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Introducing New Technology: From Promise to Reality

Allison Rossett

Last year, speaking to a conference of aviation trainers, John Alonso, CTO, OutStart , observed that ninety percent of mobile learning pilot projects he is aware of have failed. The reason was that the implementations were not being driven by a business problem, but rather by the coolness of the technology. Ninety percent!

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Introducing New Technology: From Promise to Reality

Allison Rossett

Last year, speaking to a conference of aviation trainers, John Alonso, CTO, OutStart , observed that ninety percent of mobile learning pilot projects he is aware of have failed. The reason was that the implementations were not being driven by a business problem, but rather by the coolness of the technology. Ninety percent!

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M-Learning: Where’s the app for that?

eLearning 24-7

Outstart, who purchased Hot Lava, a mobile learning company, and who advertises in large size on their web site about mobile learning, doesn’t have an app. iPhone – new ones include Free Conferencing, BT Engage Meeting & Conference Plus. The #1 selling tablet in the world, iPad and its new iPad2 and there are 4 vendors.

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My "Top Ten List" for Mobile Learning News in 2009

mLearning Trends

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. In my opinion, this was the biggest news of 2009 for everyone involved in the enterprise mlearning space. As they say, the rising tide lifts all ships.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Jeff Whitney, Outstart (Interview, strategy). 17th Biennial Conference of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, 2005. Managing Wikis In Business. 17th Biennial Conference of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia, 2005. Need to do the work there first. Manrique, D. & 2, 2005, pp.