Post on 06-May-2015
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The Impact of Mobile Technology on eLearning
Linda Steedman
CEO, eCom Scotland
Rapid Expansion of Mobile Technologies
• 57% of global population use mobile devices.
• China, India, US, Brazil, Russia, Japan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Germany and Nigeria account for 55% of the global usage of mobile phones.
• Over 100 million mobile subscriptions in the above top ten countries (2012).
• China has over a billion subscribers.
• Nigeria passed the 100 million mark in November 2012.
Growth of the Smartphone Industry
• Specialists in learning management and workforce competence solutions.
• Smartphones are categorised into four camps: Android, Apple, Windows and Blackberry.
• High speed mobile broadband via wireless increasingly available.
• Smartphones now widely used to browse internet.
• Safer ways of deploying content via local storage apps are being developed all the time.
Mobile Learning Transforming the Delivery of Education and
Training
• Mobile technology is changing how we access
information and communicate.
• Encouraging greater use of the technology to
deliver eLearning and assessment materials.
• The courses now resembles learning apps.
• eLearning on mobile devices used as
performance support tools for formal and
informal learning.
What 2013 Will Bring for eLearning Industry?
• The eLearning market is maturing with increasingly sophisticated offerings.
• New mobile devices will drive the market into fashion trends that will affect how we work and communicate.
• Austerity will bring more innovation within education sector.
• Learners will continue to use resources at work, on the move and at home.
• Responsive design will expand rapidly.
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Corporate eLearning in 2013
• Huge gaps in staff technical knowledge will
be met by cost-effective eLearning with
eAssessment.
• Costly in-house open-source projects will be
replaced with on-demand licensed models.
• Many companies will move to generating a
better return for their investment through
using open-source projects.
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