Mobile Matters: Why Learning Professionals Need to Care

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ELI Web Seminar, February 20, 2007 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT); runs one hour

Mobile Matters: Why Learning Professionals Need to Care

Special Guest

Ellen D. Wagner
Senior Director of Worldwide eLearning Solutions
Adobe Systems, Inc.

Ellen D. Wagner is the senior director of worldwide eLearning solutions at Adobe Systems, where she helps set the strategic direction for e-learning solutions for specialized markets, including education. She previously served as senior director of global education solutions at Macromedia, Inc. Wagner’s prior career as a tenured university professor and administrator featured positions at the University of Northern Colorado as associate professor and chair of the Educational Technology Program, academic affairs coordinator of instructional and research technologies, and director of the Western Institute for Distance Education. She was also visiting scholar and project director at WCET, the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunication, a subset of WICHE, the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. She holds a doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Summary

EDUCAUSE Vice President Diana Oblinger will moderate this seminar featuring Ellen Wagner on mobile learning.

Mobile learning continues to focus on using portable computing devices such as laptops, tablet PCs, PDAs, and smart phones with wireless networks to extend learning spaces beyond the traditional classroom. Today’s learning professionals, however, are finding that mobile learning initiatives need more than devices and connectivity to achieve success. This Web seminar will explore the current status of mobile learning, consider lessons learned from successful mobile learning initiatives, and suggest 10 steps learning professionals can take to prepare for the challenges and opportunities of learning anytime, anywhere.

Related EDUCAUSE Resources

Suggested Discussion Questions for the Seminar [PDF 93 KB]
From the ELI 2006 Spring Focus Session, "Mobility and Mobile Learning: The Next Phase of Anytime, Anywhere Learning":

Session proceedings, including the session wiki and podcasts
Session resources, including suggested readings

ELI M-Learning and Mobility Web Page

Additional Resources

Heather Watson and Gerry White, mLearning in Education: A Summary, education.au limited, June 2006 [288 KB PDF]

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