by Julie Dirksen
I follow a whole lot of e-Learning blogs, and they typically cover topics like web 2.0, social media for learning, e-Learning technology, the state of the industry, etc. Once in a while, they do tackle interesting, chewy e-Learning design questions (but not as often as I could wish for). Where I do consistently find conversations … Read more
Dave Ferguson already called attention to this over on his blog, but I’m going to do it here also. One of my favorite new-to-me blogs is The Acagamic – Usable Game Science, and it’s marvelous stuff. As a special holiday present, the blog is featuring a series of presentations on things game-y: As a Christmas special, … Read more
Hey folks, Last June I presented at the very first Learning and Entertainment Evolution Forum (LEEF) in Harrisburg, PA. The forum was put on by the fabulous folks at the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Can’t say enough good things about them — they are really trying to do it right. Currently the call … Read more
A number of years ago I read Chaos by James Gleick, and afterwards couldn’t help but see fractals everywhere. Now, I’ve been interested in the application of games in learning environments for years — specifically the fundamentals of game design (points, leveling, challenge, achievements, collecting, etc.), and lately I’ve been seeing game thinking everywhere I look, … Read more
I’ve been reading The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell (which is wonderful), and there was a passage about imagination that I thought was really remarkable: Imagination puts the player into the game by putting the game into the player. You might think, when I talk about the power of … Read more
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 lms guy/part time web developer/high school student using dreamweaver/old copy of powerpoint. How do we do learning … Read more