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People often ask me how they can get started making learning games, the best way to get started making learning games it to begin to play games with a critical eye. One way to provide people within an organization to lots of different games is a GameFest. It is a quick method of generating a […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are the slides from my virtual presentation to the CIBP Forum Game based learning from Karl Kapp Also, here are some links that provide some additional information about what we discussed in the workshop. Articles Improve Training: Thinking Like a Game Designer The Gamification of Retail Safety and Loss Prevention Training Blog Entries Creating […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →My friends over at Proton Media continue to do great things in the 3D space, just recently they announced the latest version of ProtoSphere, the first enterprise-ready 3D virtual collaboration environment optimized for touch-enabled devices like iPad, Microsoft Surface Pro, and even Perceptive Pixel. So you can now have a 3D virtual experience from your […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are three online resources that can help you to think about developing an instructional game. First Resource Here are slides from Talib Hussain of Raytheon BBN Technologies. The slides are from a workshop and walk you through the process. I particularly like the “Mechanics” slides. Listed are Goal Mechanics, Story Mechanics, Guidance Mechanics, Interaction […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is a funny, but poignant look at streamlining college with the famous Father Guido Sarducci. Sometimes I wonder just how close this might be to many university experiences.
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Leave a Comment (0) →There are two elements of learning that seem almost opposite, yet, each contribute immeasurably to the ability of a person to learn. Without these two elements, a person does not learn as deeply as they could. When designing a learning intervention, you need to design both high levels of activity as well as quiet times […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is a funny video about what happens when the schools system is totally taken over by testing as well as making an argument against compartmentalizing subjects. Scary funny. You’ll laugh and kinda cry.
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Leave a Comment (0) →We already know that flying around a virtual world as a super hero makes us nicer in the actual world. But what if we suddenly gained super strength or the ability to fly. A fun, cleverly designed group of TED-ED videos explores the idea of gaining super powers and what that means in terms of […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Recently, I had the chance to conduct a fun and engaging workshop called Innovative Learning Techniques: Games, Social Learning and Interactive Stories. We had a great deal of fun. One of the first things we did was reconceptualize the ARCS model. Here are some images of the work. We also spent some time creating instructional […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are four interesting videos all related to design which I have been thinking about lately in terms of designing instructional experiences that are meaningful and encouraging to learners. The first video is about “finding” good ideas. It tackles the question. “Where do good ideas come from?” The next video outlines a design sprint, I’ve […]
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