mLearning Trends

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The Feature Sets - A Range of Possibility The variety of available mobile devices enables a myriad of potential uses for the preparation, delivery and tracking of learning for mobile workers; and the more capable the mobile device, the wider the array of possible content delivery methods. Content Creation. Training Delivery.

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Social Networks Social Network Knowledge Worker ADL 73

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Back on December 30 2011, I scoped eight predictions ranging from hardware/software to content types and authoring tools to macro-level mobility trends our team felt would influence the market for mLearning products and services for the year and I wasn’t disappointed (or much surprised) about how it all played out.

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Predictions Enterprise Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Tools 64

mLearning Trends

MARCH 27, 2011

The new web-based HTML5 authoring package looks and performs quite well and delivers an impressive array of authoring features that can produce exceptionally nice looking mobile content for the various web kit-based mobile devices and tablets including Apple’s iPad and the full range of Android-based tablets. Check it out here.

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Authoring Impatica Flash to HTML5 Conversion Rapid Intake 97

mLearning Trends

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

By making content available beyond the standard classroom or desktop-delivered experience, Verizon Wireless was able to provide enhanced access to just-in-time training in a shortened time frame via the customized mobile application on users’ smartphones, including Android ®, BlackBerry® wireless handhelds and Windows Mobile ® devices.

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Blended Learning eLearning Guild DevLearn Enterprise 40

mLearning Trends

JANUARY 4, 2010

A RT from Tim Martin at the Elearning Guild brought my attention to a blog posting by Wesley Fryer at Stormchasers about his use of Google Presentation -- part of the free cloud-based Google Docs service -- as a means of distributing mobile learning content to his ecosystem. There's no tracking of who accessed the content and when.

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Google Docs Doc Google eLearning Guild 40

mLearning Trends

APRIL 14, 2010

Instinctively, I reasoned another one of the "Big 10" LMS/Talent Management platform players was finally joining the mLearning party with their own well conceived and highly polished solution for the creation, packaging, delivery and tracking on mobile-friendly content to on-the-go workers via their now omnipresent smartphone devices.

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Saba Mobile Learning Mobile Productivity 43

mLearning Trends

JANUARY 5, 2011

The enterprise learning market witnessed another big consolidation event today as SumTotal Systems announced it acquired GeoLearning thus further positioning SumTotal as the largest platform provider for LMS and talent management solutions in the industry. SumTotal's ToolBook authoring tool, now in version 10.x,

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GeoLearning SumTotal GeoMaestro Toolbook 52

mLearning Trends

JANUARY 3, 2010

In addition, longtime mobile learning tool provider Hot Lava Software was purchased by LCMS platform provider Outstart and interest in their combined offerings was well received. supporting all most major device platforms (save Apple iPhone) will provide improved ways to create and deliver mlearning content to advanced smartphones.

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Mobile Learning News Mobile Social Networks 44

mLearning Trends

JANUARY 10, 2010

Another set of challenges inherent with enterprise mlearning stems from the fact that teams want to prepare, distribute and track the kinds of compelling, informative and visually interesting content their users want/demand but they also need to ensure the content is still easy to create, distribute and secure when deployed out to the audience.

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mLearning Trends

MAY 3, 2010

tend to fit one of four profiles including: (1) business or IT teams from larger enterprise accounts, (2) technical or channel resources from global carriers/wireless providers, (3) application developers and enterprise solution architects, or (4) market analysts, bloggers and techno freaks interested in experiencing what’s hot in BlackBerry.

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Flash Player Enterprise Mobile Learning Mobile 40

mLearning Trends

MARCH 26, 2010

Apple provided a strong "call to action" about a week ago with an email to all developers stating we had until Saturday, March 27th to submit our iPad applications -- developed using the latest Xcode v3.2 Figure 5 - Post content assessment using CellCast testing engine. Never a dull day in the world of mobile learning!

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iPad Simulations Apple Dreamweaver 43

mLearning Trends

APRIL 3, 2010

Send me an email to rgadd @onpointlearning.com and I'll even setup a private account for you and assign several more content examples for you to play around with too. In my next post, I'll provide a guided video walk through of our iPad application and the many features we're excited about.

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mLearning Trends

JANUARY 30, 2013

Enterprise IT organizations started thinking about devices that were fun to use, had more capable features and better web browsers, and provided extensive app ecosystems to meet address unique business requirements.

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Social Networks Case Study iPhone Apple 55

mLearning Trends

JANUARY 20, 2010

Level 2 mLearning content broadens the core messaging capabilities found at Level 1 and enables two-way messaging campaigns to support additional mobile use cases such as mobile testing and surveys, basic data collection and even mobile entertainment.

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Content Server Mobile Summary 40

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 28, 2011

I think case studies from enterprise organizations on the leading edge will abound by year’s end for successful mobile learning initiatives by thus providing the “I want to do what they did!” tiny screens, static content, awkward user experience, others). examples the industry has waited for over the past many years. Prediction #4.

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Social Networks Enterprise Mobile Learning Mobile 80

mLearning Trends

JUNE 11, 2010

CellCast can deliver 18 different kinds of mobile learning content ensuring there are reliable and cost effective ways to reach virtually everyone in an organization's extended ecosystem in one way or another (likely several) from just one integrated platform. A high level summary of what comprises makes our CellCast Solution version 3.x

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Social Networks Solution Innovation Flash to HTML5 Conversion 48

mLearning Trends

JANUARY 2, 2011

I think case studies from enterprise organizations on the leading edge will abound by year’s end for successful mobile learning initiatives by thus providing the “I want to do what they did!” examples the industry has waited for over the past many years. Case studies featuring accelerated ROI with tens of thousands of learners (or more!)

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Predictions Enterprise Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Several more of the Tier 2/Tier 3 LMS vendors also “tossed their hat in the ring” (or towards it anyway) announcing some way of publishing content so it could appear via a mobile browser on the iPhones , iPads and Android device trying to capture a few of their most “loyal fans” in learning land. Validated (“Triple”).

Social Networks 56

Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Flash Player 56

mLearning Trends

JANUARY 6, 2010

Site operators can now focus on content and the user experience while allowing us to ensure that content is available to all users on the most popular Internet and mobile devices." The Cons : This sort of cloud-based offering is ideal for single authors but not necessarily great for content creation teams.

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Media Mobile Learning Mobile Tools 40

mLearning Trends

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

A linked feature story in the update that immediately caught my eye was titled " Best Practices for Creating Mobile Learning Content " and clicking that link shuttled me over to SumTotal's corporate web site where I registered to download their latest mobile-related white paper.

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e-learning vendor vendor SumTotal eLearning Guild 40