The Mobile Learning Edge: Tools and Technologies for Developing Your Teams

Engage and teach your team wherever and wheneverthe world's leading e-learning authority shows how your business can take the lead with the latest Mobile Learning technologies and strategiesAccording to a recent study, there's one mobile device for every two people in the world, and the technology making these devices smarter and more connected is improving almost daily. At this rate of proliferation, mobile learning"M-learning"represents the greatest opportunity for training and education since the invention of the printing press. InThe Mobile Learning Edge, Dr. Gary Woodill outlines the most effective methodologies for training and engaging employees on the move. Features: Information on the social media and enabled devices that can serve your M-Learning Concrete strategies for how your business can use M-Learning to train, educate, and instruct anywhere Pointers on information gathering and analysis on the fly; creating effective mobile learning experiences; anticipating future M-Learning needs Using case studies, Woodill shows how you can emulate the successes of corporations like Microsoft, GE, Kraft, and Goldman Sachs in using micro-blogging, cloud computing, mobile gaming, intermodal "mashups," virtual worlds, Collective Intelligence, and other mobile learning platforms to take your business's recruitment, training, communication, and collaboration functions to the next level.Inside: The Mobile Learning Ecosystem Retrieving Information... Anywhere, Anytime Communicating, Interacting and Networking with Mobile Systems Development of Mobile Learning Content and Experiences Mobile Management of Learning, Knowledge and Behavior Alerts Developing a Future-Oriented Mobile Learning Strategy Implementing and Managing Enterprise Mobile Learning Resources for Mobile Learning

Author Profile
Gary Woodill is Director of Research at Brandon Hall, a leading research firm focusing on learning, where he tracks emerging learning technologies for a client list that includes Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, GE, Motorola, Kraft, HP, Goldman Sachs, and Westinghouse, among others.

Preface; Part 1: Overview of Mobile Learning; Chapter 1. The Emerging Field of Mobile Learning; Chapter 2. The Mobile Learning Ecosystem; Chapter 3. Methods for Effective Mobile Learning; Part 2 – The Uses of Mobile Learning in Employee Training; Chapter 4. Retrieving Information: Anywhere, Anytime; Chapter 5. Information Gathering and Analysis on the Fly; Chapter 6. Communicating, Interacting and Networking with Mobile Systems; Chapter 7. Using Mobile Devices for Personal Expression and Productivity; Part 3 – Creating Mobile Learning Experiences; Chapter 8. Designing for Mobile Learning; Chapter 9. Development of Mobile Learning Content and Experiences; Part 4 – The Management of Mobile Learning; Chapter 10. Mobile Management of Learning, Knowledge and Behavior AlertsChapter 11. Developing a Future-Oriented Mobile Learning Strategy; Chapter 12. Implementing and Managing Enterprise Mobile Learning; Appendix A. Resources for Mobile Learning; References; Index