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Nerdy Shop Talk Videocast

So it’s been pretty quiet here on the blog, but that’s because we have been hard at work on several different things. One of them is HAPPENING this Thursday March 14th at 2PMย ET/11AM PT Tracy Parish and I are starting a new videocast series in conjunction with the Elearning Guild,… 

New Book: Play to Learn!

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!ย 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… 

Talking about Feedback and Habits

Have participated in a few podcasts lately: The Disruption Debate podcast, talking about feedback and why it matters, and how to get more feedback into learning systems:ย https://www.totaralms.com/blog/disruption-debate-julie-dirksen-why-feedback-matters The Learning Circle podcast, talking about digital habits and how to encourage good habit formation:ย http://www.dau.mil/learningcircle/default.aspx There are a few more coming up soon,… 

Book Giveaway and Other News

Hey folks, So Bryan Jones at elearningart.comย did a very fun interview with me for his blog. ย In conjunction with the interview, he’s giving away five copies of Design For How People Learn! ย Elearningart.com is a nifty resource for creating scenario based learning, and much easier than combing the stock photo… 

Libraries and Hyperbolic Discounting and Carrots

So I’ve been blogging, just not here:   For ASTD, I wrote about why we aren’t in the information delivery business anymore (and what we can learn from Museums and Libraries): http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/Learning-Technologies-Blog/2013/11/The-Future-of-LD-Is-Not-the-Information-Business For Allen Interactions, I wrote a guest blog about hyperbolic discounting, and why creating a feeling of immediacy…