Designing Mobile Learning Tools for Adult Learners

Integrating Technology Colleagues,

The XPRIZE Foundation today has published a short, potentially very useful summary of advice to developers on designing successful instruction apps for adult basic skills (including ESOL/ESL) learners. Designing Mobile Learning Tools for Adult Learners may also be interesting to adult educators. Here's the link:

As you look at the advice, what are you especially glad to see? What's missing? What other thoughts does this advice suggest to you?

David J. Rosen, Moderator

Integrating Techology CoP

djrosen123@gmail.com

 

Comments

I think it's pretty comprehensive and helpful. Appreciated the recommendation to not require e-mail. Also warning to not add more advanced features just because they are cool/sexy if they aren't actually proven to be helpful to a learner. Because of the nature of the competition they didn't include this, but I'd like to see having the ability to access learning content both online and off.

Thanks for sparking the conversation, David!