Why evaluate your mobile learning training? The Mobile learning is no longer a novelty. Most companies and training organizations use it as part of certain training courses, on specific topics and to facilitate training outside the walls of a room. Integration of simple concepts, training accessible at any time and in any place, especially in the context of learning a new gesture or responding to a problem at the very moment when the need arises... So what makes for successful mobile learning training? Let's see how Beedeez does it? (and for even more details, see how L'Occitane in our customer case)
The learning facility component
Evaluating your mobile learning training involves looking at your ease of use And the ease of learning. Designed to be followed by specific learners in a specific context, it must be easy to understand and use concepts that are easy to assimilate.
In this context, Beedeez uses a statistical reporting interface to see the time spent by users on each module to understand and assimilate the training instructions, as well as the time spent to complete it. You can then see the results of each learner.
Thus, we can deduce that If the time spent on a capsule is high, but the results obtained from it are not, then the capsule may not be clear enough or concepts that are too complex and not sufficiently explained.
In this section, we also assess the homogeneity between the training modules, in terms of quantity of content, complexity, etc. For Beedeez training to be effective and easily assimilated, it must offer short and sequenced modules. Each capsule can deal with a theme, but each concept must present a single idea to make it as easy as possible for learners to understand. Indeed, to be able to deal with a complex subject through a mobile learning solution, it is important to segment it into several chapters and sub-chapters to be sure to deal with it in a complete and precise manner. Attention, microlearning does not mean summary !
-> What aspects to control?
1 - Are the training, its objective and its instructions easy enough for learners to understand?
2 - Do users have difficulty completing the training modules or not?
3 - Is there homogeneity between the training modules, in terms of quantity of content, complexity, etc.?
4 - Is microlearning being used correctly?
The educational component
The pedagogical specificity of a mobile solution like Beedeez is to respond to problems related to teaching and learning. To do so, it must meet a certain number of criteria.
These include being able access training content at the right time in a logic that makes it possible to avoid that the learner is faced with training content that depends on concepts that are not yet integrated. With Beedeez, you can make sure that content is only unlocked once some of it has been validated to ensure that everyone has the knowledge they need to learn each module.
Mobile learning must also promote the reuse of learning content, for example by giving the possibility of redoing the modules at leisure, or through quizzes or tests. Thus, the mobile format used in Beedeez allows facilitate memory anchoring by offering short formats like revision sheets. You can see and review them as many times as you need to remember the concepts. The “remember” feature was also designed to facilitate the retention of information. The learner selects the time he has between 30 seconds and 2 minutes and 30 minutes and during this time he reviews notions he has already done before in order to better memorize them.
In the educational aspect, it is also necessary to control the intellectual effort required of learners in using the application and acquiring knowledge. You need to be able to assess whether the starting level is too high or not enough. To do this, you can choose to offer a “quiz before content” to learners. We can thus ask a question before the start of the concept, in the event that the learner answers it correctly, he can pass the concept. If he fails, it means that the concept is not a given, so he will have to follow it. This way of doing things makes it possible to adapt the complexity of the content to the level of the learners.
-> What aspects to control?
1 - Does the training provide access to content at the right time?
2 - Can learning content be reused?
3 - Is the intellectual effort required of learners appropriate?
The communication component
Mobile learning is a format that naturally lends itself to Social learning. As a mobility learning solution, evaluating mobile learning training involves validate its ability to ensure communication and interaction between users. This is observed through the presence of individual and group activities, the possibility of giving feedback and creating reciprocal interaction between tutors and learners through mobile learning training, but also the possibilities of interaction between users.
In this sense, Beedeez has developed numerous Social Learning functionalities. On the one hand, users can learn together by creating a Live capsule. Similar to normal capsules, Live capsules are played by several people, at the end a ranking appears to show the winners.
In addition, spaces dedicated to exchanges such as the flow and the forum allow learners to share with each other. information and training content, but also to provide feedback to both other learners and trainers.
-> What aspects to control?
1 - Does the training offer the possibility of learning individually or in a group?
2 - Does the training allow for reciprocal feedback between learners and tutors?
3 - Does the training use social learning?
The performance component
A poor navigation experience or friction on technical aspects can cause a learner to abandon the training path. From there, getting him back and re-engaging him with the training is much more difficult. This part refers to the presence or absence of functions that meet the requirements of mobile application training. Evaluating mobile learning training involves verifying the effectiveness of the execution of the actions that mark out the training course in terms of time, data volumes, etc. In addition, we take a look at the possibility of data transmissions between devices. As for the course, it is important to check the number of screens to which the learner will be exposed, the quality of execution and management of various media such as video, text, audio, among others.
Indeed, offering a mobile learning solution does not mean taking an e-learning course on your phone. For this, Beedeez created a Mobile First solution, that is, it was designed for mobile learning on smartphones in order to offer learners an optimal training experience. Each module, each sheet and each screen is created both for mobile learning and then redesigned for large screens. Of course, the solution is tested on all types of screens before being made available to learners to ensure optimal and rapid navigation throughout the training course.
-> What aspects to control?
1 - Evaluate the effectiveness of execution at all stages and all screens
2 - Evaluate the support of multimedia content
3 - Evaluate loading times
