“We need to create an app.” This is the line that kicks off many mobile learning projects. But mobile learning is about much more than just the app itself. In order to deliver a successful mobile learning project, you need to understand the full spectrum of mobile app development: from technology, to your learners, to what makes sense for delivery on mobile devices, and more.

In this workshop you will explore the knowledge and tools required to ensure your mobile development projects will not only succeed, but do so with great results. You will examine the options for mobile delivery, and what to consider when designing and testing you mobile projects. You will learn how to optimize your assets (audio, video, etc.) for mobile devices. You will leave this workshop with practical knowledge that can be immediately applied, from understanding the landscape of mobile, to sketching concepts, prototyping your ideas, testing, and gathering feedback to developing and delivering your solutions.

In this session, you will learn:

• How to choose the best mobile delivery option for your audience needs
• How to design, prototype, and test your mobile offering prior to full development
• How to prepare and optimize assets from audio to video to content
• How to use HTML5 and PhoneGap to deliver to your browser and create native apps for more flexibility and lower costs
• Best practices for ensuring a successful project
• How to make sure mobile is a fit or how to determine what part of a project is best delivered for mobile
• When to think about mobile and how to deliver tools, content, and performance support

Audience:
Novice and intermediate designers, developers, and project managers with a basic understanding of mobile.

Technology discussed in this session:
Mobile, HTML5, native apps, interactive documents, audio, video, PhoneGap, coding.

Student technology needs:
Marvel (free mobile app), POP mobile app (free), Adobe Creative Suite (trial or full version), PhoneGap (free), Audacity (free), and Handbrake (free).