Role of Instructional Designers in Mobile Learning

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Role of Instructional Designers In

Mobile Learning

Mobile LearningMaking the training content accessible on mobile devices to cater to the learners’ needs on the go.

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Platforms to deliver Mobile Learning

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- Steve Jobs

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

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Factors GoverningMobile LearningDesign

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Supporting devices

Resolution used

Screen size

Responsive design architecture

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Mobile LearningDesign ?What’s usually

missed?

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Robust Instructional Design for Mobile Learning

1. Define the Learning Need

• Is it new learning content?

• Is the purpose reinforcement of learned content?

• Is there a need to provide a quick refresher on the go?

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Key Aspects

• Design the content for point-of-use.

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While travelling

During idle wait times

When a quick refresher is needed

2. Design Bite-sized Learning Components

Key Aspects

• Know the kind of templates that support the chosen authoring tool.

• Avoid interactions like drag n drop that aren’t best suited for small screens of mobile devices.

• Avoid designing heavy graphics, videos, and animations.

• Balance push versus pull learning components to give the learner more control and choice.

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3. Adapt Your Design for a Consistent Learning Experience Across Devices

Key Aspects

• Each nugget of learning needs to be short, relevant and precise.

• Focused on one learning objective, each existing as a standalone component.

• Instructionally, this requires a design approach same as used in the Learning Object model.

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4. Cater to Short Attention Span and limitations of ‘Learning on the go’

Key Aspects

• Use crisp graphic, statistics and/or a question to work as an attention grabber.

• Use appropriate terminology such as ‘tap’ and ‘swipes’ instead of ‘clicks’.

• Write short and precise sentences instead of paragraphs of text.

• Use visual images, infographics, and animations, where possible, to convey message.

• Provide links wherever more depth of content is needed.

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5. Using an Appropriate Style of Instruction

Key Aspects

Creating effective storyboards for mobile devices is not difficult,

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just different.

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