The Power & Potential of Mobile Learning -
When it first started learning, there was a bit of confusion. Today, it's an industry all it's own and is distinguished by clear technology as well as method of designing instruction.
There is no way to make it better than what we've learnt.
With over 50% of United States accessing the internet via a mobile device in 2015, it's crucial that the technology used in learning to play "nice" using mobile devices.
Also, don't ignore mobile learning and you'll be in danger!
The ELearning Guild, a leading professional association in the field of elearning has released a whitepaper in which they discuss the expanding possibilities and impact on the field of mobile learning.
The short report (roughly 27 pages long) offers a case study for mobile learning in today's technological age of education.
The most interesting part for me was the portion that discussed "business impact".
The battle continues to be fought, however it's not as challenging as it once was, given the variety of studies, facts and figures that show positive effects of e-learning for the company.
Yet, I can see a similar challenge with mobile learning.
The section on business impacts of this whitepaper is aware of this issue on page 15:
It's difficult to quantify exactly the return on the investment (ROI) in the use of technology for learning and classes. Mobile technology puts teaching and supporting performance into the process and stays connected to the student at all times, it makes it easier to collect pertinent information.
This report is basically saying that we must be ready to face opposition to initiatives for mobile learning as we've observed within the traditional area of e-learning.
It's the bad news.
However, the most exciting thing is the fact that we are confident the issue can be solved based on the results we've seen in the field of e-learning. It will take amount of time and energy and effort, but we'll see it happen.
The paper is short and interesting study. If you're at all curious about mobile learning, then this whitepaper is worth reading.
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