learners don’t color

within the lines

@seanbengry#mLearnCon

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About today’s learner…

What is the capitalof Ethiopia?What is the population of Ethiopia?What is the weather forecast of the capital?

Who is the president of Ethiopia?

“If we were sent back with a time machine, even 20 years, and reported to people what we have right now and describe what we were going to get in this device in our pocket — we’d have this free encyclopedia, and we’d have street maps to most of the cities of the world, and we’d have box scores in real time and stock quotes and weather reports, PDFs for every manual in the world…You would simply be declared insane,” Kevin Kelly

distractedgeneration?

What, Where, Who, When? (wiki, blog, app)How? (wiki, blog, video)

Need more? (ask an expert, network)Want to be an expert? (formal education)

We are living in a Learner Centric World

Why an isolated mLearning strategy may not work…

The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.Phil Woosnam

We fall into the trap of what we already know. Mobile technology is a disruptor.

We need to be a little uncomfortable, and listen to our people.

Mobile first may work for website design, but it doesn’t work for instructional design

We need to be clear on what we mean by

“mLearning”.

A Learning Strategy

Business Outcome

Learner Knowledge and Skills

Content

Design

Tech

Reduce Procurement Costs by 5%

Explain Total Cost of Ownership

Definition of TCO,example of TCO

Easy to access, read anywhere

Wiki, Video

people do not learn like this

it’s more like this

Mobile learning will complement and extend skill development and performance within the context of a multi-modality delivery of learning experiences to our clients.

Mobile learning is part of our overall strategy.

learners don’t color

within the lines

@seanbengryseanbengry@gmail.com