OREANDA-NEWS. April 11, 2012. John Gibbs, instructional design manager, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), will be hosting two round-table presentations on mobile learning at The Performance Improvement Conference 2012 in Toronto, Canada, on April 22 and 23, 2012.

The session on April 22, 2012, titled ‘Decision scenarios for mobile support and instruction’ will help organisations choose mobile learning solutions based on their current infrastructure and performance improvement needs.

Mobile technologies, being popular but volatile, often do not have support and instructional solutions created in systematic ways. However, it is still possible to design well-reasoned solutions based on where the organisation is today.

At the session, Mr Gibbs will examine one-minute support and learning scenarios based on need, legacy investments, and even impulse decisions in terms of appropriate technologies for the back end, the handheld devices themselves, and the supporting communication infrastructure.

The session on April 23, 2012, titled ‘Adding mobile nuggets to the main course’ will address the strategic role that short learning nuggets can play in an overall learning and performance support strategy.

Straddling the boundary between tool-based and instructional interventions, nuggets can play a key role in performance improvement. Nuggets have made targeted and ad-hoc delivery via mobile and traditional technology platforms possible.

Mr Gibbs will explore need drivers for nuggets, push versus pull delivery, required versus discretionary, and formal versus informal use, content selection and organisation schemas, and media formats. The discussion will help develop a rationale to justify investing in nuggets as a strategic tool rather than an afterthought.

The Performance Improvement Conference is sponsored by the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI). Tata Interactive Systems’ speaker, Mr Gibbs, is the president of the Atlanta chapter of ISPI.

Founded in 1962, ISPI is the leading international association dedicated to improving workplace productivity and performance. ISPI represents performance improvement professionals throughout the United States, Canada, and 40 other countries.