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When I speak and consult with corporations, I often bring up the concept that the retiring boomers are going to be leaving the workforce in a few short years taking with them years of invaluable experience. Experience that cannot easily be replaced, I raise this alarm so that companies can begin to think about capturing […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Ok, so sometimes I may hype a new technology because I think it is cool or because it looks neat and well…what looks neat might not be so practical. Therefore, every once in a while, it is good to come back to Earth. So I got a big kick out of the posting by Jacob […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →I think this is a great image. Hope you get a kick out of it as much as I do. __ Recommended Games and GadgetsRecommended BooksContent Guide
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Leave a Comment (0) →I am attempting to define the term “3D Synchronous Learning Environment“ Here is what I have so far: Being immersed into a 3D environment as an avatar for the purpose of learning while being guided by another person who, in the form of an avatar, is providing instructions and/or guidance. Please comment, critque, add/change or […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Organizations (corporate and academic) need to encourage trial and error. Trial and error is how break-through innovations are created and the way many of the gamer generation have been taught to learn. Gamers are used to making a mistake or failing, but they don’t see this as a major problem. They call the concept “failing […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I see more and more organizations (schools and corporations) reaching toward “tests” as the answer for effectively screening employees and determing success. I think tests (assessments) are an inaccurate and artifical way of measuring competence. Actually, some of the best students I have had did not do well on tests but they were creative, entergetic […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →So today I am all ready to write a blog entry based on an article,”Why is Work Looking More Like a Video Game?” in the online version of the NY Times but then a link over on the side catches my attention. I click and am highly interested. The link is to an article titled […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →This year at EduNeering’s Knowledge Summit (a private educational forum for EduNeering’s clients), I had the opportunity and privilege to co-present with Scot Osterweil on the topic of games for learning. It was a lot of fun. Scot is the project manager for MITs the Education Arcade and is currently running “Learning Games to Go,” […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Over at the ManageSmarter site, I’ve started writing a column called Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning. The first installment is titled Defining (or Redefining) a Gamer. It is part of Training Magazine’s efforts to provide more web-only content. Let me know what you think. =========================================================================Running an online background check on a babysitter is one […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is a short “e-learning program” I developed called Parts of the Stove. The purpose was to show how you can use a digital camera, PowerPoint animation and a tool like Adobe’s Breeze (which now has another name.) It is a little old but still shows the power of such tools. You can see that […]
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