SA106 Using Mobile and the xAPI to Capture and Track Real World Experience
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Tuesday, June 24
New Directions Stage
Even after the best training courses, the real learning of how to apply skills and knowledge happens on the job. Although learning professionals recognize the benefits of learning on the job though informal and social methods, they struggle to implement it. The problem is that it is very difficult to track informal and experiential learning, to hold people accountable, and to support the process of situated learning. Mobile technology, in conjunction with the Experience API (xAPI) is making it possible to manage, capture, and optimize learning experiences in the real world. In this session you’ll see how to take advantage of mobile technology—especially the “sensors” in a phone or tablet (e.g., camera, audio recorder, GPS)—to manage, capture, and track learning experiences on the job. You’ll see examples of how organizations are using mobile devices to support learning of technical, leadership, sales, and professional skills.
Marty Rosenheck
Chief Learning Strategist
Cognitive Advisors
Marty Rosenheck, PhD, CEO and chief learning strategist at Cognitive Advisors, provides talent development, learning experience design, and learning technology ecosystem consulting. He is a thought leader and sought-after consultant, speaker, and writer on the application of cognitive science research to learning and performance. Marty has over 30 years of experience. He has created award-winning learning experiences, designed learning ecosystems, developed cognitive apprenticeship programs, built performance support systems, conducted needs assessments, specified learning paths, constructed virtual learning environments, and developed formal, informal, and social learning strategies for dozens of nonprofit and for-profit organizations.