by Julie Dirksen
Okay – this is just a quick post because I am procrastinating right now, but you know how sometime you read a couple of random things together, and they really resonate off each other for you? So let me tell you about the things I just read. First was this slideshare by the marvelous Stephen Anderson: It’s … Read more
Here are my slides from my Learning Solutions 2010 presentation: [slideshare id=3874696&doc=gamelikeengagementforlearning-100427153917-phpapp02] (btw – the title came from a workshop length version, but got stuck to this presentation. I’ll have to talk more later about $$$ aspect)
Okay, yes, I am overreaching in the title of the post, but it was satisfying to write that because I am so massively frustrated by this. The question is this: academic publishing – who thinks this model works? I was reading this blog post, and found myself nodding a lot http://judyrobertson.typepad.com/judy_robertson/2010/04/massive-con-perpetrated-by-academic-publishers.html I was trying to … Read more
So, I had this horrible job… Years ago I had a fairly blechy job teaching GMAT prep classes. The class met for an entire weekend (Friday night and all day Saturday and Sunday) to help prospective MBA students prepare to take the GMAT exam the following weekend. It was a horrible job for a number … Read more
I did a short guest post on the blog of the LEEF Conference on why game feedback is different from feedback in learning. You can see it here: http://leefblog.com/2010/03/learning-games-and-sims-all-about-the-feedback/ The LEEF (Learning and Entertainment Evolution Forum) Conference is shaping up to be pretty interesting, too: http://www.harrisburgu.edu/LEEF2010/index.php
There are about three different planned blog posts that I won’t need to write because you can just watch this video instead*. Jesse Schell** talks about the way that games will interact with the real world and how that can change our behavior [about 30 min, but riveting]. So much potential here (good and bad). … Read more