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. So, what does this move mean to the enterprise mobile learning market?

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mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2012

As 2012 draws to a close, its time to evaluate how in focus my lens on the future of enterprise mobile learning proved to be this past year and how many of my year ago predictions hit their targets. Prediction #1 - Mobile Learning Goes Mainstream. Here’s the analysis of how it all played out. On Target But.

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Predictions Enterprise Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Tools 64

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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mLearning Trends

JANUARY 6, 2010

The net result : faster, cheaper and more capable devices as more easily adopted by mobile learners and enterprise workers and, when so equipped, they will help drive demand for more and better mobile learning. Tags: Apple iSlate smartphones mobile learning Android mlearning CES. Apple's Tablet Emminent Debut.

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mLearning Trends

JANUARY 26, 2010

Until recently, this type of content, while easily accessible over the mobile web, was actually one of the most difficult types of learning to try and deploy out to a mobile device. As with elearning, HTML provides a platform to create content from the simplest of page-turners to a highly interactive learning experience.

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mLearning Trends

JANUARY 27, 2010

Content in either of these formats has the ability to engage, convey and capture a mobile user, and therefore the higher the production value the greater the impact the content will have. Several popular 3rd party tools are available across every desktop platform to assist authors in capturing and producing high quality media content.

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mLearning Trends

JANUARY 19, 2010

Up to 140-character “texts” sent via this method are actually considered “high value” content by the recipient and are normally read/responded to faster than any other form of mobile communiqué. Level 1 Content Types All the options here are simple yet powerful. Type 1: Learning Reinforcement. Type 2: Serialized Content Delivery.

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mLearning Trends

JANUARY 21, 2010

Level 3 extends the mobile learning experience by providing users with anytime/anywhere access to audio-based content without needing a smartphone device or standard MP3/iPod-style media player. To help measure understanding and knowledge retention, voice-based CellCasts Sessions can include spoken word assessments (e.g.,

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mLearning Trends

MARCH 26, 2010

And while we've had a CellCast Widget for iPhone and iPod touch devices for about a year a half, the new iPad platform drove some interesting changes and helped us evolve our offering for this next generation mobile learning device. Never a dull day in the world of mobile learning!

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mLearning Trends

APRIL 6, 2010

In the video, we demonstrate how a combination of iPad-compatible M4V videos, MP3 podcasts, animated PowerPoint presentations and other mobile friendly web content are pushed down to a secure learning framework and enriched with tracked assessments, targeted messaging/notifications and mobile-accessible social networking platforms.

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mLearning Trends

JANUARY 25, 2010

Reference and performance-related material can empower an employee to perform tasks with a minimum amount of external intervention or training, and when deployed via a mobile device, in “drip-feed” format, has the potential to significantly increase information retention. access, encryption, security) services.

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mLearning Trends

APRIL 3, 2010

Better yet, we're the only sanctioned iPad application listed whenever a iTunes user searches on "mobile learning" or "m-learning" in the iTune App Store -- a situation that's certainly going to change in the coming days though as others jump on board the new device train.

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mLearning Trends

JANUARY 18, 2010

As active practitioners and consultants for enterprise mobile learning initiatives, a frequent question we get asked is “What kinds of tools can you recommend to help us test our mLearning content before we release it to our mobile workers?” But the bigger your audience is, the greater your challenge can become.

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mLearning Trends

MAY 3, 2010

platform coming sometime in Q3 2010. For mobile learning developers and users alike, these advances and the new devices that will run them will help to ensure the BlackBerry remains a leading device in the smartphone arsenal for mobile learning delivery. also slated for delivery later this year.

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mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 28, 2011

It’s time once again to take stock of what happened in enterprise mobile learning and see if any of my 2011 predictions hit their intended targets. 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!”

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Social Networks Enterprise Mobile Learning Mobile 80

mLearning Trends

JANUARY 6, 2010

Their mission, as stated on their corporate web site, is as follows: "Until we launched Encoding.com in the summer of 2008, video platform operators had two choices: inflexible encoding software or expensive hardware encoding appliances. Or they can change/edit these core templates to meet their own specifications.

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Media Mobile Learning Mobile Tools 40

mLearning Trends

JANUARY 2, 2011

It is time once again to ponder the research, extrapolate on recent experience, and attempt to read the tea leaves so we can predict the future of enterprise mobile learning in 2011. Mobile Apps Become Essential to Enterprise mLearning. mLearning Engagements Expand. Device Diversity is the “New Normal”.

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Predictions Enterprise Social Networks Flash to HTML5 Conversion 85

mLearning Trends

JUNE 11, 2010

We're pleased to report the adoption and use of mobile learning by enterprise customers has been accelerating throughout first half of 2010 -- yeah!!; One of the true value propositions of the CellCast Solution platform is the broad reach achieved from basic feature phones on one extreme to advanced smartphone devices on the other.

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mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 27, 2010

As we reach the first anniversary of this blog’s introduction, we thought we’d take stock and figure out how things are going by revisiting our list of predictions for enterprise mobile learning in 2010. On balance, it was an interesting year and there were far more expected outcomes than there were actual surprises. Validated (“Triple”).

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mLearning Trends

JANUARY 2, 2010

While I'm quite familiar with where mobile has come in the educational space, and our experiences have some nice overlap, the reality is our "world view" is very focused on how businesses seek to leverage mobile technologies to educate, inform and connect their workers, partners and extended business ecosystems. Mobile Who?

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