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Apple iPad Disappoints eLearning Industry

Upside Learning

I have great respect for Apple as an organization particularly because I use an iPhone and I think the iPhone has definitely become one of those game-changers in the smartphone world and by a large margin. The iPad was supposed to be better and bigger than the iPhone, closer to a computer and much more than just a phone.

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iPad for eLearning

eFront

I have read several articles about iPad for eLearning and I believe that we are missing the point. Why iPad was created? iPad was not created for supporting eLearning and (or) mLearning instead it was created as a media device that supports books, magazines, newspapers, games, music, video and web access. The answer is simple.

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Apple iPad: Who Is It Really For?

Upside Learning

A Google search on ‘Apple iPad’ throws up an excess of 30 million results! Clearly the Apple iPad has drawn much applause and an equal amount of criticism in the last few weeks. You can’t disagree that the iPad looks very cool. Let’s start by looking at this promotional video from Apple.

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Seven Ways to Use the iPad for Workplace Learning

Upside Learning

The iPad is here. Here at Upside our camp is divided, there are iPad lovers and there are iPad baiters. The lovers are typically Apple fan-boys who are crazy about anything Apple, so their devotion to any bit of technology that Steve Jobs throws into the market is taken for granted.

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So…How Do You Build eLearning For iPads?

Upside Learning

A good starting point is our blog post – 5 Rapid Authoring Tools to Publish Courses For Your iPads – where we talk about some of the authoring tools that can be used to develop HTML5 courses for iPads. Naturally, Apple have their own – the iBook Author, an eBook authoring application. Let’s keep this simple.

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Benefits of Apple iOS Compatibility with Bigtincan

BigTinCan

Since 2015, Bigtincan has been a member of the Apple Mobility Partner Program. Our team worked closely with Apple’s design team to design our platform, ensuring our sales enablement tools run seamlessly with iOS, and has the look and feel of a native iOS application. What is Apple’s Mobility Partner Program?

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Another Tablet Computer – Blackberry Playbook

Upside Learning

While it’s still early to say, this tablet seems a marked improvement over the iPad (which we were quite disappointed with). The Playbook comes with a camera, a fast processor that enables true multitasking and a fully featured browser. As a contrast to the Apple iPad, this browser supports Flash.

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