Mobile Learning in corporate settings. Results from an Expert Survey.

Against the background of the rising mobility of employees, technological innovations and the increasing importance of work based learning, a central question is whether and how mobile devices can be used to support employees’ learning processes in the near future. This question was addressed to 56 international experts in a two round survey, combining Delphi and scenario-based methods. They evaluated four mobile learning scenarios, described the scenarios they expected in the immediate future and identified benefits as well as barriers and conditions of implementation. In addition the interviewed experts evaluated inherent tensions and proposed ways of addressing these. The findings of the survey show that social interaction and reflection on learning processes received the most positive evaluation as did content-based scenarios with examples focusing on contextualised learning. The integration of learning at work was described as the most important area of inherent tension which has to be addressed. In the near future mobile learning in companies is anticipated mainly in the form of learning "just-incase”, based on human-computer interactivity. Author