I'm on a quest for good learning game engines. When I do talks about games for learning, I always get the question: "I/we thought that was great! I/we are a 1/2/3 person team, and we just have an …
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Creating (the Illusion of) Accomplishment
Just read an awesome article on Gamasutra (I <3 them) on Creating the Illusion of Accomplishment by David Rosen. What was most awesome about it was how matter of fact it was about the issue of …
Nifty Serious Game
So a small-ish study came out a little while ago that said that texting while driving was very, very dangerous. Shocking. But apparently a real occurence in the world. So, what needs to happen to …
It’s a Process, not an Event…
I really like this idea of using email as a tool for orienting new employees: http://blog.mindleaders.com/mindleaders_weblog/2009/07/maximize-the-power-of-email-in-your-learning-program.html When I …
Do we learn from failure – or – How Monkey are You?
Okay -- I really, really, really like Sciencedaily.com. It populates my google reader with all sorts of nifty brain related research, keeps me up to date on interesting new stuff, and provides nice, …
Why Your Brain is a Closet
Maybe you are a subject matter expert teaching something to a bunch of newbies, or maybe you are an instructional designer working with a subject matter expert. Either way, it's important to consider …