There are many opinions, myths, and facts that surround what mobile technology can or cannot do to influence, educate, and enable users. The problem is that many adult-learning professionals do not understand mobile technology and often end up developing a curriculum that fails to take advantage of mobile’s strengths or even ends up highlighting weaknesses.

In this session, you will learn the basics of how mobile technology works and a broad understanding of the options you have, like native mobile vs. responsive HTML5, custom vs. out-of-the-box, etc. You will learn how to ask the right questions and even call bunk when your IT department says such-and-such “isn’t possible.” You will learn tips, tricks, and what mobile usage habits mean for effective training content.

In this session, you will learn:

• About the basics of mobile technology
• What questions to ask the IT department
• How mobile usage habits will affect the success of your training content
• From examples of custom mobile solutions that have successfully transferred knowledge and improved the formation of positive habits among users
• How to find a community of experts who can answer your questions
• What questions to ask L&D pros who also are mobile developers

Audience:
Novice to intermediate designers, project managers, managers, and directors.

Technology discussed in this session:
HTML5, iOS, Android, Articulate Storyline, laptops/desktops, smartphones, and tablets.