Is Mobile Learning a Reality Now?

In his blog for Upside Learning, Simon Meager asks whether mobile learning has become a reality rather than a prediction.

There does seem to have been a shift in favour of performance support. Mobile devices have become tools for providing access to information at the point of need. For example, Ford is delivering support to front line sales teams via iPhones and iPads.

From an instructional design perspective, we still need to determine the context and apply the method that best suits the need of a project. Referring to Gottfredson’s Five Moments of Learning Need, mobiles may perform better as learning aids rather than learning for the first time, but it is clear that this is not a passing fad and mobile devices have become a valuable addition to the learning space.