Developing the m-learning Forum
26/04/02
Table of Contents Author Peter Bates
To encourage new business opportunities and stimulate mobile learning products and services within the overall Learning Business.
To create new opportunities for widening access to learning in order to reduce social exclusion and opportunities for the continuous up-skilling of the workforce in order to maintain competitiveness.
To create networking opportunities that would hopefully stimulate new business from creative ideas. It will also explore the issues and opportunities created for the personalisation of learning accessible through a personal handheld device.
To assist in helping companies better understand the wide variety of needs of learners in order to develop the most appropriate tools to meet their needs at a cost that can enable widespread usage.
It’s all about Networking!!!
Critical – it should be demand led!
Not supply driven!!
Face-face-human networking seminars
Discounts on Forum meetings
Discounts on other events
Regular email newsletter
Regular news-clips service
Web site – with resources database
Basic advice/support contacts service
Online discussion Forum (planned)
Additional value-added services (e.g. Executive Reports)
Membership – open to organisations, department/cost centre and individuals
But no formal committee-like membership structure
Forum will operate under the umbrella of pjb Associates at least for first year
470 Euro + VAT normal membership
290 Euro + VAT for non profit organisations
Learning through interactive digital TV and other related consumer devices in the home (excludes an Internet-enabled PC)
Last updated 30 April 2004