Personal Learning Networks for Health Care Professionals
In a previous post, I described creating “life hacks” for learning. In the health care field, life hacks can include developing personal learning networks (PLNs) to support continuing medical education...
View ArticlemHealth Meet mLearning: The Opportunities
“Mobile health” or “mhealth” is the use of mobile devices (and their associated networks) to deliver health services and information. “Mobile learning” (“mlearning”) is instruction and performance...
View ArticleMobile learning for health: Initial design considerations
Health-related mobile learning is a rapidly expanding field. In this post, I’ll consider some initial instructional design considerations for health-related mobile learning applications. Goal...
View ArticleQR Codes, Augmented Reality, and Learning for Health
QR code for this blog In a previous post, I described some instructional applications of QR codes. In this post, I’ll discuss the use of QR codes in patient education and performance support (e.g.,...
View ArticlemHealth and Patient Education for the 80%
As noted in a previous post, while smartphones represent an exciting tool for patient education and the support of health-directed behaviors, 80% of Americans don’t have smartphones. What are the...
View ArticleMobile devices and mlearning in 2011
Just a quick post to share a video I came across while reading digitalbuzz. In case you had any doubts about where mobile technology stands, this video points to the tremendous increase in mobile...
View ArticleThe future of mhealth learning
The future of health and the future of learning share something in common. They both will include mobile devices as an integral part of knowledge management and performance support. In a recent...
View ArticleSome new site features in Instructional Design Fusions
Happy 1-1-11 everyone! There are some new site features I’d like to point out. Your Twitter news for learning and health here At the bottom right corner of this blog, you’ll find the “Daily News,” a...
View ArticleQR codes for digital literacy
Increasingly, we are recognizing that mobile devices are an important way to connect people to learning and health tools. However, text interfaces can be very problematic for individuals with poor...
View ArticleLocation-based learning: The context is mobile
Mobile devices have some unique affordances: They offer location-sensors (e.g., GPS, RFID, WLAN) and they can deliver multimedia content that is time- and place-relevant. Opportunities for embedded...
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