The Future of mLearning

I am currently employed as a training and learning specialist for a small software company that specializes in developing data collection software for mobile hand held devices. I've always thought, "Boy, wouldn't it be great if we could develop educational software for the hand held device." People who use the software can learn any time and any where at their leisure. Instead of using that smartphone or PDA for texting and reading emails, it could be used to educate. Other countries outside of the U.S. have embraced this concept more so than here in America. Over the course of the next 7 weeks I want to investigate why this trend hasn't caught on more in the U.S., why in other industrialized countries it has caught on quicker, and what can be done to move Americans towards mlearning. Mlearning holds a world of possibilities, and I can't wait to investigate them.