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Mobile learning, or mLearning, has become a buzzword for L&D teams and educational institutions across the world. And, why not? After all, with billions of world citizens toting mobile phones in their pockets, it was only a matter of time that mobile phones were considered to be the next big thing in education technology. The time has arrived!

Using mobility for learning is not entirely new. Learning and development (L&D) professionals have been incorporating mobile devices into their training plans by making it a supplementary format for accessing eLearning content. But today the trend is shifting from a ‘mobile-friendly' approach towards a ‘mobile-first’ approach.

Learning whenever wherever, has never been easier, with the development of mobile device educational technology. Mobile phones, tablets, handheld computers, and notebooks have become more than mere communication, social media, and gaming devices, they can now be utilized as easy to use and extremely portable means of which to further your education.

With every project is a set of best-practices designed to help prevent committing the same mistakes over and over again. Mobile learning is no different & especially with the increased interest in robust mlearning programs.

Any organization that is considering the possibility of introducing mobile learning (mLearning) in its training programs would have to make choice between a home brewed and an outsourced solution. The decision, however, is not simple or straightforward, as a number of challenges need to be addressed. Those...read more

In an eLearning environment, scores of eLearners, remain chained to their desktops or laptops working with LAN or at the most with WiFi network connections. The same learners, in case of a mLearning environment, could be traveling, shopping or even walking along a city street, offline or with limited data transmission capacities. This simply means that the eLearning website, of so much importance to eLearners, has no relevance now to the m-learner...read more