E-Learning Provocateur

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All hail the electronic calf

E-Learning Provocateur

Insofar as these themes relate to e-learning, the obvious parallel for me is the undue influence of Apple. The shining light of mobile learning. Don’t believe the hype - The ultra effective marketing campaign by the Apple folks would have you believe that the iPhone is the most popular smartphone in the world.

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The 4 S’s of mobile design

E-Learning Provocateur

Given that smartphone sales are estimated to exceed PC sales by the end of this year, and mobile Internet users are expected to exceed desktop Internet users soon after, I have finally concluded that the time is ripe for mobile learning. Who knows… maybe Apple will do a backflip and start playing swf’s after all?

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M-Learning’s dirty little secrets

E-Learning Provocateur

Apple’s incompatibility with Flash is widely known, but then there are the audio and video formats to consider. For all the rhetoric in the LMS market about mobile learning, IMHO they are designed principally for the desktop. Oh the quirks! Moreover, I think I would have been going down the wrong track.

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The joy of UX

E-Learning Provocateur

Another lesson learned. Apple goodies don’t come with a user manual because they don’t need them. After I grandfathered my colleague to Step 3, he held out his smartphone and pointed it at the image like a lightsaber. He read the instruction to “point” his device literally.

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