Considering a mobile learning initiative at your institution – then read this — from livinginthe4thscreen.com
There is a great post over on the LearningDigitally.org Blog about starting a mobile learning initiative at your institution. According to the article the first thing you have to consider is:
“will the learners be consumers of content, producers of content, or both?”
The next thing to keep in mind according to the author of the article, Judy Brown, is:
“We need to look instead at the capabilities unique to the new technologies. Look at the devices students are using every day, look at what these offer.”
I couldn’t agree more. Instead of trying to move people to a particular platform, use the one they already are comfortable with.
Under the heading of Decisions to Make the article lists the following…