Session Overview
With consumerisation of IT and the explosion of BYOD (bring your own device), smartphones and tablet devices have never been more prevalent in the workplace, presenting great opportunity for mobile learning to take it’s place in enterprise learning.
In this session we will explore the current mobile learning landscape, what’s driving adoption and where the opportunities exist to leverage this technology.
Session Lead
Martin Brown is GM Enterprise Mobility Solutions at MSC Mobility. Martin has been active in the enterprise mobile learning sector for over five years and has been involved in mobile learning projects for many of the worlds leading organisations.
Big Questions
- Where/When is mobile learning an effective choice of learning?
- Is mobile learning suitable for my organisation? How far is it away from being a real and viable learning delivery channel ?
- Can I leverage my existing infrastructure for mobile learning?
- What do I as a learning professional need to understand about Mobile Technology to make a knowledgeable assessment about using/ advocating mobile learning ?
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Hi Martin – Let me kick of the discussion. One of the challenges in deploying mobile learning is that L&D is not in the know about what is happening with mobile strategy in the organisation. How do can we as learning professional be more proactive ?
There is a real discnnect between the IT and L&D business units. Many L&D initiatives are skuttled as IT gatekeepers block the systems/applications thata re need to support development. Very few times do I hear from IT people ‘ how can be help you L&D’s drive business capability” etc. They seem to have the word NO firmly entrenched on their tongue to any suggestion that IT is there to support L&D not the other way round
The reality is the many organisations don’t have a mobility strategy in place, and that mobility decisions are being made by tactical rather than strategic drivers e.g. my executive team want iPads now! As an L&D professional, I would first be asking if the use of mobile learning would really benefit my organisation, or is it just a nice to have. By building a valid business case, and gaining executive sponsorship you stand a much better chance of gaining IT approval. Nearly all of the global analyst and research firms are reporting enterprise mobility to be a top three priority for IT in 2012, so I would be actively engaging with IT to see what their roadmap is and how L&D can benefit from any strategy they put in place.
What are the design implications of taking learning mobile? I feel a mind map coming on.
Hi Erin,
Design Considerations for mobile learning is definitely a mind map exercise! At a high-level the following factors will influence your design:
1. Device Type – Feature Phone, Smartphone or Tablet
2. Device Features – GPS, Camera, Battery etc.
3. Screen resolution & Aspect Ratio
4. Input Methods – keypad, touchscreen etc.
5. Navigation Methods – trackball, cursor, touch
6. Connectivity & Bandwidth
7. Media – Video Formats
Looking forward to covering these off in tomorrows session.
Cheers, Martin.