by Julie Dirksen
I got a present in my mailbox today — it was the paper copy of Sharon Boller and Karl Kapp’s new book, Play to Learn! I’d already agreed to be a stop on their Blog Book Tour, but it’s lovely to have the hard copy in hand. They based the book on the workshop that Karl … Read more
So I’ve been doing research for a chapter on social and informal learning that I’m adding the second edition, and I’ve been taking a look at some of the resources on social gaming because they know a *lot* about community development. This is collection of some of the best resources I’ve found. Core Concepts for … Read more
Sat in on Karl Fast and Stephen Anderson‘s Design for Understanding workshop at the IA Summit last week, and it was double-plus-good. Here are Stephen’s slides from his IA Summit presentation. Excellent stuff relating to autonomy in learning environments, and multitudes more: From Paths to Sandboxes from Stephen Anderson
Okay, so I understand that it looks like I just post every Sebastian Deterding presentation on this blog, but really, I don’t. He’s a prolific guy. This one is specifically aimed at design for online learning, so it’s double-plus-good, and therefore must be posted here: Gameful Design for Online Learning from Sebastian Deterding
Hey folks — am returned from all the San Francisco adventures, and am happy to be home. Now that I have time to draw breath, I’ll actually finish some of those blog posts, but here’s a round up of stuff that’s been going on, in no particular order: There’s a new Research For Practitioners piece … Read more
I should have posted this a few days ago, but I’m doing a webcast tomorrow (Wednesday May 15th, 1pm ET) for ASTD on using the psychology of game design for learning. Talking about some familiar stuff (flow, hyperbolic discounting) and a few new things (visceral feedback). Not sure if you need to be an ASTD … Read more