TAAC XIhttp:// eLearning is Dead Long Live mLearning! Steve Howard (MSc) Magnolia Multimedia

TAAC XIhttp:// Long Live mLearning! Introduction – Who am I? What is mLearning? What Sort of Devices? What Sort of Content? Other Applications Tools Play Time!

TAAC XIhttp:// Who Am I? Steve Howard Authorware Developer since 1997 Independent Contractor since 2001 Owner of EuroTAAC since Adobe Community Expert – Authorware and Flash Mobile and Devices I am A MAD ACE

TAAC XIhttp:// What is mLearning? Delivery of content to Mobile Devices Short Lessons Small Files Web Based? Corporate University School Consumer

TAAC XIhttp:// What Sort of Devices? Laptop PDA Phone SmartPhone Blackberry iPOD Portable Media Player UMPC (Ultra-mobile PC “handtop”) FlyBook, Origami, OQO, DualCorFlyBook OrigamiOQODualCor But we are talking about pocketable devices today! Other?

TAAC XIhttp:// What Sort of Content? Text HTML PDF Video Mp3/PodCast Flash “Just In Time!” SMS !!! “Texting occurs within and between nearly every social situation—driving, going to the theatre, attending classes—despite the abhorrently kludgey interface” (Bryan Alexander 2004) Voice recognition, Text-to-speech Interactive? Engaging? “Navigation on mobile devices is cumbersome and time-consuming because of their limited screen size ” Stephen J.H. Yang et al (2003)

TAAC XIhttp:// Ex Lib: no “lack of didactic fantasy” Training developers often lack the imagination to produce engaging interactive training. “In fact engaging content [on PDA] is entirely possible, but it requires more advanced tools than HTML” Steve Howard (2006)

TAAC XIhttp:// Other Applications Self-made Training Context-aware Convert existing web- and desktop-based training Elementary School Collaborative Learning – wireless classroom interaction Blogs Wikis Spacial Context - Museums, Conferences MobiLearn Project

TAAC XIhttp:// Tools C, C++, Java, eVB, eVC.NET – Compact Framework, Micro Framework HTML, PDF, Word, PowerPoint Flash Flash Lite 1, 2, (2.1 Brew, WM5) Video tools The devices themselves!

TAAC XIhttp:// Playtime Let’s take a few minutes to look at what devices you have, what I brought and look at a couple of applications.

TAAC XIhttp:// Thank You If you have any additional questions, please me