Chapter 10: Mobile Learning

In most organizations, mobile learning is becoming the norm for e-learning and forms a crucial part of the learning and development strategy. Mobile learning gives your team more flexibility whenever and wherever learning takes place; it offers self-directed and independent learning, supports on-the-job training, boosts micro-learning, and engages with the millennials in your team. Mobiles are typically used for consumption and communication, rather than authoring and administration.

Moodle has released an app for iOS and Android that allows users to interact with a Moodle Workplace system. The app is best suited for learners and supports key functionality for participants to access course content, receive notifications, upload data, monitor progress, and interact with other users. The Workplace app is an alternative to accessing Moodle via a web browser on a mobile device (smartphone or tablet) and has the advantage of being specifically designed for...