Only a few short years ago, when mobile devices were still mainly cell phones and music players, the thought of a mobile revolution supplanting the computer revolution seemed distant. However, we have seen a major shift in the way we use communication technologies mainly because wireless access to the Internet has improved dramatically and major investments have been made, and continue to be made, in mobile hardware and software. What will the immediate future of mobility look like? Desktop vs. Mobile OS. Desktop vs. Laptop vs. Netbook vs. Tablet. MORE >>

How our January 2010 Predictions Played Out! As we reach the first anniversary of this blog’s introduction, we thought we’d take stock and figure out how things are going by revisiting our list of predictions for enterprise mobile learning in 2010. So here’s the tally for "runs batted in (or attempted)" during the 2010 mLearning season. As predicted, the methods and tools needed for mobile content authoring and delivery also matured a generation or two over the “season” and a few new use cases for mobile learning appeared too. A.K.A. Maybe next year. MORE >>

Mobile devices are used to consume media of all types, but the Pew Research Center reports that news is the number one thing that Americans access on their devices. We use our mobile devices frequently, but for short periods of time in most cases and that follows the byte-sized model so news may be a natural fit. We may be able to take a lesson from news sources as we create our mobile learning. It doesn’t appear that news sources spend a lot of time thinking about the formatting of their mobile content. MORE >>

Here are 10 of the more recent articles and blog posts that I have read concerning mobile learning. 2) 7 Things You Should Know About Mobile Apps for Learning : An article by Educase discussing the value of mobile apps in teaching and learning. 10) Why Mobile Innovation is Blowing Away PC’s : A Techcrunch article comparing innovation trends between mobile devices and PC and a discussion about why mobile will surpass PC’s. Links to the other 3 reading lists: Mobile Learning: A Brief Reading List. MORE >>

In just a couple of hours time (= reading through the pdf ) I could pinpoint mobile learning inside Bloom’s framework and I could see where some defaults were located within some of the mobile cases I have co-developed. For example: as mobile learning is on the rise, more voices add to the idea that mLearning has been focusing too much on the technology and not enough on the learning process (at least if you sift through the papers). If you ever did a Bloom analysis on any of your mobile learning or eLearning projects, let me know, I would love to read up on them. MORE >>