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Seven steps to success with mobile learning

Seven steps help define successful mobile learning implementation.

Implementing a mobile learning initiative is a complicated undertaking, no matter how much funding or stakeholder support you have. But a new resource [1] from the Consortium for School Networking offers an outline for school administrators who hope to launch and sustain a successful mobile learning project.

The first step, Investigating, is to determine why you want to implement mobile learning. This can be accomplished by:

During this step, administrators should look for an overview of plans, best practices in mobile learning implementation, and research to support the procedure.

The second step, Scoping, involves identifying core stakeholders and defining an implementation scope, by:

School leaders should be sure they come to know their stakeholders and their needs throughout this step.

(Next page: The next five steps)In the third phase, Planning, project leaders should identify the person who is responsible for the mobile learning program’s success, and they also should define what needs to happen to ensure success. They can do this by:

Prepping for Implementation—the fourth step—asks leaders to outline what preparations are needed to put the mobile learning program into practice. During this step, administrators should:

The fifth step, Rolling-out, concerns the programs and procedures that must be in place to ensure that the roll-out is successful. This involves:

Learning and Teaching, the sixth step, involves identifying what learning and teaching look like with mobile devices. Project leaders should:

And finally, during the seventh step—Evaluating and Adjusting—administrators and project leaders should identify ways to continue to improve the mobile learning initiative by:

Follow Managing Editor Laura Devaney on Twitter: @eSN_Laura [2].