This presentation will be invaluable for any organisation looking to build a business case for mobile learning and will help to shape an implementation strategy that delivers successful outcomes by considering all the benefits that top learning companies are achieving with mobile learning and their 6 secrets of success.
The presentation draws on the inputs of 500 L&D and HR professionals who participated in the Towards Maturity 2012-13 Benchmark data. Full data analysis can be downloaded in the report Mobile Learning at Work – www.towardsmaturity.orgmobile2013.
The presentations were delivered as part of a series of mobile learning events with Line Communications in Summer of 2013 www.line.co.uk
6 secrets of mobile learning success by towards maturity 2013
1. 6 secrets of m-learning success
Turning mobile learning aspirations
into reality
Delivered as part of a series of Summer 2013
m-learning events in conjunction with
Data drawn from Towards Maturity Mobile learning at work
report-published in conjunction with
Laura Overton
Laura@towardsmaturity org
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2. • Why should mobile capture our attention?
• 6 secrets of mobile learning success
• A helping hand to create your business case
5. Why should mobile capture our attention
in learning?
9 out of 10 organisations
are looking to
integrate learning and work
Data from 2012-132012=13 Towards Maturity Benchmark www.towardsmaturity.org2012Benchmakr
6. What is driving m-learning
adoption?
Delivery
Comms
Engagement
Performance
support
• 67% - support formal
• 53% - as a pc alternative
• 54% - collaboration
• 27% - User generated
content
• 37% - support at point of
need
• 59% - Using own devices
• 61% - Increase appeal to
millenials
7. What is stopping us?
Content-related
Lackof evidenceof benefit
Learnerreluctance/ability
Cost
Organisationculture
Systemand datasecurity
L&D reluctance
Lackof managementbuy-in or clear strategy
Availabilityanddiversityof devices
IT/Architecture
It is
important
to
overcome
those that
we can! It is
time to
walk the
walk not
just talk the
talk
11. 1 100
Top QuartileBottom Quartile 3rd 2nd
In 2012, those in the top quartile are:
7x more likely to report:
Improved staff motivation and employee engagement
Improved talent/performance management
Staff able to apply learning faster
Improvements in productivity
5x more likely to report:
Improved sharing of good practice within the business
3x more likely to report:
Improved ability to prove compliance
Improved induction processes
TMI
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• Reduced critical
incidents
• Increased Mystery
Shopper Scores
• Increase in Food Safety
Scores
• Decrease customer
complaints
• Supplementing face to
face, LMS and extranet
content
• Not e-learning on a
phone
– Contextual support at
the point of need
– Responding to
constantly changing
products and processes
Sonic is a fast food chain in the USA –
data taken from presentation at 2013 Learning Technologies conference in the UK www.learningtechnologies.co.uk
16. 2 Align to business priorities
Don’t take your eye off the ball!
Analyse the business
problem before
recommending a solution
Strategy for technology
enabled learning allows for
changing business priorities
3 ½ x
7 x
17. 3 Understand the learning landscape
Learner
Context
Tablets
Mobile
Social
18. Understanding
your learners
• MATTS compliance training
– 90,000 soldiers every year
– 7 basic modules – converted to apps
• Tests for battlefield casualty drills, fitness etc
– 80% of soldiers owned smartphones
– 30% of training staff!
– Overcoming stakeholder resistance
The Army in conjunction with Intuition won the 2012 Gold award for mobile learning www.elearningage.co.uk
19. Understand the learning landscape
Learner
Context
Support
systems
Social
4 x
to understand
6 ½ x
Aware of how staff use
20. Understand YOUR learning landscape
Learner
Context
Tablets
Mobile
Social
How useful is it to access resources from your mobile?
45% workers - essential or very useful
18% - would be v useful if I could
Are workers willing to use their own devices?
28% use own devices to access resources to help them do their job better
20% would use their own devices if the right resources were available
26%– prefer to keep work and personal iife separate
When do you spend most time using work related apps?
48%- at the point where I need them most
44% at evenings and weekends
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• Royal School of Artillery
• Fire Control Orders
• Clear unambiguous
communication essential
• Complement classroom
• Immersive exercises on
ipad
– Pre-course
– Tracking assessments prior
to f2f
– In class
– Multiuser to link all
students
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10813964
23. Support formal learning
7x more likely to agree L&D
staff have skills to exploit tech
for business advantage
46x more likely to train
trainers to use technology to
extend learning beyond the
class
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5 Enhance performance at the
point of need
• 6 ½ x more likely to
offer staff access to job
aids online or via
mobile
• 15 x more likely to use
defined performance
support practices to
support learning
transfer after formal
training
29. Building your business case
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%
Organisational Productivity
Managers report business benefits
Organisational Revenue
Faster application of learning
Peer recommendation
Postive changes in behaviour
NonMobile Users Mobile Users
30. A checklist for success
Embrace mobile as part of a mix
Keep aligned to business priorities
Understand your learning landscape
Support formal learning
Enhance performance at the point of need
Communicate and connect
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Mobile learning – 6 secrets of
success
www.towardsmaturity.org/
mobile2013
Becoming a top learning
company
www.towardsmaturity.org/2
013benchmark
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For the first time in history technology is set to outnumbers humans on the planetSales of smartphones and tablets set to overtake PCsMore likely to access internet via mobile BYOD will account for 62% of devices used in office by 2014 with senior managers most likely to be bringing in!By 2016 estimated 350 m workers will use smartphones http://www.upsidelearning.com/infographics/why-mobile-learning-is-the-future-of-workplace-learning/
How do we move from talk to action
This session draws on the 2012-13 benchmark research www.towardsmaturity.org/2012benchmark
Investing in maturityOver the years the benchmark study has identified 6 work-steams that consistently correlate back to delivering business impact and staff impact for organisations.2200 organisations have now been through the TM benchmark from across the private, public and not for profit sectors and we have found that the work streams influence results regardless of sector.In 2010 we have used organisation’s feedback on where they stand against previously identified best practice to compile a new Towards Maturity Indicator – a single benchmark figure which gives a measure of an organisation’s implementation performance against the 6 implementation workstreams.The Towards Maturity Indicator gives a composite index measure on a scale of 1-100 to provide a single measure to benchmark your organisations implementation maturity.The new TM indicator allows us to compare the results and behavior of those in the top quartile of best practice with the averages across the sample to understand how implementation behavior influences results.So do these practices deliver?Some are more successful than others because they do more of these things!
The TM Index allows us to compare the results and behaviour of those in the top quartile of best practice with the averages across the sample to understand how implementation behaviour influences results. The TMI was first defined in 2010 now over 1000 organisations have a TMIIn 2012, we found that those in the top quartile of implementation best practice (as identified by the TMI) were at least three times as likely to report the following benefits as those in the bottom quartile. Comply with new regulationsImprove induction processReduce time away from the jobReduce training costs7 times more likely to Improve staff motivationImprove talent/performance managementImprove employee engagementIncrease ability to tailor programme to needSpeed up application of learning
Compared with the bottom quartileMore than 3 ½ x as likely to analyse the business problem before recommending a solutionAlmost 7 x more likely to agree that strategy for technology enabled learning allows for changing business priorities
How fertile is the ground within your organisation?How willing are your staff to share?Willingness to use own devices – tablet and PC?Familiarity with social media and working with apps?What barriers do you need to navigate?
Top learning companies are 4 x more likely understand the support systems available to staff and 6 ½ x more likely to agree that they are aware of how their learners are using social media (outside of L&D) to share ideas
Data from the ongoing Towards Maturity Learning Landscape study www.towardsmaturity.org/learner (N=700)
3.5 x L&D staff consider the ‘course’ as only one of many options for building skills and performance7 x more likely to agree that L&D staff have the right skills to design solutions that exploit learning technologies to business advantage46x more likely to train classroom trainers to use technology to extend learning beyond the classroom
Top learning companies are 3.5 x more likely agree that L&D staff consider the ‘course’ as only one of many options for building skills and performance,7 x more likely to agree that L&D staff have the right skills to design solutions that exploit learning technologies to business advantage and 46x more likely to train classroom trainers to use technology to extend learning beyond the classroom
Top learning companies are 6 ½ x more likely to offer staff access to job aids online or via mobile15 x more likely to use defined performance support practices to support learning transfer after formal training
Not to forget the mobile device as a communications toolTop learning companies are 5x as likely to help staff locate in-house experts when they need them
Not to forget the mobile device as a communications tool5x as likely to help staff locate in-house experts when they need them28 x more likely to encourage learners to share experiences and solve problems using online social media tools34 x more likely to agree Our learning technologies enable learners to communicate and learn from each other
Top learning companies are28 x more likely to encourage learners to share experiences and solve problems using online social media tools
Business benefits34% of mobile users report that e-learning has contributed to improvements in organisational productivity (vs. 20% of non-mobile users)47% of their managers report additional business benefits (32%)25% report it has made a significant contribution to increasing organisational revenue (20%)Staff benefits29% of mobile users agree that learners put what they learn into practice quickly (vs. 24% of non-mobile users)31% report that learners recommend e-learning to colleagues to improve job performance (24%)26% have noticed positive changes in staff behaviour (18%)