Corporate Showcases
 

“Mobile, personalized and collaborative learning: BlackBerry solutions” By Larry Bensadon, Global Strategy Sales Director, BlackBerry Spain

Abstract

RIM will present their system applied to education, showing examples of university social networks made specially for a Spanish University, as well as a new tool we are launching that is meant for internal communication/training. Mlearning both, for the student and for the corporate worlds.


 

"Optimum Design and Deployment Approaches for mLearning Content" By Oliver Black, Account Director, Skill-Pill M-Learning

 

Bio

Oliver Black is the Account Director for Skill-Pill M-Learning. He has coordinated a number of mobile training and communications projects for clients in the U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa. A fan of all things mobile, he works with Skill-Pill’s developers to design innovative mobile solutions which enhance employee engagement, communications, and training and development.
 

Abstract

 

For the first time ever, handheld devices allow us to impact learners within the context of skills application. Traditional campus approaches focus on “push” knowledge – instilling information into the user – but mobile devices are creating the opportunity to fundamentally change the design approach to learning. This session examines the rationale behind and the opportunities presented by a market-based approach to learning where the context and the upcoming event become the primary characterizers of the learning experience. This also means that we need to trust users to self-diagnose their skills gaps, retrieve the right content to help them deal with the upcoming challenge, and report back.

This case-study session will examine content that updates (utility), that aims at better performance (productivity), and that engages emotionally with the user (immersive). You’ll learn about a “pull” rather than a “push” philosophy, and how to shift an L&D department from broadcast to receiver mode. You’ll learn how to assess the types of material that will best work in a mobile environment.

In this session, you will learn:
• What does and doesn’t work in terms of content design

• The specific rigors of a market-based approach to content design

• A “dabbing” rather than a “slabbing” approach to content formatting

• How to blend “push” and “pull” content effectively

• Why mLearning is more of a new philosophy of learning than just a new channel

• The step change that mLearning can really represent in learning – if it is worked properly

Audience: Intermediate. Those engaged in or considering designing materials for a distributed workforce or for those “on the go,” as well as those considering using mobile as part of a business or organizational transformation strategy.

Technologies discussed in this session: Video compression and distribution, SMS/WAP Push, widgets, security, assessment and diagnostic tools, all mobile platforms [RIM, Android, Apple, etc.]