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Challenges of Mobile Learning in Security and Defense Learning Christian Glahn Mobile Instructional Design
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Todays Training and ADL Practice in Security and Defense Organizations Mostly learning facts Content Centric Multimedia Summative Assessment
Todays Training and ADL Practice in Security and Defense Organizations Mostly learning facts Content Centric Multimedia Summative Assessment Well supported by SCORM
The world has changed
No Desk No Laptop Mobile Messy Quick Always online (almost) Personal
Challenges for Mobile Learning in Security and Defense Organizations
High Demand of Higher-order Procedural Skills and Knowledge Complexity of international support and intervention Desktops are often unavailable Content is difficult for training for complexity Complex collaboration and cooperation
Militaries supply their soldiers with smartphones Not only for ADL Makes a good vehicle for ADL Traditional ADL wont work – too desktop oriented
Need for Continuous Training, Repetition, and Timely Updates Gaps between training and application Higher order competences are hard to drill Context of application Assimilation of knowledge and skills Greater flexibility and mobility
New Forms of Assessment IMS QTI wont work out of the box Good for testing facts Cumbersome for mobile use No support for assessing complex processes
Training becomes Performance Support Facts are easy for just-in-time delivery Anytime access to reference material Implications for training facts
More Audiences for Security Learning
Real Time Strategic Information Mobile social media Security issues become of wider concern Need for timely and contextualized data
Ongoing work on Mobile ADL
Mobile ADL Initiative ADL Mobile Learning Handbook Judy Brown & Jason Haag (2011) Technology adoption Devices Technology constraints Content adaptation
Mobile Research at ISN Strategic forecasting of technology availability Integration with existing ADL infrastructure Mobile Demonstrators
Christian Glahn International Relations and Security Network (ISN) ETH Zurich slideshare.net/phish108
11 th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning mLearn MOBILE LEARNING IN CONTEXT Helsinki, Finland October Call for PapersSubmissions until 30. May Call for Workshops Submissions until 30. April 2012 Visit:
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