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I hadn’t planned on blogging about informal learning today, but an article in Irish e-zine Silicon Republic interested me, and I thought I’d bring it to you.

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Changes in the world economy are forcing corporations to rethink how workers learn. What accounts for the interest in informal learning? Does it work?

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According to a recent Forrester report, enterprises are making smartphones and mobile applications (including m-learning) a priority, and formalizing or executing a mobile strategy is a priority for 49% of North American and European enterprises.
Figure 1 A Snapshot Of Enterprise Mobility Today (after Forrester Inc., 2008)
The ubiquity of mobile devices ensures that [...]

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The ubiquity of mobile devices ensures there is a ready market for m-learning content. Learning designers use information workers’ experiences as consumers

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Before I investigate developing learning content for mobile devices I think it will be useful to conclude my current “list-mania” by describing m-learning in education generally. So, today’s post outlines some of the ways m-learning is being used.
Low-cost mass learning. The mobile phone is the only information device available to citizens in many parts [...]

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In my last post about mobile learning, I looked at the theories and pedagogical strategies that could support m-learning. In today’s post, I will start to catalog the types of learning that mobile technologies and devices can potentially support. This will provide the foundation to discuss using m-learning as one of a number of learning [...]

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In this post, I will look at the some of the learning theories that support mobile learning.

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A colleague asked me recently “do you take somebody’s age into account when designing and delivering training for them?”
As a learning professional in the IT industry, it’s my job to provide learning resources for the employees in my organization. Broadly speaking, my colleagues were born between 1965 and 1982 – the so-called Generation X cohort, [...]

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A colleague asked me recently “do you take somebody’s age into account when designing and delivering training for them?”
As a learning professional in the IT industry, it’s my job to provide learning resources for the employees in my organization. Broadly speaking, my colleagues were born between 1965 and 1982 – the so-called Generation X cohort, [...]

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One of the early evangelists of E-Learning, Eliott Masie, has launched a Ning-based e-learning social network called Learning Town – A Village for Learning Professionals. It’s free and vendor-neutral, so nobody is trying to push their products or services on you (too much: there’s always the odd chancer).
At the time of posting, nearly [...]

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