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Here is a great and wonderful story about kids helping other kids, it is great how they all rallied around the one player. Certainly a much better football story than the stupidity around Richie Incognito. Kids sometimes are wonderful just for their perspective on life. We can all learn a lesson from these football players.
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Leave a Comment (0) →Recently I had the chance to do a presentation at the TGaS Advisors Commercial Operations Summit Here are the slides Articles Here is some information on thinking like a game designer. Improve Training: Thinking Like a Game Designer Here are some elements you can add to your training to elevate the level of engagement. Five […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The Business of Gamification Infographic; The Business of Gamification Infographic Powered by Demand Metric – See more at: http://www.demandmetric.com/content/gamification-infographic#sthash.4WM351MN.dpuf Powered by Demand Metric – See more at: http://www.demandmetric.com/content/gamification-infographic#sthash.4WM351MN.dpuf To learn more about gamification, check out these two books.
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Leave a Comment (0) →Ok, why am I just finding out about this…today?
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Leave a Comment (0) →Once again, DevLearn was a fun and exciting event. Always a good time meeting old friends and making new friends. One great thing about events like this is bumping into all of the wonderful graduates of Bloomsburg University’s Instructional Technology program. We had a lot of former students at the event “representing.” I really enjoy […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Had a great time at DevLearn, first doing a workshop with Sharon Boller and her crew from BLP. And then presenting on Five Things that Instructional Designers can Learn from Game Designers. Here are the slides and some resources from my presentation. Five Things Game Designers Can Teach eLearning Designers from Karl Kapp Here are […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Recently I had a great opportunity to present in St. Louis (one day after my San Fran presentation) to a wonderful group of learning and development professionals, here are some notes, links and resources from that presentation. It was for the Learn St. Louis ASTD Conference. Here are the slides Creating Learner Engagement Through Gamification […]
Continue Reading →Recently I had a great opportunity to present in San Francisco to a wonderful group of training professionals, here are some notes, links and resources from that presentation. Here are the slides How to Elevate Your Learning:What is Gamification? Is There Any Science Behind It? from Karl Kapp Also, here are some links that provide […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Research indicates that a conversational style is much more effective for conveying content to learners than a more formal style. In the book, “e-Learning and the Science of Instruction,” Ruth Clark and co-author Richard Mayer report on a number of studies that reinforce the fact that conversational style is the way to go for interactions. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Games are interesting and engaging because they require interactivity from the very beginning of the game playing experience. There is always some type of action to be undertaken or an adventure to be experienced. When a player first enters a game, he or she takes action, moves in a certain direction or makes a choice. […]
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