The Importance of the Learnerâ??s Environmental Context in the Design of M-Learning Products

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Title

The Importance of the Learnerâ??s Environmental Context in the Design of M-Learning Products

Description

As mobile devices, such as PDAs, iPods, and mobile phones become more common, corporations are turning to mobile learning to improve employee performance. Todayâ??s m-learning designers often tend to borrow design ideas from their e-learning experience; many designs attempt to re-fit e-learning methodsâ??even e-learning productsâ??to a small screen. I suggest here that designers would be better served by considering the entire context in which learners will use a particular m-learning program. In this paper I describe two examples of m-learning designs that go well beyond the idea of refitting e-learning to a small screen and illustrate how these designs make use of the learnerâ??s environmental context. Finally, I propose a set of contextual factors designers should consider when designing m-learning products.

Creator

Guralnick, David

Source

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008)
1865-7923

Publisher

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

Date

2007-12-04

Rights

Copyright (c) 2017 David Guralnick

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Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Non-refereed Article

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Citation

David Guralnick, The Importance of the Learnerâ??s Environmental Context in the Design of M-Learning Products, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria, 2007, accessed November 22, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/820

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