The federal government faces numerous circumstances that make adopting and offering mLearning, training, and performance solutions challenging. There are also expectations that government products should be made available to the public. In light of that, the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative, a Department of Defense initiative focused on furthering distributed and remote learning, training, and performance support in government and in civil society, will provide an overview of various mLearning projects and their open source products.

In this session you will be introduced to several mLearning, training, and performance support applications and collaborative projects, as well as some examples that will inspire solutions for your own mobile challenges. You will be introduced to tools and resources that you can use for mobile projects and in instructional design processes. You will also learn how you can participate in various efforts that are pioneering the future of learning technology.

In this session, you will learn:

• How various government projects and mobile application solutions are approaching unique mLearning challenges
• Of various ADL-sponsored efforts to advance learning technologies, including mLearning
• About ways that you can participate in communities that are advancing mLearning
• About tools and resources that support mLearning design, which are available for inclusion in your own projects

Audience:
Novice designers, developers, project managers, and managers.

Technology discussed in this session:
Transition Assistance Program personal assistant mobile performance support and training application; Joint Knowledge Online mobile course and learning resource delivery mobile application; and other mobile applications, if necessary.