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Mobile Learning - Beyond the HypeDr. Allen Partridge | Sr. Technology Evangelist, eLearning

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Our Session today will blend the historical, practical and theoretical <– in that

orderAnswering the call of the masses without losing your marbles

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Mobile learning evolution

Screens, scrolls and fingertips

A look ahead along the path

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In their natural environment, humans are curious & inquisitiveYou might call them natural learners

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In their natural environment, humans are curious & inquisitiveYou might call them natural learners

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of workers

declared their mobile devices to

be their most critical work

device.

Sources: iPass Global Mobile Workforce Report 2012, The 2011 Horizon Report,

Studyblue’s user base of 1 million students, Intuition.com, eLearninginfographics.com and Adobe data

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In their natural environment, humans are curious & inquisitiveYou might call them natural learners

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of mobile learners

praised the convenience and

time management benefits.

Sources: iPass Global Mobile Workforce Report 2012, The 2011 Horizon Report,

Studyblue’s user base of 1 million students, Intuition.com, eLearninginfographics.com and Adobe data

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In their natural environment, humans are curious & inquisitiveYou might call them natural learners

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Mobile learners study

minutes more each week by

studying everywhere they go**

Sources: iPass Global Mobile Workforce Report 2012, The 2011 Horizon Report,

Studyblue’s user base of 1 million students, Intuition.com, eLearninginfographics.com and Adobe data

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Mobile Learning has a very long history of successIt’s perfectly natural

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Today there are more than 7.29 Billion people in the worldFewer than half (42%) are Internet users

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That’s about Olympic-sized

swimming pools full of M&M’s

Enough for several hungry

teens.

Source: The Washington Post

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Today there are more than 7.29 Billion people in the worldFewer than half (42%) are Internet users

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There are billion

unique mobile users. (And even

more connected mobile

devices.)

Source: We Are Social

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Today there are more than 7.29 Billion people in the worldFewer than half (42%) are Internet users

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Most researchers agree that slightly

more than of all web traffic

today is coming from mobile devices

Source: IDG

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Today there are more than 7.29 Billion people in the worldFewer than half (42%) are Internet users

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In a 2014 IDG Survey, of

respondents reported using their tablets

during evening hours to research for work

Source: IDG

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Experts cite rising pressure from the public as the impetus for changePeople find pre-mobile technologies frustrating and cumbersome

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What differentiates mobile learning?Is there significant added value in making eLearning available on mobile devices?

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Learn anywhere

Learn anytime

Move while

learning

Location becomes

a tool

Touch computin

gTilt or flip

Interact with

others

create images &

video

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Check out my companion article to today’s sessionhttp://adobe.ly/1hNOpue

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Still not

convinced?

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What changes for eLearning authors and developers?How do we craft learning for mobile?

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Responsive Web Design vs. Responsive eLearning

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What are Breakpoints?It’s all in the sliding

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What is Viewport Size?http://viewportsizes.com/mine/

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Captivate’s Law of Inheritance ;)

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What’s next for mobile learningExpanding our canvas for learning

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Location Aware LearningThe ultimate field guide

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Fun with AccellerometersThe ultimate field guide

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AppificationEase of Use becomes hygiene

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Big DataIntelligent Analytics / Integrated Awareness

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Bring Your Own DeviceFreedom to use your own begins to dominate over 1:1 and unified initiatives

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GamificationThey’ve never known non-interactive

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Social LearningEasily integrate communication and interactive learning

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Video Based LearningContinued acceleration and democratization of video

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