Mobile learning - Challenges and Opportunities for Security and Defense

Mobile LearningChallenges and Opportunities

Dr. Christian Glahn

Wednesday, 6 March 13

The research related to this presentation has been funded by the ADL Co-Lab and awarded by the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG) under the grant no. N62909-12-1-7022.

The views expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent or reflect the views of any academic, government or industry organization mentioned herein.


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About us Wednesday, 6 March 13

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About us Wednesday, 6 March 13

ADL E-Learning


The world has changed

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What are the benefits of mobile technologies?

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• Always within reach

• Always ready for use

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What are these small devices really good for?

Tiny display


Every Mobile Phone is a Smart Phone

Texting

Camera

Microphone

Speaker Internet connection

Color display

TimersApps

Cheap

USB connector


Our ObjectivesLast Year

• Mobile readiness• Mobile learning prototypes• Proof of concepts


Our Objectives



Mobile Learning Research

Börner et al., 2010


Into which direction shall organizations focus their energy first?


There is no strategic data for this decision


Mobile ReadinessAttitudes and device usage of organizational members • What do they have?• What do they know?• What do they expect?• What would they do?


Mobile Readiness


Mobile ReadinessNeed for Action


We went and askedthe target audience

• 495 Participants

• All ranks

• 13 Strategic Leaders (3%)

• 124 Leading Pos. (25%)

• 72 Instructors (15%)

• 235 Recruits (56%)

• All branches

• All statuses

• 419 Regular corps (85%)

• 6 Reserve (1%)

• 19 Civil staff (4%)

• 50 Conscript (10%)


One important finding


The basic technology expectations are already very advanced

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Our Objectives



How to remove the barriers of mobile learning?


Mobile Learning Research

Börner et al., 2010


Mobler Cards E-Books

The Goal: Integrate existing Infrastructure


E-BooksBetter reading experience than

PDF documents


eBooks can be read anywhere on any device

Reading tools are available for free


We don’t want to write new eBooks

Transform SCORM Content to e-Books

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Mobler CardsFlash Card Learningfor Smart Phones


Continuity of LearningBy Small Exercises


LMS Integrationthrough Educational Technology Standards


Insights and Motivation


Our Objectives



Adaptation Proof of Concept

• Introduction to Nato• Special mobile learning adaptation

• Building Defense Organizations• No special adaptation


Insights

• Transfer is possible • Mobile learning resources need more

attention • Designing for mobile learning helps to

increase quality


Authoring Proof of Concept

• Full day train-the-trainers workshop• 20 ADL professionals from military

academies • Task: Create mobile learning content

with existing tools


Insights• All authors could create training material• All authors could run their material on

their mobiles • Using tools is no problem • Creating sufficient content is time

consuming


Conclusions


We can lower the barriers for mobile learning


Mobile learning needs a lot of effort but this wave is too big to ignore

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