by Julie Dirksen
Julie Dirksen This is a really quick post, but it addresses something I’ve been thinking about for a while. I just read this article that starts out talking about how changing the environment can be key to changing behavior (How Brain Science Can Save You From The Wrong Job found via the Eide Neurolearning Blog). In the training … Read more
Hey Twin Cities folks, I’m doing the Why Your Brain Loves Video Games & The Implications for e-Learning presentation at the Digital Learning Forum next week (April 11 6:45 pm). All the relevant information is here: http://digitallearningforum.com/ and it’s FREE (who doesn’t love free?) (And for MN PACT folks, I’ll be the May speaker there next month, … Read more
Hey folks, here are are the slides from my presentation at Learning Solutions. The presentation was focused on some of the things instructional design can learn from User Experience Design. [slideshare id=7376789&doc=lxd-110324123347-phpapp01]
I’m off to Learning Solutions next week! Anybody else who is going wanna connect for drinks and super nerdy conversations about educational gaming or instructional design? Let me know!
This Google Tech Talk from Sebastian Deterding is the best thing I’ve seen so far on the topic of gamification. It’s 50 min, but so worth the time: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZGCPap7GkY]
Update 1/25/16: Extra Credits has moved – all the episodes can now be found here: The best place to find them is on youtube. Here’s their design playlist. So, I write about games a lot on this blog, but it isn’t really supposed to be an educational gaming blog specifically. I think the reason it … Read more