Yes, I am sitting in the airport waiting for my flight to take off…which doesn’t seem to be any time soon. With all this great distant learning technology and software, I find myself traveling to more conferences and face-to-face venues this year than I have in the past. It seems to me that there are […]
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Leave a Comment (5) →Join me on Tuesday May 13, 2008 for an online presentation titled Increasing Learner performance Through Interactivity.The time is 10:00 AM PST which is 1:00 EST. The presentation description: Designing engaging interactive instruction can help learners increase knowledge and performance. Learn how to use instructional strategies to develop interactive exercises and activities that support on-the-job […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →When most training and education developers think of simulations, they think of online simulations or if you talk to an airline pilot she might mention a flight simulator. However with the US population aging and medical expenses becoming higher and higher patient or medical simulations are growing in popularity especially when you consider that more […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →The ideas and concepts of the widely popular movie The Matrix are closer than many people think. An article at MSNBC.com indicates that in many ways and with many technologies we are getting closer and closer to entering The Matrix….a world where computer generated images are indistinguishable from physical objects and computers interact with humans […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Ok, so one of my favorite quotes in Die Hard is when Hans and Theo are trying to get into the vault and Theo is not sure how they are going to get past a certain lock and then, the FBI agents (Johnson and Johnson)cut the power circuits thus opening the vault and Hans says […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →This month, I worked with Tony Karrer to help create the ASTD Big Question (which always seems to be multiple questions under one big theme.) The main question is Learning design differences for Digital Natives? Of course I have strong opinions on the topic due to the fact that I’ve written about it many times […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →One more high-stakes government agency has joined the growing ranks of organizations that are using video games to teach life and death concepts. In the Wired article U.S. Spies Use Custom Videogames to Learn How to Think the author explains how the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has taken delivery of three PC-based games under a […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Whenever I tackle a new instructional design project one of the first things I do is look through my files for old instructional design projects. Where is that audience analysis checklist I developed? In what folder is that chart I use to explain concepts to new designers? Where is my template for creating and teaching […]
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Leave a Comment (8) →Are you trying to “sell” games internally as a valid method of teaching content. Perhaps if you mention that government agencies like NASA are investing in this methodology, you might have a better chance of making your case. Also, guide them to Games Teach Life Saving Skills: Accidently as an argument as well. The National […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →Manish Mohan is helping to create a Working/Learning blog carnival. I think it was originally created by Dave at Dave’s Whiteboard and then Manish agreed to host the April edition. You can read about the definition and thought behind a blog carnival at Dave’s blog. So, here are my thoughts on “Work at Learning, Learning […]
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