Hot Lava Mobile Software Released by Mobile Learning Solution Provider OutStart

By Ed Silverstein, TMCnet Contributor

Mobile learning is now more accessible and practical for organizations with the new version of OutStart's Hot Lava Mobile, the company says.

Hot Lava Mobile says it is the first software solution to overcome technical and usability challenges that had prevented the broad use of mobile learning and priority communications.

With it, organizations can develop, deploy and analyze mobile learning programs that support corporate initiatives.

In the past, learners, developers, administrators and executives faced several technology, usability and organizational challenges that prevented the adoption of mobile learning.

From the time of the Hot Lava Mobile acquisition more than a year ago, OutStart worked with customers to identify and solve challenges facing the mobile learning industry.

Learners, developers and administrators can now tap into new features and benefits that enable a broad range of mobile learning and priority communication uses.

For Learners

Hot Lava Mobile enables individuals to access material where and when it is convenient without mandating the use of a particular device. Additional benefits for learners with Hot Lava Mobile include:

--Flexible learning - Learners are able to manage and track their course enrollments and progress.

--Enhanced accessibility - With the option to access course materials through new smartphone applications or a device's browser, learners are able to access and manage their learning in the format that best supports their needs.

--Engaging learning - Hot Lava Mobile automatically resizes learning content to fit the screen of the learner, presenting a more accessible and effective learning environment.

For Developers

Hot Lava Mobile makes it easy for learning professionals and subject matter experts to develop, manage and deliver mobile learning to anyone in the organization. Benefits for developers include:

--Easy authoring - Anyone familiar with PowerPoint can now author and publish mobile learning including quizzes, assessments and polls without training through the new PowerPoint developer plug-in.

--Device-independent delivery - With Hot Lava Mobile's device-independent authoring, users do not need to worry about the multitude of devices and display options, as Hot Lava Mobile automatically presents learning, including audio and video content, appropriately for each device.

--Seamless integration - Hot Lava Mobile can be integrated into enterprise learning environments to provide mobile learning functionality to their existing LMS's.

For Administrators

With Hot Lava Mobile SaaS (News - Alert) deployments, organizations are able to integrate mobile learning into their corporate environments. Benefits include:

--Flexible deployment - Hot Lava Mobile can be deployed as a standalone server to add mobile-only functionality o integrated with a corporate LMS to add mobile learning to any learning management system.

--Secure company data - Organizations now have greater measures to protect valuable company data stored on or transmitted to mobile devices.

Massood Zarrabian, president and CEO, OutStart, said, his company thanks customers who worked to identify and solve some of the industry's significant challenges for developing and deploying mobile learning programs.

“Through their involvement, we have the solutions to real-world deployment challenges that have hindered the broad-scale adoption of mobile learning initiatives," Zarrabian added.

For more information, visit www.outstart.com.

Ed Silverstein is a TMCnet contributor. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Patrick Barnard

(source: http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/mobile-learning/articles/119193-hot-lava-mobile-software-released-mobile-learning-solution.htm)

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