M-Learning and sales

M-Learning seems to be the new buzz. Here is an article that addresses it and points some nice uses of the technology. Some of what is described, however, is the delivery of information on demand rather than education yet, m-learning has great potential to serve educational, training, and information needs.

A course (traditional or online) can be extended into the field of practice. Through m-leaning one can appeal to different learning modalities, provide motivation, provide varied experiences as methods of reinforcement, and increasing relevance to the learner. These are powerful enhancements to the traditional learning modes.

Issues that still remain to be addresses are the cost of extra development needed to add m-learning to the educational or training mix; measures of effectiveness, and uptake by end users.

This ASTD article will get you thinking about the possible uses of m-learning to your organization.

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