Float Mobile Learning Research Papers TM

The path to determining the ROI for mobile learning can be difficult to understand and develop. Many learning professionals are accustomed to the fact that a good portion of the metrics that they use deal with human factors and are not as concerned with the impact to the bottom line that their training creates. It is critical that both qualitative and quantitative measurements are considered and developed in order to create an accurate picture of the costs and benefits of the mobile learning project.

If your enterprise wants to implement successful mobile learning, then adhering to a proven methodology gives the best opportunity for success. Defining, designing and implementing a mobile learning system in a large company is most likely to be a complex, costly and political process.

This document helps clarify that process, helping you go through what can be a challenging stage in creating your mobile learning strategy.

The mobile phone for use in emergencies has increased almost six times over the past five years in central London. In fact, nearly three out of four people believe it would have taken them longer to contact emergency services without a mobile phone.

This analysis of research is similar to what appears throughout this environmental scan. Several methods of emergency communication are explored. Additionally, we discuss the delivery of medical and healthcare services in emergencies, as well as how personnel can train for emergencies using mobile apps.

Nearly a third of physicians say their hospital or practice leaders won’t support the use of mobile health devices, according to an analysis of research performed in this environmental scan.

That’s not a surprise, given the many functions of those involved with medical practice or hospital management. This research assembles many of those items, explaining what concerns management personnel should address at each level. Additionally, several mobile apps are discussed that may assist in the facilitation of medical practice and hospital management.

Only 11 million hospital beds exist in the developing world. Contrast that number with the 2.2 billion mobile phones, suggesting that mobile health solutions may be the best available option for many people.

Many new technologies exist in consumer health and are discussed in this environmental scan. The combination of rising healthcare costs and the digital revolution has resulted in a sort of “do-it-yourself” healthcare system, in which people are turning their attention to their overall wellness, treating themselves, or allowing other care-givers to take part in the process. This environmental scan takes all of these scenarios into account while looking at many of the technologies that make them possible.

Four out of five doctors are now using smartphones and medical apps for support in their hospitals and practices. Mobile learning is providing just-in-time assistance to medical professionals on the job. Doctors and staff can now reference information with a few taps of a finger that used to take much longer when sorting through books and folders.

This environmental scan discusses mobile learning, how it can be used as performance support, and looks at 30 apps from which medical professionals could benefit.

Experts predict a majority of physicians will own mobile devices in 2012 (80%+ by some estimates). About a third already own an iPad, according to a 2011 survey, and roughly the same amount plans to purchase one within the next six months. That’s rapid adoption for a piece of industry revolutionizing technology.

This environmental scan discusses the benefits, issues, and challenges of mobile learning in healthcare, and explains the ways in which the devices can be used as continuing education tools through electronic textbooks, podcasts, and apps.

It is notoriously difficult to accurately predict the future. The further away the envisioned future is, the more difficult the prediction becomes. In the realm of technology, we are generally able to forecast developments, over the next 3 to 5 years, and sometimes longer. So, where are we now and where are we headed?

Based on the history and development of the present generation of both mobile health and mobile learning, we think that mobile learning in the health field is in 1) the mid-growth stage of technology, 2) the early development stage in terms of new applications, and 3) that a mHealth services industry has not yet started.

This environmental scan bundle includes all of the research produced by Float Mobile Learning concerned with mobile learning in healthcare.