As a company driven by innovation, Upside Learning is always researching new technologies and bringing innovative solutions to its clients. Mobile Learning has been one of the focus areas at Upside Learning in recent times. And continuing with its developments in the mLearning domain, the company is pleased to announce the release of its new Point-of-View paper, ‘Mobile Learning – Here and Now’.

The paper is based on the fact that technological developments and the increase in the mobile device penetration among the population have led to sustainable change in all spheres of our lives – radically changing the way we live and learn. Authored by Abhijit Kadle, Manager – Instructional Design at Upside Learning, this Point of View takes a comprehensive look at Mobile Learning – starting with the basics and delving deeper into the nuances of mLearning design.

Ideal for people who are considering mobile learning, the paper includes key points on:

• What is Mobile Learning?
• When to use Mobile Learning
• Design Considerations for Mobile Learning
• Advantages (& disadvantages) of Mobile Learning

Besides this, the paper also highlights a framework for evaluation, identifying three core areas – Usability, Technical, and Functional, which is handy while considering varied mobile devices available. It addresses key trends occurring in Mobile Learning space and its rapid growth across businesses, globally.

A complimentary copy of the Point-of-View Paper, ‘Mobile Learning – Here and Now’, can be obtained from here.

In less than 3 years, Upside Learning has crossed the 100-employee milestone. Our growing business has led to a steady increase in the number of employees in both Content and Technology Solutions; and with bigger teams, our HR & Admin and Systems Support teams have also increased in size.

We have ambitious growth plans, and have been increasing the strength of our marketing and sales team in order to realize these. We fully expect our growth cycle to continue, with more orders in turn necessitating even more employees and skillsets to meet them. Keeping this in mind, we are constantly seeking to expand our teams with motivated and experienced individuals who welcome challenges and enjoy seeing their ideas materialize.

The ever expanding range of devices used by people today has redefined the way eLearning is developed. eLearning now needs to be accessible on almost every device to give learners the flexibility to learn anytime and anywhere. What this entails is a thorough testing of the learning resource on all target devices and configurations, giving rise to the need for multi-device testing.

To help L&D professionals understand and conduct reliable multi-device testing to deliver high quality eLearning projects, Upside Learning has arranged a webinar titled ‘Multi-device Testing – Challenges, Considerations and Solutions’. Scheduled on October 16^th at 10 AM IST  and 3 PM BST, the insightful webinar will be presented by Upside’s in-house experts – Geera Bellare, AVP (Learning Design) and Anushka Khairajani, Associate Manager (Quality). Drawing on the company’s 10+ years of experience in designing, developing and testing eLearning courseware, Multi-device Testing – Challenges, Considerations and Solutions will cover the following topics:

• Understanding Multi-Device Testing
• Challenges and considerations of Multi-Device Testing
• Possible solutions, with their benefits and drawbacks
• How our Multi-Device Testing Lab can help

Upside Learning, a leading provider of learning technology solutions, will be participating as a seminar sponsor in the Learning@Work 2014 conference. To be held in Sydney, Australia from 27^th to 29^th October, the event will bring together international visionaries and thought leaders presenting on the latest topics, trends and challenges affecting the workplace learning environment, and devising strategies to enhance organisational L&D offering.

One of the major challenges almost all organisations face today is the wide range of devices on which eLearning needs to be supported. Different browsers, sizes, operating systems and platforms further add to this challenge. In making eLearning truly accessible, L&D professionals are now starting to feel the need to move towards HTML. To help them understand the why and how of converting eLearning to HTML, Upside Learning’s Co-founder and Director, Amit Garg, will present an informative learning session titled, ‘The why and how of moving your eLearning to HTML’ on 27^th October at 2:15, 2:50 & 3:25 PM (AEDT).

Upside Learning will be present at stand # 2 where it will play host to a wide range of innovative learning technology solutions namely:

• UpsideLMS, its fully responsive, multi-award winning Learning Management System ;
• Custom eLearning;
• Custom mLearning;
• FRED (Framework for Responsive eLearning Development);
• Multi-device Testing Lab (for reliable and thorough testing of multi-device eLearning projects).

Present at Upside Learning’s stand 2, alongside Amit, will be Jeevan Joshi, Director Client Solutions for Asia-Pacific. Amit and Jeevan will answer delegates questions related to the session or any other learning requirements. Interested individuals can stop by the stand or alternatively, set an appointment by emailing Jeevan on jeevan.joshi@upsidelearning.com.

For more information on the conference, please visit http://acevents.com.au/learningatwork/index.html

In today’s multi-device world, one of the major challenges is the wide range of devices on which eLearning needs to be supported. Different browsers, manufacturers, models and sizes, operating systems, connectivity modes and platforms further add to this challenge. To ensure that eLearning works properly on multiple devices, thorough testing is essential on actual primary devices and configurations. But not all organisations are equipped with the required resources in terms of manpower, testing tools and devices, nor can they afford to invest their time to thoroughly test eLearning on different combinations.

Upside Learning’s recently launched Multi-device Testing Lab service aims to help such organisations by testing and delivering high-quality learning projects that run consistently across device, browsers and operating systems.

The company has made robust investments in its infrastructure and is equipped with a variety of devices with screen sizes between 240 x 320 and 1280 x 800 pixels, as well as some high-DPI variants. For testing on larger displays, it has Windows PCs, Macs and laptops, while tablets and smart phones, running iOS, Android and Windows, cover the smaller ones. Tools such as Adobe Edge Inspect and Ghostlab are employed for quick and accurate turnaround.

The Testing Lab services team includes highly-experienced quality testing specialists with a cumulative experience of over 50 years in the eLearning testing domain. A meticulously planned rigorous testing process that runs through five broad stages ensures an error-free project with a fast turn-around.

For years, the Brandon Hall Group, a HCM research and advisory services firm, has been running the Excellence Awards Program, which is also called the “Academy Awards” by Learning, Talent and Business Executives. The Excellence in Technology Awards recognise successfully deployed, cutting-edge, innovative eLearning programs, strategies and technologies that have achieved measurable results. Its under this award category that Upside Learning’s Framework for Responsive eLearning Development (FRED) has been honoured with a Silver for Best Advance in Unique Learning Technology this year.

FRED is an innovative HTML-based reusable Framework that helps develop responsive learning and performance support interventions on multiple devices seamlessly. With an existing library of 20+ templates, FRED allows for creation of multilingual eLearning that is configurable to give SCORM- or Tin Can compliant output.

FRED comes out victorious after being evaluated by an international panel of independent industry experts, Brandon Hall Group’s senior analysts, and their executive leadership team. The judging was based on the following criteria: design of the solution; functionality; usability; innovation; and overall measureable benefits.

On winning the prestigious Brandon Hall award, Amit Garg, Director & Co-founder of Upside Learning, said, “It’s a proud day for us and FRED. After having been in the making for over 12 months, imbibed with our learning from numerous HTML5 and responsive eLearning programs done over the years, in just 11 months since its release, FRED has won the most prestigious award in the eLearning industry! This in itself is an incredible feeling! We envision FRED to win many more awards, and help various organisations develop Responsive eLearning easily.”

Earlier this year, FRED had been recognised as an early adopter of the Tin Can API under ‘Authoring Tools’ category. More information about FRED is available at:

https://upsidelearning.com/pressrelease/its-a-silver-for-upside-learnings-framework-for-responsive-elearning-development-fred-at-the-2014-brandon-hall-awards/

When used properly, mobility can do incredible things. In a world where most businesses are expected to provide service anytime and anywhere, mobility is the practical solution for performance support, peer and expert knowledge sharing, live coaching and a whole lot of other needs too.

Upside’s upcoming webinar titled ‘Leveraging Mobility Effectively’ on 22nd November at 10 AM (Central Time) is aimed at helping companies at different levels of ‘mobile maturity’ to see how better to use technology to achieve their targeted outcomes in spaced learning, long-term development and other structured interventions.

Interested in exploring options for your enterprise? Come for a highly productive hour, after which all attendees will also receive a kit of free resources.

Date: 22nd November 2017 (Wednesday)

Fee: Complimentary

Time: 10 AM (Central Time)

The Brandon Hall Group’s Human Capital Management Excellence awards are a testament to Upside Learning’s expertise in developing custom content and engaging learning solutions that deliver real outcomes to help organizations achieve performance improvements aligned with business objectives.

This year’s winning entries under the Learning and Development category were submitted jointly by Upside Learning and its clients. The details of the awards are as below:

Best Use of Mobile Learning:

Bronze: Qatar Airways and Upside Learning Solutions developed a stand-alone, responsive eLearning program called “Crew Transport Policy”. The program is about the Qatar Airways Transportation Department’s Crew Transport Policy for Drivers, Passengers, Dispatchers, and Transport Operations Management (TOM). Designed using a rapid authoring tool, the program makes use of sketched illustrations for impactful learning. With a natural and fluid tone of content delivery and engaging visuals, the program presented the policy content in a simple, yet effective form.

Best Learning Team:

Bronze: Upside Learning and ISS group won the award for their strong partnership. The associations between the two involves: Unified Platform – UpsideLMS Deployed as ‘MyLearning’, Multi-Device Support Using FRED, Stronger Training Management, Better Learner Engagement through rich animated eLearning scenarios, Enterprise-Wide Delivery of Flagship Service Training and more.

The Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards program recognizes achievements in the performance improvement domain. This prestigious award is presented annually by the Brandon Hall Group, a leading research firm that empowers excellence in organizations. The program invites entries from solution providers with innovative programs, cutting edge technologies and services that have helped organizations improve their performance and achieve measurable results.