San Diego, CA (April 21, 2010) – This year’s mLearnCon organized by the eLearning guild, will focus on mobile eLearning concepts like elearning software, operating systems, authoring tools, content design and development. The event will be held in the San Diego Mariott Hotel and Marina from June 15 to 17, 2010. Participants can reserve rooms by calling (619) 234-1500.
Before the conference, there are optional certificate programs available for participants. There will be workshops on different topics like: creating learning apps for the iphone, making mLearning games and simulations, developing android app for learning, audio podcasting, and creating strategy for mLearning from scratch.
There will be exhibits of different products and services all focused on mobile learning technologies, the mLearnCon Marketplace Expo. Some of the suppliers that will be exhibiting their products like elearning software are Certpoint, float mobile learning, JTI, Inc Multilingual Learning Solutions, Mobi21, and Onpoint Digital.
There will be over 100 concurrently running seminar sessions that will be conducted throughout the event. Participants should check the schedule if they want to attend the seminars. Specific discussions about mobile learning are the main theme of the seminars.
The keynote speakers for the event include Tomi Ahonen, author of many industry books such as Mobile as 7th of the Mass Media and m-Profits. He also works as a consultant and considered as one of mobile technologies’ visionaries. His presentation will examine the end consumer’s use of the mobile phone and how phone applications can be utilized in learning. It will also include case studies from different places around the world, giving a concrete picture of how mobile technologies change the way people live.
Mimi Ito, also a keynote speaker, is a research scientist from the department of Informatics in the University of California. She will discuss how present user practices like SMS or texting, taking photos with camera phones and portable devices can be applied to the future of mobile learning.
On the final day of the convention, a panel will discuss the challenges and solutions of mobile learning. Brent Schlenker, Emerging Technologies Analyst from the eLearning Guild will be the panel moderator. The panelist are mLearnCon Advisory Board Members consisting of experts from the different sectors of the academics, corporate, and government.
The convention hopes to attract professionals from the academic sector, representatives from the IT industry, the senior executives, multimedia designers, trainers, project managers and basically, anyone searching for strategies and practices in mobile learning.
The registration fee is $1,495. Guild members are entitled to 20% discount. If participants register before April 30, a discount of $200 will be deducted from the fee. Members of non profit organizations and government employees will receive special discount of 25% while employees of academic institutions will get 50% discount.
Before the conference, there are optional certificate programs available for participants. There will be workshops on different topics like: creating learning apps for the iphone, making mLearning games and simulations, developing android app for learning, audio podcasting, and creating strategy for mLearning from scratch.
There will be exhibits of different products and services all focused on mobile learning technologies, the mLearnCon Marketplace Expo. Some of the suppliers that will be exhibiting their products like elearning software are Certpoint, float mobile learning, JTI, Inc Multilingual Learning Solutions, Mobi21, and Onpoint Digital.
There will be over 100 concurrently running seminar sessions that will be conducted throughout the event. Participants should check the schedule if they want to attend the seminars. Specific discussions about mobile learning are the main theme of the seminars.
The keynote speakers for the event include Tomi Ahonen, author of many industry books such as Mobile as 7th of the Mass Media and m-Profits. He also works as a consultant and considered as one of mobile technologies’ visionaries. His presentation will examine the end consumer’s use of the mobile phone and how phone applications can be utilized in learning. It will also include case studies from different places around the world, giving a concrete picture of how mobile technologies change the way people live.
Mimi Ito, also a keynote speaker, is a research scientist from the department of Informatics in the University of California. She will discuss how present user practices like SMS or texting, taking photos with camera phones and portable devices can be applied to the future of mobile learning.
On the final day of the convention, a panel will discuss the challenges and solutions of mobile learning. Brent Schlenker, Emerging Technologies Analyst from the eLearning Guild will be the panel moderator. The panelist are mLearnCon Advisory Board Members consisting of experts from the different sectors of the academics, corporate, and government.
The convention hopes to attract professionals from the academic sector, representatives from the IT industry, the senior executives, multimedia designers, trainers, project managers and basically, anyone searching for strategies and practices in mobile learning.
The registration fee is $1,495. Guild members are entitled to 20% discount. If participants register before April 30, a discount of $200 will be deducted from the fee. Members of non profit organizations and government employees will receive special discount of 25% while employees of academic institutions will get 50% discount.
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