For me, it shifts the focus from ‘Training’ to ‘Performance Support’. In my interactions with various business owners & training managers I’ve found a performance support initiative gets the management nod more easily as compared to a training initiative. Evidently, the management believes the advantage of a performance support initiative is immediate, and promises better ROI. It can be adapted to become your performance support agent at work. Examples of Workplace Learning (Performance Support) Apps. Let me explain why I think that way. Why Mobile? MORE >>

The next few years of the enterprise mLearning landscape were focused on supporting mobile workers equipped with nearly ubiquitous BlackBerry smartphones from Research in Motion; sure, there were some new Apple iPhones out there and Google had just introduced Android into the market but real companies needed real devices with real security so most organizations sought to leverage those BlackBerry populations for their mobile learning needs. Oh what a difference a few years makes, eh? popular four or five years ago. MORE >>

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Several more of the Tier 2/Tier 3 LMS vendors also “tossed their hat in the ring” (or towards it anyway) announcing some way of publishing content so it could appear via a mobile browser on the iPhones , iPads and Android device trying to capture a few of their most “loyal fans” in learning land. From our own experience, enterprise mLearning engagements were more complex and multi-faceted given the fact the average deployment was bigger, more varied in terms of content and devices supported, and customer/partner expectations were far higher. lack of Flash support). A.K.A. MORE >>

Mixed emerging technology integration lab ( METIL ) 5 ideas: mobile performance support authentic learning and mobile empowering constructivism spacing effect (mobile enabling interval-based learning, reinforcement and retention) learning theory mashups (mobile, web2.0, mobile performance support Knowledge objectives: because you do not need learning objectives for some needs. symbol demonstration: qr security access codes. Socio-constructivism example Abilene Christian University: ACU connected: gave iPhones to all students. liveblog notes from the conference. MORE >>