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“we-learning” is going to take some power away from the instructional designer and training developer.

Our research actually shows that the single biggest driver of success in today’s modern L&D world is culture.  No matter how well you design the programs, systems, and experiences – they only “stick” when the company itself values a continuous focus on organizational and individual learning.

BridgeIT, a mobile teaching tool deploying in Tanzania, is changing the way students and teachers interact in the classroom.

Much of the recent activity in mobile learning has been in language training. Just this week Nokia announced a large initiative in China to tap into English lessons, test-prep training, and other courses from New Oriental Education & Technology Group, a leading Chinese educational company. "The idea of mobile learning is that it will allow students of all ages to access course materials through a mobile phone, maximizing time by providing learning on the go," said Michael Yu, New Oriental's chief executive. "Would-be mobile learners can buy one of the newer Nokia models with educational programs already installed, and they can also download courses from Mobiledu and New Oriental's online-learning site, Koolearn.com. The project is not the first time that courses have been offered via cellphone, but it's part of what is sure to be a growing trend."

Also, this week Apple announced the opening of a dedicated area on the iTunes Store for iTunes U featuring learning materials including language lessons.

Short message service (SMS) and wireless application protocols (WAP), two types of wireless data communication, have gained increasing global popularity, although their use in online education has been limited

Mobiles. Already considered as another component of the network on many campuses, mobiles continue to evolve rapidly. New interfaces, the ability to run third-party applications, and location-awareness have all come to the mobile device in the past year, making it an ever more versatile tool that can be easily adapted to a host of tasks for learning, productivity, and social networking. For many users, broadband mobile devices like the iPhone have already begun to assume many tasks that were once the exclusive province of portable computers.