A brief overview of some ideas you can use to integrate mobile learning in corporate leanguage training in the training room, out of the training room and to get into the training room.

1. Mobile Learning
in Business English
Virtual Round Table Conference
April 22nd 2012
Mike Hogan @irishmikeh

2. What is Mobile Learning?
Photo by Graham Stanley on #eltpics

3. A few questions …
• Poll 1: Do your learners have a mobile phone?
• Poll 2: Does it have
a) a camera?
b) audio recording feature?
c) both?
• Poll 3: Do they have a web-enabled smartphone?

4. Mobile Learning in Business
English – What are the options?
• You can use mobile devices
1. in the training room
2. out of the training room
3. to get into the training room

5. There is no ‛one size fits all’

6. 1. In the training room

7. Videos – watch & create

8. Images
What‟s this?
How does it
work?

9. Images

12. Listening & Recording

13. Writing

14. 2. Out of the training room:
Have you got
recomendable
apps?

15. Language learning apps
MALL
vs
MALU

16. Language learning apps

17. Language learning apps

18. “Rather than show
them apps to use, teach
them how to find and
evaluate apps.” Baber

19. Industry & business specific - apps
MALL
vs
MALU

20. Autonomous learning
Do people commute via public transport?
Using „dead time‟ to read
apps, watch videos, listen
to the news, (about their
industry – in context) etc.
Learn through English

21. Industry specific - Images

22. 3. To get into the training room:
Virtual training
What is it?
Who‟s it for?

23. Mobile Learning
in Business English
Virtual Round Table Conference
April 22nd 2012
Mike Hogan @irishmikeh http://about.me/mikehogan