For this week’s resource related to mobile technologies, I was interested in learning more about how mobile technologies become meaningfully woven into people’s learning flows. After finding some learning management systems at the cutting edge, I found that many of them still focused on the desktop experience. They were central hubs that connected students to online learning, their teachers, and their educational stakeholders more readily, but they still did not change the fundamental way in which content was delivered, save for incorporating more AI-assisted content generation into their workflows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I did however find Axonify, a company based in Waterloo, ON that is promoting their LMS product that focusses on “micro-learning” – short bursts (3-5 minutes) of learning that is administered to employees of client companies to assist in the education of frontline workers to help them perform better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s interesting to think about how “micro-learning” could further be introduced into people’s feeds. I wonder how long it will be until another company creates a student-centered focus of this type of product, perhaps for private or alt-ed schools, that would leverage students’ affinity for short-form content. With AI’s ever-advancing capabilities, I could imagine a world in which teachers could have control over these mobile-centered LMS platforms, having them create just-on-time micro-learning modules for students following formative assessments, helping them bridge gaps in their understanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n