408 Getting Smarter with Smartphones and Tablets
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wednesday, June 10
Strategy
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What is the business case for deploying content to mobile devices? Everyone knows that mobile learning can be used to deliver content no matter where learners are, enabling a far wider reach and greater access to learning than ever before. But time is just as important as place when it comes to offering content on smartphones and tablets. Integrating mobile into your learning strategy really can help learners reach competency faster, but what works best, and how do you make the case?
In this session you will learn how to make the business case for deploying mobile, drawing on research into how people learn. You will explore case studies from organizations that are successfully using mobile strategies to enhance their learning programs. You will leave this session with the ammunition needed to build your own mobile business case for your organization.
In this session, you will learn:
- How successful organizations are using mobile as part of a blended approach
- How other organizations are deploying and updating mobile content
- How mobile deployment can help reduce time to competence
- How to build a business case for mobile strategy
Audience:
Intermediate designers, project managers, managers, and directors.
Technology
discussed in this session:
Mobile learning and performance support apps, tablets,
smartphones, native apps, and DHTML5 web apps.
Imogen Casebourne
Director of Learning
LEO
Imogen Casebourne, in her role as director of learning at LEO, works with the learning design team to ensure that LEO’s learning solutions remain cutting edge and evidence-based. Imogen plays a key role in LEO’s thought leadership program and is closely involved with LEO’s Civil Service Learning (CSL) partnership; her work with CSL was recognized at the 2013 E-Learning Age Awards. Imogen is an expert in the field of learning technologies and is currently studying part-time for a doctorate in education at Oxford University with a focus on the use of mobile technology. Imogen has designed solutions for tablets and smartphones and led the team that won gold for Best Use of Mobile Learning at the E-Learning Awards in 2012.
