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Mobile Learning: From Theory to Wide Adoption
For years, learning analysts have been predicting wide adoption for mobile learning. But, until now, this has not occurred. The adoption of mobile learning has been constrained by slow networks, limited services, anemic devices, and a hesitancy by organizations to purchase hardware that could soon be obsolete.
All of this is now changing.
Mobile
learning is taking off because the access devices, mobile
phones, are already in people's pockets. In addition, the
phones are owned by the learners, not by institutions or large
organizations. This makes an enormous psychological difference
in terms of learners viewing themselves as being in control
of their own learning.
In addition, mobile phone companies are
at last seeing cell phones as miniature Web-enabled computers
in people's pockets rather than as portable telephones. Smartphone sales are soaring, while sales of personal digital assistants
(PDAs) without phone capabilities remain static. The key difference
is conductivity.
Co-written
by Gary Woodill, Ed.D., Director of
Research and Analysis, and Adam Cunningham-Reid,
Researcher at Brandon Hall Research, "Mobile
Learning: The Essential Information for Training Professionals"
provides the key information you need to understand
how mobile learning is changing the face of training.
This
report is a business brief for busy training professionals
who want an overview of the latest developments in mobile
learning. It answers the following important questions:
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- What is mobile learning?
- How can mobile learning be used in training and development?
- What can mobile learning do for a business?
- What problems might I encounter in implementing mobile learning?
- How do I set up and implement mobile learning?
Also
included in this report is a list of available resources — associations, blogs, conferences, journals, newsletters,
videos — available to assist you in your mobile learning
initiatives.
This report provides the key information
you need to expand beyond a desktop-based learning strategy
toward one where people can learn anywhere, anytime.
This report is also available through
a membership to the Brandon
Hall Research Library. |
