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A learner may take notes on her phone and later transfers them to a laptop where she adds images and shares the document online with her study group.

a podcast to view that visually explains the concept.

tudents create flashcards that they can access from their handheld computers at home.

lm video using their cell phones and transfer it to a computer for editing.

so he instantly accesses the article about Watergate online and views the Watergate complex on an interactive map.

mobile learning provides increased options for the personalization of learning

there are plenty of opportunities for formal and informal learning, both inside and outside the classroom.

Learners that harness the power of these tools can be more productive and have resources for learning when and where they are needed.

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we need to design and deliver content to play across any mobile device, giving them just enough information, at just the right time, anywhere they choose to work

there are two types of user for mobile learning — the “considered” user and the “trigger” user.

The considered user downloads and views learning material, on their regular commute for example, in the same way they would read a business book. They actively contemplate the material and adopt a reflective frame of mind in order to take a close look at their job

onsidered learners, mobile learning is as a refresher of things they learned in a more extended formal training event, including face-to-face training (as Figure 1 suggests), synchronous e-Learning, asynchronous e-Learning, or even study of printed information.

hey actually would like to have specific top-of-mind and refresher learning “on-demand” minutes or even seconds before they will need to use it. This indicates that learning should not be days or even hours long but broken down into “nano” blocks of learning.

For trigger users the mobile device can act as a retriever for procedural memory

Examples would be running a creative meeting or induction of new employee, or a more complex skill such as restructuring a team

These moments are the optimum times to get new or refresher content. Our aim is to facilitate this, to enable people to make the most of those key inflection points.

This change in how we can use mobile devices to access training-on-the-go

We no longer need all the applications loaded on our hard drive. Instead we can use the mobile device to call down the content as and when we need it.

A mobile device is a smart way of retrieving what you have learned, especially close to the time when you need to apply it

The videos can be accessed via intranet, Web, and mobile phone networks, giving learners the ability to pull down content when and wherever they need it, and in a format that is meant for use on the go

Mobile learning won’t ever replace other venues for training, but the technology, and more importantly the content, can be used to make it so much more effective.

The trigger user responds to contextual situations that require action. The number of trigger users seen in organizations has been increasing in recent years. They tend to be pressed for time. They check and send e-mails as they walk down the corridor between meetings. The mobile device is both the symptom as well as the potential cure for this type of user.

ou can also create screencasts on sites like Screenr in under an hour by recording voice over still images, screenshots, and slides.

Whatever type of video you create, make sure it’s short

The easiest way get started is simply to embed your videos on your Web site

you’ve got the videos playing on your site, make sure they are easy to share by adding a “share this” button on each video so that viewers can pass them along via Twitter (), Facebook (), and other viral channels

they even embedded a signup form right on the demo page to collect registrations. You can also use services like Wistia to share a video with prospects and track how they interact with the video.

The power of video is that you can show prospective and existing customers your product instead of just telling them about it.

Make sure your videos can be viewed on many different devices.

If a video is worth sharing on Twitter, it’s worth making it mobile-phone-friendly,” since 40 percent of Twitter users access the service via mobile

Your customers want video, so give it to them!

Employees can then access training when it is convenient for them, at home or in the office.

The biggest benefit of eLearning, however, is that it eliminates the expense and inconvenience of getting the instructor and students in the same place.

Web-based products allow instructors to update lessons and materials across the entire network instantly.

Training Magazine reported that technology-based training has proven to have a 50–60% better consistency of learning than traditional classroom learning

With 24 x 7 access, people can learn at their own pace and review course material as often as needed. Since they can customize the learning material to their own needs, students have more control over their learning process and can better understand the material, leading to a 60% faster learning curve

electronic learning solutions can offer more collaboration and interaction with experts and peers as well as a higher success rate than the live alternative.

Teaching and communication techniques which create an interactive online environment include case studies, story-telling, demonstrations, role-playing, simulations, streamed videos, online references, personalized coaching and mentoring, discussion groups, project teams, chat rooms, e-mail, bulletin boards, tips, tutorials, FAQs, and wizards.

can try new things and make mistakes without exposing themselves.

After a failure, students can go back and try again. This type of learning experience eliminates the embarrassment of failure in front of a group.

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