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2. Mobile
Learning:
3 Reasons
3 Case Studies
3 To dos
Charles DeNault
cdenault@saba.com
@mathchuck
Sr. Director of Product Marketing
August 28, 2014

3. 3 Reasons for Mobile Learning
3 Case Studies
3 Suggestions on getting started
Questions, answers, and comments are welcome throughout.
Slides will be sent to all attendees.
Agenda

4. Reason 1: Anytime, Anywhere Access
Accommodate Learning Styles. Everyone loves the convenience.

5. Reason 2:
Mobile is the computing platform of choice
• In 2012, 65% of workers surveyed declared their mobile devices to be
their most critical work device.*
• 78% of Facebook access in the US is via mobile
• Phones and tablets offer great performance and are easy to use.
*http://elearninginfographics.com/10-mind-blowing-mobile-learning-statistics-infographic/

6. Poll: How will Mobile Learning fare at your company in
the near future?
• Decrease significantly
• Decrease somewhat
• Remain the same
• Increase somewhat
• Increase significantly
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7. Reason 3:
Your competition is investing in mobile learning
The near future of mobile – source: Brandon Hall 2014
38.7%
48.7%
12.0%
0.7%
0.0%
It will decrease significantly
It will decrease somewhat
It will remain the same
It will increase somewhat
It will increase significantly

8. Case Study: Guitar Center
Saba.com/Blogs – Perfect Harmony June 12, 2014
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“People want to learn on their own terms,
when it makes sense for them.”
– Chris Salles, Director of eLearning

9. Case Study: Guitar Center “More Stories to Tell”
Mobile and Social Learning
• Disseminate information quicker
• Share information among stores
• Collaborate, record and share
• Lack of PCs
“We’re going from 25 SMEs to 12,000!”
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About Guitar Center
• Over 250 locations
nationwide
• 12,000 passionate
employees
• Largest retailer of
musical instruments
and related gear

10. Case Study: Weight Watchers “Moving to Pull”
Why Mobile Learning?
• Nimble and Bite Sized
• Easily access fit with their BYOD
Culture
• Elevate employee engagement
“No one wants a 4 hour eLearning course. They want something
right now, that’s 10 minutes, and they want it to be good.”
– Dan Hoffmaster, Sr. Manager of Learning Technology
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About Weight Watchers
• 25,000 Employees
• Operates in 30
countries
• For over 40 years has
helped millions lose
weight
Saba Case Study 2014

11. Big Global Technology Company “Just-in-Time Learning”
2 Years of Search, Filter, Download
• Phase 1: Smartphone friendly
content (MP4, PDF, PPT) &
community access
• Phase 2: Converting existing e-learning
• Content review board & process
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About this implementation
• 97,000 Partner Employees
• Operating in 166 countries
• 25% usage is mobile
Saba Summit Presentation 2014 • 109,000 content downloads

12. POLL
What do you think your biggest challenge will be with Mobile Learning?
• Infrastructure
• Integrating with current learning programs
• Content (creating or converting)
• Adoption
• Workforce rules (union or part-time)
• Other (please share in chat)
• Not sure

13. Start a Mobile Learning Experiment
• Choose a project – a class, a
process, or community
• Gain familiarity with the
technology
• Learn about content and
behavior
• Use private groups on
LinkedIn or Facebook if no
internal systems are readily
available
“There are no rules here — we're trying
to accomplish something.”
- Thomas Edison

14. Mobile Learning Infrastructure
• Is your LMS ready?
• If not, how about a social
enterprise tool.
• Start building a list of
requirements – must haves
and nice to haves.

15. Sponsor Mobile Access
Will your learners access your
content?
$20 a month buys about 2GB of
data which is a lot of learning
and even more good will

16. Discussion

17. Thank You

18. Want to see more?