Working America is a national organization that represents working families on a wide variety of issues. Some of those issues are national. But some – from unemployment in New Mexico to union rights in Ohio – are highly local. So Working America uses locally targeted mobile outreach to make sure they’re sending their messages to only the people who care about them. targeted local text message can reach local members when urgent political action is needed. For one example, a recent Michigan Senate bill proposed diverting state public school funding to for-profit online “cyber schools.” MORE >>

Last week, the Sierra Club held a call with White House staff about some of their most critical issues: wind and solar power. Calls like this are an important way to make an impact – and they become more powerful the more constituents get involved. To encourage maximum participation from their base, the Sierra Club sent a text message to their supporters on the day of the call. The message let their member base know when the call was taking place – and, more importantly, gave members an instant and easy way to get involved with the issue. So joining the call was just a few button pushes away. MORE >>

I attended a session by Aaron Silvers, Community Manager at Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL). The session interestingly was titled ‘Design of the Possible: Powered by the Tin Can API’. Given below is a short summary of what I gathered from this session and is my first impression. Post the summary I also raise a few questions. Skimming through the session notes and reading about Tin Can, some of these questions have become stronger. Summary: Tin Can is designed to provide a common data storage for learning experiences across a number of devices/platforms/media/information systems. MORE >>

Chad Udell's breakthrough book, Learning Everywhere, guides readers through developing a content strategy for creating successful mobile training. Featured Strategy Chad Udell Learning Everybody mLearnCon 2012 mobile learning mobile learning authors mobile learning books mobile learning content strategy mobile learning expert mobile training performance support MORE >>

Yesterday Microsoft finally unveiled its new tablet called Surface. It seems to have made a solid first impression , which is good news for Microsoft given this one represents several firsts for Microsoft. thought it looks stunning especially with the Windows 8 UI. Will it help Mobile Learning? see it making a big push in mobile learning because Microsoft Surface simply makes integration of mobile devices into an existing ecosystem much easier. The ‘Type Cover’ is also a great little innovation that’ll allow you do more with this tablet. MORE >>