In the back of my mind I constantly question the increasing (gaps?) in learning created between the haves and the have-nots; people who have Smartphones/iPads and who can take advantage of these technologies - and those who do not. I am, I suppose, assuming some of this between the owners of PCs and people who do not.
Anyone else ever question this, think about this?
I am not even sure I know the question yet...just having a "pensive" day.
I suppose the answer depends on the way you view the "question".
I do acknowledge there is a gap (although I don't think it's increasing) but does this necessarily put PC/non-tablet users at a disadvantage ? I don't think so.
I understand your reasoning completely, but from an ID point of view it's probably the opposite.
If anything tablet users are inherently less likely to be treated to a "satisfying e-learning experience" than PC users (there's no hover state on a tablet and there's no gesture support for tablets by any authoring tool so far).
Don't get me wrong, I wholeheartedly support the use of tablets for e-learning (as a matter of fact I insist on making my courses 100% tablet compatible), but I wouldn't yet call it the best medium.
Well, in my universe nobody wants their elearning on tablets - so the have versus have not issue is really a non-starter for me.
My client-base is, for the most part, large corporations who have paid big bucks for an LMS and obviously want the training modules to work within the parameters of their learning environment.
By the time these orgainzations role around to using tablets they will be obsolete and we will be using telepathy or some sort of brain implants to deliver knowledge. (Seriously, I can't wait)
I think people who develop courses for academia might be more concerned with delivering on tablets because students are starting to adopt this technology - although I know a lot of college kids who think it is uncool to have a tablet.
As an uncool tablet user myself, I have seen a lot of really good applications and a lot of really bad ones - I am fairly foregiving so if I am taking training on a tablet, I don't really care if I am missing out on a hover experience as long as the the information is worthwhile.
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I suppose the answer depends on the way you view the "question".
I do acknowledge there is a gap (although I don't think it's increasing) but does this necessarily put PC/non-tablet users at a disadvantage ? I don't think so.
I understand your reasoning completely, but from an ID point of view it's probably the opposite.
If anything tablet users are inherently less likely to be treated to a "satisfying e-learning experience" than PC users (there's no hover state on a tablet and there's no gesture support for tablets by any authoring tool so far).
Don't get me wrong, I wholeheartedly support the use of tablets for e-learning (as a matter of fact I insist on making my courses 100% tablet compatible), but I wouldn't yet call it the best medium.
Alex
Well, in my universe nobody wants their elearning on tablets - so the have versus have not issue is really a non-starter for me.
My client-base is, for the most part, large corporations who have paid big bucks for an LMS and obviously want the training modules to work within the parameters of their learning environment.
By the time these orgainzations role around to using tablets they will be obsolete and we will be using telepathy or some sort of brain implants to deliver knowledge. (Seriously, I can't wait)
I think people who develop courses for academia might be more concerned with delivering on tablets because students are starting to adopt this technology - although I know a lot of college kids who think it is uncool to have a tablet.
As an uncool tablet user myself, I have seen a lot of really good applications and a lot of really bad ones - I am fairly foregiving so if I am taking training on a tablet, I don't really care if I am missing out on a hover experience as long as the the information is worthwhile.
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