311 We’re Going Mobile! (OK, But How?)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Wednesday, October 24
Mobile
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When you move toward designing and delivering mobile learning experiences, many common questions come up. How do you shrink a complex, computer-based, live learning experience down to mobile size for learners on the go? How can you teach nuanced, sophisticated soft skills to a senior-level audience using a mobile platform? What’s different and challenging about designing mobile courseware?
Designing effective and engaging courses for mobile delivery presents a new set of challenges. In this session, you’ll walk through a process for mobile instructional design that addresses practical solutions to constraints such as small screen size, limited typing, and short learning windows. You’ll also take a closer look at a case study to learn about a design and prototyping process that resulted in a mobile learning solution praised by senior-level practitioners for its ease of use and depth of content.
In this session, you will learn:
- About challenges encountered in mobile course design
- Creative solutions to optimize learning and engagement without sacrificing usability in mobile delivery
- Strategies, techniques, and tips to deliver soft-skills training in a mobile format
- A successful design and prototyping approach to mobile course development
Audience:
Designers, developers, managers, and senior leaders (directors, VP, CLO, executive, etc.).
Technology discussed in this session:
Course design and delivery for iPhone users.
Tammy Berman
Senior Vice President of Design
Socratic Arts
Tammy Berman, PhD, is the senior vice president of design at Socratic Arts, where she oversees and leads projects related to performance improvement for corporations, government, and nonprofit organizations, including learning needs analyses, learning program design, and creating solutions that enable practitioners to get the help they need when they need it most. She has special expertise in the design of learning-by-doing and story-centered learning programs for a range of delivery modalities. Ms. Berman is co-author of several articles and book chapters on designing learning-by-doing educational programs. She holds a PhD in learning sciences from Northwestern University.
Holly Christensen
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Designer
Socratic Arts
Holly Christensen is the chief operating officer and a senior designer at Socratic Arts. She has worked with large global companies, premier consulting firms, the International Organization for Standardization, universities, and other organizations and schools to design and implement story-centered curricula and learn-by-doing programs. Holly has an MBA and over 15 years' experience in the field of education. Prior to joining Socratic Arts, she held several leadership positions with Apollo Group.