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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 →I have been a long time fan of comic books and thought they would be great for creating a learning curriculum especially one that was transmedia. Here is an interesting TEDx video that makes a powerful argument for comics for learning (although not the central message of the talk.) Additionally, recently a friend of mine […]
Continue Reading →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) →People often like to compare game-based learning to lectures. They want to know “which is better?” Often the answer is not that simple. While many people acknowledge different types of games for learning such as: matching games, first-person thinkers, platform games, games that require balancing resources, etc. Many people don’t realize there are also different […]
Continue Reading →Here is an interesting Infographic related to Online Student’s Bill of Rights published under a free-to-use Creative Commons license. Please include attribution to OnlineColleges.net with this graphic.
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Leave a Comment (0) →Had a great time in Mexico City and really enjoyed meeting everyone, presenting on games and gamification. Here are the slides from the presentation. Introductory Slides Introduction to Workshop for Grupo Salinas from Karl Kapp Here are the slides about different game types. Game Type Slides. from Karl Kapp Here are the game design document […]
Continue Reading →Note: Some of these thoughts are based on a paper by John Rice, a school technology director in Texas. John has spent several years researching instructional gaming and his doctoral dissertation focuses on predictors for student success in educational video games. Since 2007, he has chronicled research in the field on his blog at edugamesresearch.com, […]
Continue Reading →Here are three videos, all from a slightly different perspective that, I think, are related in one way or another to the future of learning both within organizations and within academic institutions. We need to learn from the expert teachers, from what is happening online and, of course, from games. What makes a teacher great? […]
Continue Reading →As learning professionals, it is important that we understand that novice learners and expert learners demand/require and need a different approach to instruction. You cannot develop learning events for novices using the same instructional strategies as you do for someone who has a high level of knowledge in a content area. In fact, Ruth Clark […]
Continue Reading →Here are some interesting facts about the video game industry in terms of the impact on society from The Entertainment Software Association web site. A study, “Video Games in the 21st Century: The 2010 Report,” detailed the impact that computer and video game companies have on America’s economy. The report stated:From 2005 to 2010, the […]
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