910 Matching Tech to Task: Solutions for mLearning and Beyond
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Friday, June 12
Strategy
502
Instructional designers are constantly in the process of considering which tools to use in order to best meet the training and development needs of their clients, customers, or learners. Without carefully reviewing the affordances of technologies, instructional design professionals could negatively impact the effectiveness of their educational intervention, lose time, or create a poor design.
In this session you will be provided with a framework and just-in-time mobile resource for determining how to match available mobile and learning technologies to their ultimate learning objectives. You will learn why each technology has its advantages and disadvantages. You will understand how choosing the wrong technology can lead to frustration and unnecessary time expenditures, and can negatively impact the user experience. You will leave this session able to optimize the tool selection process, and be more prepared to meet the training needs of their end users.
In this session, you will learn:
- The affordances of different technologies
- To evaluate and reflect on your beliefs about technological affordances
- The theoretical framework of technological affordances
- To use the Tech Select Decision Aide to a scenario based problem
Audience:
Novice and intermediate designers, developers, project managers, and
managers.
Technology
discussed in this session:
HTML5, Adobe Captivate, Android/Chrome, iOS, and Powtoon.
Helen Fake
Learning and Development Consultant
Grant Thornton
Helen Fake is a learning and development consultant with Grant Thornton. An experienced change management catalyst, she has integrated organizational training and knowledge management at companies like ICF International, Billy Casper Golf, and the International Trade Administration. From instructor-led courses to eLearning programs, Helen embraces multiple delivery methods to encourage adoption of enterprise-level software packages.
Nada Dabbagh
Professor
George Mason University
Nada Dabbagh is a professor and the director of the learning technologies division in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She holds a PhD in instructional systems design from the Pennsylvania State University. She teaches graduate courses in instructional design, eLearning design and pedagogy, and cognition and technology. Nada’s research focuses on the pedagogical ecology of learning technologies with the goal of understanding the social and cognitive consequences of learning systems design. Specific research interests include interaction design, personal learning environments, case problem generation and representation in problem-based learning, supporting self-regulated learning in online learning, and leveraging social media for personalized learning experiences.
