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) →Here is a link to an article I wrote called Defining and Understanding Virtual Worlds for ASTD’s Learning Circuits. And here is a good companion piece if you haven’t read it already, check out Another Life: Virtual Worlds as Tools for Learning at eLearn Magazine. One of the authors of that article is Tony O’Driscoll […]
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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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Leave a Comment (1) →This week over at TrainingDay blog, my post is titled PowerPoint Musings. I think PowerPoint is a ying/yang thing. You need to approach it as a balance between content, ideas, bullet points and interaction with the learners.__ Recommended Games and GadgetsRecommended BooksContent Guide
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Leave a Comment (0) →Bloomsburg University Students in Line to Receive Diplomas. At Bloomsburg University, the commencement address is provided by a member of the faculty instead of hiring an outside speaker. This means the presentation is more focused on Bloomsburg and the faculty member is someone that many of the students know. This year, I had the honor […]
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Leave a Comment (6) →Here is a picture of the great folks from the ASTD Mid-NJ chapter. The photo is taken from the presenter’s perspective.Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to the Mid-NJ Chapter of ASTD on one of my favorite topics “Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning.” It was a great event. I got to see […]
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