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Creating mLearning - a SmartPhone accessible web course
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One development cycle works on all the different smartphones.
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Need to test your course to make sure you have not added technology that does not work on a specific phone. For example iPhone does not support Flash.
Need to make sure that when you are creating your mLearning courses you don't put too much information on a page
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ReadyGo has done all the work behind the scenes. Just use our tool to create mLearning including tests and surveys that work on all the smartphones.
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Accessing mLearning
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It uses web technology - nothing to download. Learners don't have to download your ReadyGo build course from a store. You can e-mail or text them a link to the course. They can then bookmark the link in their mobile browser.
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Running mLearning
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It uses web technology. If designed properly it works on all smartphones.
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Cost mLearning
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Cost to serve: It uses web technology, typically no cost unless you charge for the course.
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Cost to create: ReadyGo WCB costs $499. No programming skills necessary to create courses and tests that work on all smartphones.
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Mobile Apps
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ReadyGo
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Creating an App as a course
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When developing for a specific platform, App creators can be assured that their feature works. An App can be developed so that it is optimized to run effectively on a specific mobile devices.
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An App developer needs to create specifically for each platform e.g. Android, Blackberry, iPhone, ... Each player uses a different operating system and supports different technology. Porting to different players is not trivial.
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Downloading an App
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Apps are found in smartphone vendor stores. Making it easy for smartphone users to find, buy, and install an App
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For company specific confidential information it is very difficult to get an App to a mobile user without going through a vendor's store
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Running an App
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Apps are bought from an App store. They download quickly and run on your SmartPhone
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- Many times end users will not have access to the necessary network speeds to download and install the Apps they want on the fly.
- Learners will need to download a course ahead of time.
- Can your learners access your training from your web site or will you need to register your mLearning courses with a smartphone vendor?
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Cost for an App
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Cost to serve: App stores make it simple to sell courses.Cost to create: It costs anywhere between $10,000 to $150,000 to create one mLearning app that works with one type of smartphone.
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Consumers need to pay to access many popular Apps
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