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There’s a definite movement towards delivering learning on tablets and mobile phones. It is quite common these days to get client requests for delivering elearning (meant for traditional desktops) or mobile learning (meant for mobile phones) solutions on tablets too. Is that a good idea? I think a more consciously chosen approach for tablets would be better in most cases, while sometimes just publishing to multiple devices may be suitable. Tablets are very different from the PCs or mobile phones. When it comes to delivering learning on tablets they are quite unique because:

“A minimalist approach allows the learner to zoom in on what is important and on the details, as the design elicits emotions and reactions,” said Carmen Taran in her “Psychology of Absence: The reality of less in mLearning” session at mLearnCon 2010. “What the learner pays attention to wins, and what the eye pays attention is what the learner learns.”