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The other day I had an opportunity to ask Yury Uskov of iSpring a few questions about his company and the future of eLearning. Yury founded the company, iSpring, in 2005 and today iSpring tools are used by over 40,000 customers in 155 countries, including 148 of the Fortune 500 companies, and the world’s top universities. Yury has […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The other day, an online colleague of mine, Peter G. Shea, introduced me to the term “disfluent” from the book Smarter, Faster, Better by Charles Duhigg. The term means “harder to process at first but stickier once it was really understood.” The term resonated with me because I believe one of the reasons games are […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are some resources related to gamification and, more importantly, thinking like a game designer when creating instruction. Here are the slides of my keynote. TH504 – Stop Thinking Like an Instructional Designer: Start Thinking Like a Game Designer from Karl Kapp Also, many people ask me how I am able to add notes directly […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In a recent article 3 Instructional Design Strategies For Virtual Reality Learning, I discussed three (among many) instructional design strategies for VR: Conceptual Orienteering, Critical Incident and Operational Application. In this article, I step back and look at seven fundamental principles that need to be designed into any VR experience. You’ll notice that all of […]
Continue Reading →Here is part two of the questions about gamification from a 7th grade in a California school. You can see part one of the question and answer session at this link (and you want to check it out, she asked some great questions). 10. How long have you taught with a traditional learning version? AND […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The other day I received a very nice email from a 7th grade student in a high school is California. She wanted to know if I could answer a few questions about gamification as she saw my TEDx talk and has gotten interested in the subject of games and gamification for learning. I think it […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In my work with games and gamification I have the opportunity to travel around the globe talking to folks who are working on various aspects of games and gamification from vendors to practitioners to consultants. During this year, I’ve seen a number of universal trends that are worth noting. If you want a quick video […]
Continue Reading →The other day I had a chance to catch up with John Blackmon. John is the Chief Technology Officer for Trivantis as well as being one of the Co-Founders of the company. And before that, John was Co-Founder and Lead Engineer at BocaSoft, a company that created various software utilities for the OS/2 operating system. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →At Masie’s Learning 2016, there were many extraordinary events. In fact, soon curated content will be posted on the site. But in the meantime, here is my take on one of the most innovative and leading edge concepts…a Learning Escape Room. According to Wikipedia, an escape room is a “ a physical adventure game in […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Many people ask me for some good resources or supplies for creating their own instruction or learning oriented board game or card game. There are several resources you can use. Here is a partial list. If you want to create your own prototype board game with some cards and a board, try the DIY: Do […]
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