Conference Presentation at Online Educa Berlin 2012 dealing with the potential of mobile learning for leaders and decisionmakers.

1. Mobile Learning for Decision
Makers?
Presentation at Online Educa Berlin
November 29, 2012
Andreas Hörfurter, Senior Consultant
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2. WBI asked common sense to
conceptualize and pilot mobile
Learning for Decision Makers
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3. What makes Decision Makers
learn?
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4. Any successful Learning approach
must be useful for the target group.
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5. What is useful for Decision Makers?
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6. What is useful for Decision Makers?
 We need to understand their needs
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7. Needs of Decision Makers?
- Time is the most valuable resource
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8. Needs of Decision Makers?
- Decisions require conceptual
knowledge
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9. Needs of Decision Makers?
- Many decision makers do not want
to be associated with formal learning
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10. Mobile Learning – the ideal
format for Decision Makers?
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11. - Time is the most valuable resource
 Mobile Learning formats are ideally
microlearning approaches with short
learning time (5 to 10 minutes)
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12. - Decisions require conceptual
knowledge
 The short learning sequences
support rather conceptual than
procedural knowledge
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13. - Many Decision makers do not want
to be associated with formal learning
 Mobile Learning can be done
anytime and everywhere beyond
formal training approaches
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14. But: What is Mobile Learning?
Let’s try a definition…
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15. What is Mobile Learning?
Mobile Learning represents an
opportunity to learn everywhere and
anytime by using mobile
communication devices.
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16. What is Mobile Learning?
Learners can be reached, regardless of
external circumstances. Thus, any
environment, in any situation, at any
time of day can become a learning
environment.
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17. Devices and Technology
Mobile devices usually are small and
portable and therefore enhance
flexibility and mobility of their users.
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18. Devices and Technology
But of course there are also some
technological challenges which
restrict the different formats of
Mobile Learning or even exclude
user groups.
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19. Device Classes
Let‘s make a list of devices that can be used for
mobile Learning…
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20. Devices and Technology
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21. Devices and Technology
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22. Devices and Technology
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23. Devices and Technology
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24. Devices and Technology
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25. Mobile Internet
The two most popular formats in this field are
Apps (mobile applications running on the
different mobile operating platforms) and
browser based content.
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26. Browser-based or Apps?
Mobile browser-based content or Apps?
That is a difficult question.
What do you think?
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27. Browser-based or Apps?
Which phones are used by the target group?
Device Fragmentation?
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28. Browser-based or Apps?
Offline use required?
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29. Browser-based or Apps?
Need for complex media?
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30. Decision for WBI
Browser based solution:
- High device fragmentation
- Content deployable with accessible
media formats
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31. Case Study: blended mobile Learning
At World Bank Institute, common
sense integrated Mobile Executive
Summaries into the moodle
learning process.
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32. Case Study: blended mobile Learning
Blended Learning
Now, MES modules, short,
platform independent learning
elements for decision makers,
compliment the existing
conventional modules.
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33. Case Study: blended mobile Learning
This way, decision makers can
access abstracts and review key
terms during the last moments
before an important meeting.
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34. Case Study: blended mobile Learning
This micro learning solution
addresses a highly heterogeneous
device landscape, utilizes moodle
mobile and device-specific style
sheets.
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35. Mobile Executive Summaries (MES)
Training Module Case Study on
on WBI moodle WBI moodle
Content Selection Process / Chunking
(selecting a suitable content section, reducing/streamlining content
to 10 min chunk)
Content Production
(XHTML production of two MES, approx. 15 mobile screens each, with
a maximum of 75 to 100 words per screen, images and animated GIF)
Content – based Case Study - based
MES MES
+ self test, discussion + self test, discussion
& exercise element & exercise element
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36. Mobile Executive Summary
Format: 10 min quick access case
study
– Eligibility Criteria and Case Study
– Provides text, still images, animated
GIFs
– Can provide discussion/
communication options
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37. Work through MES
• Content will be offered
as text, animated gif or
jpg.
• You can choose a
particular topic on the
overview screen.
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38. Work through MES
• Alternatively you can
move through the MES
in sequence.
• You can always jump to
the beginning or back
to the moodle module
navigation.
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39. Mobile Learning for Decision
Makers?
Andreas Hörfurter, Senior Consultant
common sense eLearning & training consultants, Vienna
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a.hoerfurter@common-sense.at
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