How do you implement mobile learning?

If you’ve considered the above and think mobile is a good move for your organization, you now need to actually do it. Here’s how:

Step 1: Create a mobile training strategy

A mobile training strategy has three parts:


1. Audience: You need to determine your audience for mobile learning content and whether they really need it. When creating your mobile training strategy, ask yourself a few questions: Do we have a remote/mobile workforce that could benefit from point of need training? Do we have a technically savvy workforce that will actually use mobile training?
2. Content: For the content component of your strategy, decide between the two types of mobile learning described above (eLearning courses vs. performance support). Don’t do a combination of both for your first outing; pick one, or you’ll get overwhelmed and do neither of them well.
During this stage, you’ll also have to make decisions on what you want to achieve with content, how you plan to measure that, and what success actually looks like.
3. Platform: Your platform decision should be pretty straightforward, but it’s important nonetheless. Determine which platform would work best based on what your audience has access to and what type(s) of content you want to deliver. Do you want people to access the content via smartphones or tablets? iPhones or Androids? 

Step 2: Create content/courses

Tools for Developing Web Apps

iUI: Bank of America built their mobile web app on the iUI framework. It supports both iOS and Android devices. It includes a JavaScript library, CSS, and images, as well as support for external themes and extensions.
jQT: A “Zepto/jQuery plugin for mobile web development on the iPhone, Android, iPod Touch, and other forward-thinking devices.” jQT includes themes, extensions, and snazzy animations.
iWebkit: Exclusive for iOS devices, iWebkit is a simple HTML editor that includes plenty of templates, as well as plugins for Drupal and WordPress.
Adobe Captivate 7: A well-known course-authoring tool, this program allows you to publish courses using HTML5 as web apps that are accessible through mobile browsers. Adobe Captivate 7 includes a library of HTML5 animations.
Claro: Another course authoring tool that allows you to publish courses online using mobile-compliant HTML5. Includes pre-made mobile themes, as well as the whole range of assessment functionality you would get in a desktop course.

Step 3. Deploy content/courses through mobile

Deployment is fairly straightforward. For educational course content that’s purely intended to boost performance (as opposed to course content that you need to track and score), publish your web app to your website and make sure your trainees are aware of the URL. Likewise, if it’s a native app, submit it to one of the app stores, or use a service to distribute it yourself in-house.


 

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