Although there are a number of examples of mobile learning and performace support here on this site, the most common question in sessions and from trainers unfamiliar with mobile learning is about examples. For example, "Show me what you can really accomplish (or learn) with one of those small screens."

Unfortunately many of the best examples are proprietary and the owners consider them to be their competitive advantage.

So, while continuing to seek out and post examples, I decided to put together a demo for input and to track the time required to create it. Not a finished project, but a good draft completed in about 3 hours is now available at http://crisisresponse.mobi . Check it out and give us your feedback. We'd love to hear your suggestions for improvement.

Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, has produced an interesting video of their campus with all students using the iPhone. The 17-minute "Connected: The Movie" video is available on iTunes U or from the ACU site .

"What might a university look like with a fully deployed program of converged devices like the iPhone? Connected is one possible vision. This fictional day-in-the-life account highlights some of the potential benefits in a higher education setting when every student, faculty, and staff member is "connected." Though the applications and functions portrayed in the film are purely speculative, they're based on needs and ideas uncovered by our research - and we've already been making strides to transform this vision of mobile learning (mLearning) into reality."

On their site they also have outlined their case for mLearning, case studies and an initial list of applications. This is definitely a group that "gets it" and one which we will be following. Great job, ACU!

I received the following in my email today as a Google alert:

A Consultant in Your Pocket -- AthenaOnline Delivers Free Mobile ...

PR Web (press release), WA - 9 hours ago AthenaOnline announced today that they have released their entire library of short leadership advice videos SmartBytes for use on 3GP cellular phones. ...

When I click on it, I get automatically sent to http://www.myquickcoach.com with no mention of their mobile library being available for free, however the full press release is also available here in PDF. It states "With almost 1,000 videos it is the largest body of management training content currently available for mobile learning. What’s more, Athena announced that the mobile SmartBytes will be made available absolutely free through a special cell phone site that they have set up."

Although it says that the iPhone version is coming, I was able to access some of the videos on my iPhone, but not on my Windows Mobile device.

Note that this appears to be very good content from some known experts which is normally available at $325 per person, per year.

If you have a 3G phone, please go to www.SmartBytes.mobi and advise your experience.

I have to assume that they are giving these away free for now to build mobile learning credibility, but that will change once the demand builds. What do you think?

The Consumer Electronics Show has just concluded in Las Vegas. As a MASIE Learning Fellow, I covered the show for Learning TRENDS. I was interviewed by Elliott Masie via a PodCast and prepared three reports which you can access at: http://www.masieweb.com/CES2008-coverage. (The second covers more learning related topics.)

The CES show was all about hardware with lots of mobile devices, but for the mlearnopedia readers some of the things that stood out for me included:

• The progress and status of NFC (Near Field Communications) using the Nokia 6131 NFC, about which I will blog soon
• Bug Labs "build-it yourself" mobile devices showcased and shipping in March
• MyRapidMD's ESP which provides critical medical information on your cell phone when you need it most
• Ease of use of new devices, such as a wearable video camera or a camera with automatic wireless uploads of photos
• The new Nokia N95 with the preloading of a QR reader

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