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Screening of an Innovative Film Locally

Posted by Karl Kapp on July 11, 2017

If you are in or around the Bloomsburg area….You might be interested in what is below: I’m happy to announce our screening of a new documentary that takes audiences into three innovative public schools where students are taught HOW to think rather than WHAT to think. The film is titled RE:Thinking. Here’s the website: https://www.rethinkingmovie.com/. Screening Date: Wednesday, August 2nd, […]

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A Conversation with Brandon Carson

Posted by Karl Kapp on June 2, 2017

The other day I had a chance to catch up with Brandon Carson who contributes to our industry in so many ways. He has been a speaker at Elliot Masie’s Learning conference (here is a great video of Brandon talking to Elliot). Brandon is the Director of Learning at the Home Depot and he has […]

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Keynote Resources from #LUC2017

Posted by Karl Kapp on May 3, 2017

The Lectora 2017 Users Conference promises to be an exciting and engaging event. Here are the slides from my keynote (but no peaking until it’s over) Mission Possible: Creating Learner Engagement from Karl Kapp As indicated in the keynote, all of the topics were not covered but, they are all covered here. What we missed […]

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Posted in: Design, Games

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Tools of Engagement Slides from Texas Distance Learning Session

Posted by Karl Kapp on April 1, 2017

Here are some slides and information covered in my presentation at the Texas Distance Learning Association conference. I’ve included the slides from the presentation and slide on using PollEverywhere and writing directly in PowerPoint in slideshow mode. Storytelling: Tools of Engagement from Karl Kapp Using Poll Everywhere to Create an Interactive Story-based Presentation from Karl […]

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Posted in: Gamification

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Resources from Texas Distance Learning Association Keynote

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 30, 2017

Here are some resources related to gamification and, more importantly, thinking like a game designer when creating instruction from my fun keynote with everyone form the Texas Distance Learning Association. What a wonderful group of dedicated and “fun” professionals, they really are a family. Here are the slides of my keynote. Quest for Learning Engagement: […]

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Posted in: Design, Education

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Book Writing Tips

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 28, 2017

Recently a number of great folks I know in the L&D field have indicated they are working on a book. Writing a book is a great experience. Writing helps me clarify thoughts, focus my ideas and explore content. The writing process connects concepts in my mind together in deep meaningful ways. For a variety of […]

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Conversation with Kevin Kruse–Best Selling Author

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 15, 2017

I’ve known Kevin Kruse for many years. He and I met at a meeting of the Society for Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Trainers (now L-TEN) over a decade ago. Since that first meeting, we’ve co-presented on the topic of evidence-based training, worked together when he was a CEO of one of his many companies, collaborated on […]

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“Play to Learn” Book Tour has Begun (Live and Online)

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 3, 2017

So excited to be able to say that PLAY TO LEAN, the book Sharon Boller and I have been crafting, writing and assembling is finally available. The book is based on a workshop we’ve been conducting for years and combines our findings, best practices, aha moments and game design thinking insights. We’ve put these “lessons […]

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Posted in: Games, Gamification

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ELO Conference Resources

Posted by Karl Kapp on March 1, 2017

Here are resources for the March 7th workshop. We’ll cover a variety of products in our Maker Faire. Some of these slideshows will change slightly as we get closer to the event based on changes to the software. PowerPoint Taking Notes Right in PowerPoint Take Notes Right on a PowerPoint Slide from Karl Kapp Branching […]

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Is eLearning Dead? Is Instructional Design Dying with It?

Posted by Karl Kapp on January 31, 2017

Death of Self-Pace eLearning In a report published in August 2016 by Sam Adkins of Ambient Insight a declaration is made that self-paced eLearning is in a death spiral: The worldwide five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for self-paced eLearning is distinctly negative at -6.4%; global revenues for self-paced courseware are dropping fast. In 2016, […]

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Posted in: Design, Gamification, industry, learning design