The document discusses the rise of mobile technology and its impact on various industries. It notes that mobile internet adoption grew much faster than previous technologies, with over 10 billion mobile devices sold in the first 10 years. Mobile is changing how people consume media through video streaming, time-shifting content, and content aggregation apps. Industries like education and testing are exploring opportunities in mobile learning, test preparation, and low-stakes assessments. Communication trends show social networking and mobile messaging on the rise.
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Mobile Revolution and Assessment - ATP 2011
1. the Mobile Revolution
and Assessment
ATP - 2011
Michael Kayser, EMEA Managing Director
Peter Pascale, Enterprise Architect Mgr
Ron Lancaster, Director of Technology
Pearson VUE
11. This is Not a Bubble, It’s a Revolution
Units Sold/Users in First 10 Years
10 Billion
5 Billion
Mainframe Minicomputer PC Desktop Mobile
Internet Internet
1 Million 10 Million 100 Million 1 Billion 10 Billion
12. The Mobile Revolution
January 25th - Egypt
Creator joined YouTube after
recording on January 25th -
16. Smartphone units sold will
surpass PC units in 2012
- Morgan Stanley - June 2010
Smartphone units sold actually
surpassed PC units...
17. Smartphone units sold will
surpass PC units in 2012
- Morgan Stanley - June 2010
Smartphone units sold actually
surpassed PC units...
In Q4 2010
- IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tracker - January 2011
100 million units sold in Q4 2010 vs. 92 million PCs
18. Year Over Year PC
Growth is Currently 2.7%
Year Over Year Smartphone
Growth...
19. Year Over Year PC
Growth is Currently 2.7%
Year Over Year Smartphone
Growth Currently 87.2 %
- IDC
20. The iPhone is Available from
185 Communication Service
Providers Around the World
- Gartner
Not Just Smartphones -
Nokia Sold 360 Million
‘Dumbphones’ in 2010
- Nokia / Tomi Ahonen
21. India and China Added
300 Million New Mobile
Subscribers in 2010
... More Than the Total
Number of Subscribers
in the US
- Int’l Telecom Union
22. There Were 5.3 Billion Mobile
Subscribers by the End of 2010
23. There Were 5.3 Billion Mobile
Subscribers by the End of 2010
Comprising 77% of the
World’s Population...
24. There Were 5.3 Billion Mobile
Subscribers by the End of 2010
Comprising 77% of the
World’s Population...
3.8 Billion of them in
the Developing World
- Int’l Telecom Union
25. By 2011, Over 85% of
Handsets Shipped Globally...
Will Include Some Sort
of Web Browser.
- Gartner
29. More Than Half the Time...
Other
Games
Internet
8% 3%
9%
The Phone
45% Voice
Music 10% Isn’t Used
as a Phone
12%
E-Mail 14%
SMS
- Morgan Stanley / iSuppli - iPhone usage studies
30. Media
Mobile Devices Match
Always-On Internet and
Convenient Consumption...
To a Time-Crunched
Consumer Lifestyle
31. Media Trends
Video Consumption
Time Shifting
Content Aggregation
Passive Personalization
35. Time Shifting:
“The flood of content disrupts
us all day...
as if we have a maniacal paperboy
throwing new editions on our
doorstep every 15 seconds.”
- Read It Later
http://readitlaterlist.com/blog/2011/01/is-mobile-affecting-when-we-read/
45. Trend: Communication
Social Networking time
spent globally surpassed
email in November 2007
Social Networking users surpass
email users in July 2009
- Comscore Global
46. Facebook had 150 million mobile
users in 2010. Up from 65 million
in 2009
47. Facebook had 150 million mobile
users in 2010. Up from 65 million
in 2009
Each of those 150 million mobile
users creates twice the daily
activity of desktop users.
- facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
http://digitalbuzz.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/
Facebook-Mobile-Large.gif
48. Facebook most popular mobile
destination in the UK, and
top 3 in US
Forthcoming Facebook SMS-based
service will reach all phones, not
just smartphones
-http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/02/15/facebook-
could-be-accessed-by-every-gsm-phone/
49. Twitter
Fast Company’s #2 most
innovative company for 2011
(behind Apple)
- http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2011/profile/twitter.php
50. Twitter
Mobile Twitter usage up 347%
from January 2009 - 2010
- Comscore
40 % of all tweets come
from mobile users
- Twitter CEO Dick Costolo at 2011 CES
53. Don’t Forget SMS
1,615 Texts Per Month - Ages 18 - 24
3,339 Texts Per Month - Teens
4,050 Texts Per Month - Teen Girls
6.1 Trillion SMS text
messages sent in 2010
- ITU, 2010
54. Don’t Forget SMS
16.7 Billion messages per day
2.5 SMS for every live person
on the planet per day, or 11.6
million messages every minute
55.
56. Managing the
Supply of Anti-
Malarial Drugs
in Africa
SMS Reminders
to Record
Inventory and
Request
Restocking
SMS as Application
68. Implications - Applications
Mobile Web
Mobile Learning
Test Preparation
Observational Testing
Low-Stakes Assessment
69. Mobile Web
Provide a ‘Small Screen’ View...
of Content and Web Apps
vs.
Mobile Web Login Regular Web (on Mobile)
70. Mobile Web
Provide a ‘Small Screen’ View...
of Content and Web Apps
vs.
Mobile Web Login Regular Web (on Mobile)
71. Pearson Mobile Innovation
Mobile Technology Opportunities Pearson Initiatives`
• Personalized • Education: a new, “3rd screen”
for teaching, learning and
• Portable computing
assessments
• Always on
• Business information: alerts
• Billing mechanism and portability
• Communication and alerts • Emerging markets: low cost
teaching and learning delivery
• User Generated Content
• Educational games: portable,
• Geolocation social devices
72. AlgebraPrep for iPhone
• Target: Higher Ed US students
• Content: Derived from book,
test bank and DVD series
• Pricing: 9 mini apps at $2.99,
1 comprehensive app at
$24.95
73. CATguru India for Java devices
• Target: Business School
entrance exam students
• Content: Derived from Pearson
test prep books
• Market testing: 375 one-on-
one interviews with CAT
students
• Java Technology: Handset
agnostic (features, navigation,
and layout adjust to
customer’s handset)
• Pricing: 8 pounds
74. CCNA Guru for Java and Blackberry
• Target: IT professional
certificate students (US and
India)
• Content: Derived from
Pearson test-prep books
• Sales & Marketing: Through
carriers and Pearson
websites
• Pricing: $12.99 for Java,
$19.99 for Blackberry
75. Math Content+ for Teachers and Students
• Target: Homework solution
for high-schools in South
Africa
• Rationale: 90% of teenagers
have mobile phones, <5%
have PC or broadband
• Concept: Teacher assigns
homework, students
complete on personal
cellphone or school computer,
results reported to Pearson’s
Learning Management
System
• In Nigeria, this was used as a
mobile reading solution for
school kids’ homework
76. Pearson LearningStudio Mobile
• Target: College students
• Making desired features and
activities available to
students via their mobile
devices.
• As a mobile website-based
solution, or mSite, the
solution requires no
downloads or apps and mSite
features are accessible from
multiple mobile operating
systems.
77. Mobile and Assessment Services
Do item writers use
mobile technology?
Can you provide
reports ‘on-the-go’? Are web pages
mobile friendly?
Have you
considered mobile Could you use
results mobile friendly
confirmation? messaging?
Location-based MI
information? Do you accept
mobile forms of
Test centre payment?
management ‘on-
the-go’?
High-stakes assessment and mobile?
Enhanced assessment formats?