Effective and efficient mobile learning: issues and tips for developers
Abstract
Purpose
This paper's aim is to outline trends and recent developments in the design, developments and use of mobile learning.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper uses interviews with key players in the mobile learning development sector, along with complementary research.
Findings
It is found that: mobile learning is developing fast – not just in terms of applications but also in terms of its philosophy and standards; mobile learning can offer great value to learners because it can connect employees to the knowledge and expertise they need, when and where they need it; and new standards, authoring tools and authoring approaches to mobile learning are developing.
Practical implications
Merely transferring classroom based training to “e”, and especially mobile, learning does not really work. New technology, techniques and interoperable standards need to be – and are being – developed for mobile learning.
Originality/value
No comparable articles exist.
Keywords
Citation
Little, B. (2012), "Effective and efficient mobile learning: issues and tips for developers", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 44 No. 7, pp. 402-407. https://doi.org/10.1108/00197851211267983
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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