TECHNICAL APPROACH
ES TO SHARING MOBILE
LEARNING
For learning technologists developing mobile learning apps, there are three main approaches to technical development:
1)
Open apps: s
oftware techniques enabling developers to build an app once, that is able to run on different mo
bile
phone platforms
,
(
c
ross
-
p
latform development)
.
2)
Open content: content formats that allow individual pieces of content to display on multiple devices. Either via
industry standard “players” (like eBook readers), or even better, with native device suppor
t (like audio files)
3)
Open content with embedded interactivity: this is often seen as a hybrid between the above two approaches, and
is the ideal scenario for learning interactivities, as it allows a combination of both content and appropriate
learning inte
ractions.