals industry (as well as other sources), we have noticed
the following trends and developments:5
• 80% of field agents in the U.S. will carry iPads by 2015.
• 70% of existing e-detailing materials are being converted to iPad-compatible
6
format.
• Top-five organizations have a roadmap for converting training materials to iPad
format.
• 40% of conferences are geared up to move to virtual mode.
• 55% of organizations have a roadmap to create a comprehensive, collaborative
learning ecosystem.
• 30% of field forces acknowledge the need for social learning.
• 22% of learning organizations have strategies in place for dedicated learning apps.
We are seeing rapid uptake of learning modernization projects among our clients
in the pharmaceuticals industry. Pharmaceuticals companies are now replacing
tablets and laptops previously deployed to their field force with iPads.7 As with the
rise in “bring your own device,” or BYOD, the iPad explosion places the onus on
the organization’s IT services, brand marketing and learning teams to realign their
strategies with the mobile landscape. (For more on BYOD, read our paper, “Making
BYOD Work in Your Organization.”)
The learning and marketing teams not only have the responsibility of building the
underlying technology architecture to support mobile learning, but they also need
a clear roadmap for conversion of existing content, strategies for developing future
content and a rigorous content approval process. Meanwhile, amassing the funding
necessary for an m-learning initiative usually requires close collaboration between
the business unit that needs the support and IT, which typically charts the organi-
zation’s mobile strategy.
M-Learning in the Real World
One of our global clients is currently implementing collaborative learning solutions
in its commercial and clinical areas but is struggling to devise a clear operating
model for these new capabilities, as well as governance for deciding which systems
are most important.
Toward that end, we have recommended our OneLearning ecosystem, which
integrates various existing learning tools into a single mobile-based platform. The
company expects to realize significant benefits from adopting the OneLearning
mobile platform, including 50% to 60% software cost savings in migrating its
legacy system to the mobile-compatible platform.
Other expected benefits: greater than 70% cost savings through a radical reduction
in the time it takes to create new features and increased learner adoption due
to the flexibility of a platform that adapts itself to the learner’s style or business
role. These benefits are expected via a well-organized structure of device-agnostic
content conversion frameworks, online/offline content availability strategies and
integration of learning management systems.
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8. We are helping another client develop a strategic roadmap for its multiple e-health
initiatives. Currently, each initiative uses different types of mobile technologies,
each with its own architecture for connecting to the healthcare ecosystem. The
challenge is to arrive at a strategic vision that encompasses individual technology
choices and delivers real business benefits.
The pharmaceuticals industry is on the leading edge of embracing m-learning, but
there are clear benefits for other industries, as well. For example, some retailers
are evaluating or piloting gamification-based m-learning applications. A game-like
training app deployed on a handheld device already in use at the store might be
a good fit for a retail brand catering to younger consumers (and presumably with
younger employees). Figure 3 illustrates how learning games can be deployed on
several different mobile platforms.
Manufacturing is another fertile industry for m-learning as companies work to
identify how product information they have already created can be deployed in
an on-the-go format to help people on the shop floor, field engineers and other
personnel.
We also developed SalesGym, a mobile learning framework that our clients are
deploying to their sales forces. SalesGym has won recognition and awards from
industry organizations such as Brandon Hall and Apex. The framework is custom-
izable to an organization’s needs and can grow as the m-learning effort matures.
Figure 4, next page, illustrates some of SalesGym’s features.
Learning Games
Android mobile game on iPad-based game to
information security “Learn your Leaders”
Project management simulation
iPad-based game on the effects
games across mobile platforms
of a cancer controlling drug
(Android, iOS, Symbian, BlackBerry…)
Figure 3
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9. Cognizant’s Award-Winning SalesGym iPad App
SalesGym is an integrated learning framework and a gateway to learning as a service that
enables the mobile learning infrastructure and provides a superior user experience.
• iLearn: Integrated learning app based on 1-5-10 methodology
with YouTube-style video, documents and other artifacts
blended with online assignments.
• cFeeds: Displays news aggregated by Cognizant.
• cWeets: Doorway for Twitter-like broadcasts, enabling sales
team to connect faster.
• iBlog: Pre-configured, must-read blogs for sales team; provides
option to add other business blogs. Has integrated online mode
for online reading.
• cBrain: Gateway to Cognizant’s KM portal.
• iKnow: Connects to a sales forum, a critical pull learning
medium for the sales team.
• iCafe: Fun site full of games with learning value.
• iRead: Connects to Cognizant 24x7 virtual library;
pre-populates with the latest sales books as ranked by
the sales and leadership team.
Figure 4
M-Learning: Questions to Ask
Once a company has decided to embrace mobile learning, the next step is to
consider the following strategy-shaping questions:
• What does your organization hope to get out of m-learning? What problem will
m-learning help solve?
• What behavioral changes will m-learning require from your employees? Do your
organization’s demographics align with m-learning, or will change management
be necessary?
• Which processes will change as a result of m-learning? Will compliance informa-
tion be integrated into those processes?
• How will m-learning help drive business objectives?
• What level of security restrictions will you need in your m-learning applications?
• Will your technology infrastructure support m-learning? If not, what needs to be
done?
• What is your m-learning timeline and budget?
The answers to these questions will begin to unfold as you move further into your
m-learning journey. To take the first steps, it is advisable to convene a group of key
learning stakeholders from your organization and start the dialog — sooner rather
than later.
Given the forces ushering in the future of work, as well as a fast-changing business
climate that demands instant expertise at low cost, it’s time for corporations to
modernize their approach to training and learning. M-learning leverages popular
technology trends such as mobility and social computing, goes hand-in-hand with
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10. millennial workstyles and preferences and enables businesses to become more agile
in shaping their workforce for the immediate future.
Remember, m-learning is just the starting point. Watch for the next two white papers
in our Future of Learning series. Part 2 will cover learning technologies’ move to the
cloud, and Part 3 will focus on creating resilient learning content strategies.
Footnotes
1
Sandra Allen and Michael Swidler, “Learning Style-Directed Pedagogy for
the Millennial Generation,” 2009, http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/
ijsotl/conference/proceedings/2009/proc_docs/Sandra%20Allen/SoTL%20
Commons%20Conference%20Proceedings%20033109.pdf.
2
The Corporate Learning Factbook 2012, Bersin & Associates, 2012.
3
“Global Mobile Learning Market Research,” Ambient Insight Research,
http://www.ambientinsight.com/Reports/MobileLearning.aspx.
4
Geoffrey Moore and Malcolm Frank, “The Future of Work: A New Approach to Pro-
ductivity and Competitive Advantage,” Cognizant Technology Solutions, December
2010, http://www.cognizant.com/Futureofwork/Documents/FutureofWork-A-New-
Approach.pdf.
5
This data is based on our observations in our work with clients, as well as reports
from our Mobility Practice, Bersin & Associates and the eLearning Guild.
6
A pharma industry term for detailed marketing/product presentation materials
that sales reps use to sell their products.
7
Brian Horowitz, “iPad Use Is on the Rise in Pharmaceutical Sales Pitches: Study,”
eWeek, Aug. 15, 2012, http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/iPad-Use-Is-on-
the-Rise-in-Pharmaceutical-Sales-Pitches-Study-384482/.
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11. About the Authors
Vidhyu Rao is the Practice Head of Cognizant’s Learning and Content Interactive
initiative. She is an experienced organizational learning and development
executive, with over 20 years of experience in the field of corporate learning. In
her career, she has built strong learning organizations and learning technology
infrastructures; consulted with several client organizations in developing learning
modernization roadmaps and technology-specific learning solutions; and
developed business-facing learning metrics and measures aligned with organiza-
tional goals. She has led teams that created solutions for many Cognizant learning
transformation engagements across industry verticals. Vidhyu was the creator of
Cognizant Academy in North America and Europe, where she built a fully functional
online learning organization that addresses the needs of approximately 50,000
associates in these geographies. Cognizant Academy was created to support all
technology, business and interpersonal skills needs of Cognizant associates. She
holds a BSc from Bangalore University and a certificate in technology operations
management from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Vidhyu can be reached at
Vidhyu.Rao@cognizant.com | Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhyu
Twitter: http://twitter.com/vidhyu.
Ramanathan Srinivasan is the Lead Consultant in Cognizant’s Learning Trans-
formation Practice. He has over 12 years of experience in the field of consulta-
tion, development and delivery of learning transformation. Ram has been the key
consultant in envisioning the award-winning Cognizant Virtual Academy and has
worked with numerous clients on learning initiatives, including ACI, JDPS, Eisai,
CSO, Amgen, Dow Corning, Kimberly Clark, MetLife, Hewitt, Florida Power & Light,
Microsoft, 3Com, Motorola, Nokia and DuPont. With eight international awards
to his credit, he has demonstrated expertise in the learning domain, focused
on mobile, collaborative and social learning. Ram is the solution architect for
Cognizant’s award-winning SalesGym app and Learning 3.0-focused OneLearning
Ecosystem. He holds an M.A. from Annamalai University, India, a certificate in
instructional design from N.I.I.T, India, and a certificate in constructivism and
interaction design from Indian Institute of Technology, India. Ram can be reached at
Ramanathan.Srinivasan@cognizant.com | Linkedin: in.linkedin.com/in/ramana-
thansrinivasan.
Accolade
In September 2012, leading training research firm Brandon Hall awarded Cognizant
a “Bronze” medal for Best Use of Mobile Learning.
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