[Editorial] Educational Technology Everywhere: Move the Trends on Mobile E-Learning

Taking your learning experiences anytime anywhere - we imagined that 10 years ago. Above the continued development of essential technologies such as 3G, Wi-Fi, iPod or Blackberry, we’ve got infrastructure ready for building the future of mobile learning, why don’t we actually implement it?

Mobile handhelds are easy to be conneted to Internet, but not all the learning contents are ready. And the enterprises also cannot quickly accept the learning deployment from desktop computer to mobile phones, although mobile learning really increasing workforce productivity.

It will take more time to have m-learning integrated in the business. Currently the first step would be the of movement of Adobe’s Flash Lite in mobile platform, which is the core technology for most Flash Player in mobile devices. As one mobile content provider ever requested me about the Flash presentations in mobile devices, the Flash Lite technology could be the point to the future of mobile e-learning.

As Dr. Ellen Wagner said in a recent eLearning Guild article, “We all acknowledge that mobile learning is a many-splendored thing that has the potential to truly rock our professional practice.” We believe the future of mobile e-learning, and start it right here now.