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. On Target But.

Predictions 64

Predictions Enterprise Flash to HTML5 Conversion Authoring Tools 64

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Samsung Galaxy S is expected to be the first real challenger to the iPad, it runs on Android OS, offers Flash 10.1 Again, the iPad runs only with HTML5, not Flash 10.1. True, the other tablets and Samsung offer Flash 10.1, but they offer HTML5 too. We know that if the browser supports Flash 10.1,

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 69

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Association LMS Association Learning Management System Market 69

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Some items stood out, others continued in an everlasting awful experience (customer and support service – as a whole). Product training becomes real – they interact, engage and see it in real time, rather than a static experience. Custom development shops developing AR apps for customers (business, education, etc.),

Blended Learning 94

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Augmented Reality vendor 94

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Samsung Galaxy S is expected to be the first real challenger to the iPad, it runs on Android OS, offers Flash 10.1 Again, the iPad runs with HTML5, not Flash nor Java. True, the other tablets and Samsung offer Flash 10.1 and Java, but they offer HTML5 too. Same issue occurred with Opera – used Flash and Java.

Flash to HTML5 Conversion 40

Flash to HTML5 Conversion Association LMS Association Learning Management System Market 40

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

So, if you include Facebook like in your LMS, wouldn’t it be logical to assume that people would follow the same approach and mechanism, that they use in the actual real Facebook product? HTML5 will be available on every one of those tablets, plus they will offer Flash (notable exception the iPad). SAP SAAS bombed.

vendor 72

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 72

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JULY 13, 2010

This trend is one of the worst in our industry and while not every vendor does this unscrupulous approach – with the appearance of worldwide dominance (even if they just have a sales office there and no clients), there are enough vendors who do this that it serves as a disservice to potential customers.

LCMS 77

LCMS Trends LMS Social Networks 77

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

So, if you include Facebook like in your LMS, wouldn’t it be logical to assume that people would follow the same approach and mechanism, that they use in the actual real Facebook product? HTML5 will be available on every one of those tablets, plus they will offer Flash (notable exception the iPad). SAP SAAS bombed.

vendor 40

vendor Social Networks LMS Innovation 40