THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET OF MOBILE TRAINING

Mike Yonker, President, Learner Mobile @theyonks/@learnermobile mLearnCon Expo June 19th, 2013

“INSANITY: DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER

AGAIN AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.” – ALBERT EINSTEIN

INTRODUCTION

Me First Mobile Project,1998 Today’s Reality

THE WORLD HAS CHANGED, HAVE WE?

SETH GODIN, THE ICARUS DECEPTION

MOBILE’S UNIQUE CONFLUENCE OF CAPABILITIES

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MOBILE’S OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE

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BITE-SIZED IN-THE-MOMENT IN-CONTEXT

THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET

FRANK ZAPPA

PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO GO THROUGH 4-HOUR TRAINING COURSES ON THEIR MOBILE PHONES.

MOBILE’S OPTIMAL ROLE IN TRAINING

WEIGHING SOME ALTERNATIVES

COSTLY, SLOW PRINTING

AND SHIPPING

BUSY EMAIL

INBOXES

GHOST-TOWN SHAREPOINTS

AND WIKIS

THE 70:20:10 MODEL OF LEARNING

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70% on-the-job

experiences, tasks, and

problem solving

20% feedback and from working around good or bad examples of the need

10% courses and reading

“CAUSE CHANGE AND LEAD; ACCEPT CHANGE AND SURVIVE;

RESIST CHANGE AND DIE.” – RAY NOORDA

MOBILE TRAINING DESIGN SUMMARY

IS NOT Same Content

Scheduled

Verbose

Stationary

Formal Learning (as much)

In Silo

eLearnings

IS Contextual

In-the-moment (on-the-job)

Bite-sized

On-the-go

Informal Learning

Collaborative

Performance Support

QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU mike.yonker@learnermobile.com @theyonks/@learnermobile