F2 What You Need to Know to Get Started with Mobile Learning
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Tuesday, June 24
Harbor 1
For many organizations, mobile learning has always been a future-focused topic. It dealt with technology that was out of reach, requiring a skill set that the organization did not possess. Even more challenging, there were no best practices to follow and no replicable processes that learning leaders and designers could pull from to adapt for their own organizational needs. mLearning was uncharted territory, and many organizations were tentative. For mLearning, the time to move forward is now. This session will provide an overview of each of the critical areas, giving you enough details on each to help you understand which areas you may need to explore more before getting started. This session also serves as a great kickoff to the Mobile Foundations, which will explore each critical area in greater detail.
Robert Gadd
President
OnPoint Digital
Robert Gadd is president of OnPoint Digital and responsible for the company’s vision and strategy. OnPoint’s online and mobile-enabled offerings support more than one million workers and include innovative methods for content authoring, conversion, and delivery extended with social interactions, gamification, and enterprise-grade security for workers on their device or platform of choice. Prior to OnPoint, Robert spent 10 years as CTO of Datatec Systems and president/CTO of spin-off eDeploy.com. He is a frequent speaker on learning solutions—including mobile, informal learning, xAPI, and gamification—at national and international T&D conferences.
Sarah Mercier
CEO & Strategic Consultant
Build Capable
Sarah Mercier, CEO and strategic consultant at Build Capable, specializes in instructional strategy and learning technology. Sarah is known for translating highly technical concepts and research to real-world practice. She is an international facilitator for the Association for Talent Development and Greater Atlanta ATD Past President. Her innovative learning solutions have been recognized by winning industry awards, such as Best of Show at FocusOn Learning DemoFest for xAPI for Interactive eBooks, and Best Performance Support Solution at DevLearn DemoFest for Critical Success Factors training and assessment tool. Sarah is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and business events on topics such as instructional design and development, accessibility, data strategy, and learning ecosystems. Her work has been published in ATD’s 2020 Trends in Learning Technology, The Book of Road-Tested Activities, TD Magazine, Learning Solutions Magazine, CLO Magazine, and a variety of other training and workforce publications.
