Mobile Learning

Mobile Learning Solutions for Modern Employee Training

Just-in-time, at the point-of-work

With the multiple roles our mobile devices play today—our go-to for scheduling, our personal library for healthy meal prep, or even a means to re-center through a mindfulness app: everything’s literally a click away. And so could be your organization’s learning initiatives. Enter mobile learning.

While it’s worth noting that not all training subjects are conducive to being packaged as ‘mobile learning’ (say, complex procedures that have a psychomotor aspect involved that need a coach or instructor), we believe in the immense potential of mobile learning for self-directed initiatives. Something that can help employees lead their own learning and development journey: anytime they want, anywhere they’d like, and at the point of work.

Mobile learning is ubiquitous, it’s flexible, and apt as a solution if you’re looking to place the power of learning where it belongs—in your employees’ hands. A multifaceted solution, mobile learning hits the mark if what your business needs is a quick series of microlearning nuggets, a short practice activity disguised as a light game, or an app to drip-feed timely learning bytes.

Mobile learning can be much more than just mobile

The popularity of personal devices as learning tools is here to stay, and we can help you explore the opportunity to the fullest—beyond just making your content mobile. We help you take it to the sweet spot between instructionally sound, visually appealing, and technically robust. Here’s how:

We design the experience.

Our instructional design expertise helps us be mindful of the affordances of a mobile device as the vehicle.

We design for meaning.

When it comes to mobile-friendly visual design, we partner with you to strike the balance between aesthetics and purpose.

We design for performance.

Whether there’s a custom platform involved, the latest tool you’d like us to use, or an app with offline support you want to build—it’s about designing for performance.

Finally, when we think mobile learning, we have your business goals and employee needs as top priority, and can help you make the most of mobile delivery. Some of our offerings best suited to the mobile channel are Performance Support, Microlearning, and Games and Gamification.

Solution Spotlight

A Fun, Digital Game to Brush up on Workplace Compliance Regulations

The Challenge

Finding an engaging solution to present tedious content related to internal compliance training.

Our Solution

A fun digital game inspired by board games, steeped in a tried and tested ‘game-based learning’ approach.

Benefits of the Solution

An engrossing way for the learners to breeze through serious content, without missing out on crucial learning points.

An adaptable solution that helps businesses introduce a culture of compliance within the organization in a meaningful way.

A personalized game-based journey designed to make dry policy subjects easily palatable.

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Mobile Learning for On-the-move Staff

The Challenge

An intervention beyond just a policy document to emphasize guidelines for safe commutes to and from work.

Our Solution

A visually-rich, mobile-friendly solution to instantiate safety guidelines when commuting with company transport.

Benefits of the Solution

Illustrated scenes to contextualize common safety risks and concerns.

A conversational, natural tone of writing to express the key message.

A Light, on-the-go digital solution to encourage adherence to safety guidelines and transport policies.

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Related Insights

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mobile learning, or mLearning, refers to the use of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets to provide training and educational resources. Because it allows employees to access learning resources at any time and from any location, this strategy is suitable for today's flexible, mobile workplaces.

Mobile learning increases productivity, engagement, and retention since employees are more remote, mobile, and scattered than ever before. By enabling learning to take place during working hours, it makes training available, ongoing, and flexible.

Mobile formats are effectively used for compliance training, product updates, sales facilitation, microlearning, soft skill development, and leadership training. Delivered via mobile devices, brief, focused learning sessions lasting five to ten minutes are highly effective.

Mobile learning has the potential to greatly improve information retention and engagement rates with careful design. Offering staff members modest, scattered learning opportunities allows them to participate when it is most convenient for them. This method may eventually help achieve corporate goals by improving customer service quality, ensuring compliance, and increasing sales success.

Indeed, while developing contemporary mobile learning systems, security and compliance are prioritized, notably adherence to data protection requirements such as GDPR. Secure authentication, role-based access, and data encryption all help to preserve vital instructional resources.

It sometimes reinforces them, but not always. One essential component is mobile learning. It sometimes strengthens them, but not always. An essential part of a blended learning approach is mobile learning. Companies have more flexibility than conventional approaches to reinforce and maintain learning over time.

Workers in manufacturing, retail, logistics, and field services who might not have regular access to computers or sit at desks might benefit greatly from mobile learning's just-in-time knowledge and skill development opportunities.

Effective mobile learning functions effectively on web browsers, iOS, and Android because it is device-agnostic. It can be disseminated via commercial communication platforms, smartphone applications, and learning management systems (LMS).

Gamification, interactive material, scenario-based learning, video learning, assessments, and real-world applications all help learners engage more deeply. The finest mobile learning environments are visually appealing, simple to use, and customized to meet the needs of the students.

With over 20 years of expertise, Upside Learning specializes in mobile-first learning solutions tailored to the needs of organizations. We help organizations create compelling and successful mobile learning experiences that influence behavior and provide quantifiable outcomes, whether for onboarding, compliance, leadership, or sales training.

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