The Impact of Mobile Technology on eLearning

Linda Steedman

CEO, eCom Scotland

Rapid Expansion of Mobile Technologies

• 57% of global population use mobile devices.

• China, India, US, Brazil, Russia, Japan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Germany and Nigeria account for 55% of the global usage of mobile phones.

• Over 100 million mobile subscriptions in the above top ten countries (2012).

• China has over a billion subscribers.

• Nigeria passed the 100 million mark in November 2012.

Growth of the Smartphone Industry

• Specialists in learning management and workforce competence solutions.

• Smartphones are categorised into four camps: Android, Apple, Windows and Blackberry.

• High speed mobile broadband via wireless increasingly available.

• Smartphones now widely used to browse internet.

• Safer ways of deploying content via local storage apps are being developed all the time.

Mobile Learning Transforming the Delivery of Education and

Training

• Mobile technology is changing how we access

information and communicate.

• Encouraging greater use of the technology to

deliver eLearning and assessment materials.

• The courses now resembles learning apps.

• eLearning on mobile devices used as

performance support tools for formal and

informal learning.

What 2013 Will Bring for eLearning Industry?

• The eLearning market is maturing with increasingly sophisticated offerings.

• New mobile devices will drive the market into fashion trends that will affect how we work and communicate.

• Austerity will bring more innovation within education sector.

• Learners will continue to use resources at work, on the move and at home.

• Responsive design will expand rapidly.

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Corporate eLearning in 2013

• Huge gaps in staff technical knowledge will

be met by cost-effective eLearning with

eAssessment.

• Costly in-house open-source projects will be

replaced with on-demand licensed models.

• Many companies will move to generating a

better return for their investment through

using open-source projects.

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