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…at how sad I was to hear about Steve Jobs.  I would not have expected to choke up about it, but I did. From XKCD: Eternal Flame

After the last post, a few people discussed in the comments about how you actually go about adding friction to learning. Kathy Sierra in particular referenced Dan Meyer, a math teacher/blogger, who is my favorite resource on this. He doesn’t specifically reference friction, but he talks about how to “be less helpful” for learners. This is … Read more

Quick post to point to this fabulousness from Sebastian Deterding (via @bertbates): Don’t Play Games With Me! Promises and Pitfalls of Gameful Design[slideshare id=8160769&w=425&h=355&sc=no] View more presentations from Sebastian Deterding Added: You can get the audio track here: http://www.webdirections.org/resources/sebastian-deterding-closing-keynote-don%E2%80%99t-play-games-with-me-with-me/ (highly recommended). Sidenote: I’m currently at the LEEF Conference (http://www.goleef.com), and it’s interesting to see the backlash against the … Read more

This is a really quick post, but it addresses something I’ve been thinking about for a while. I just read this article that starts out talking about how changing the environment can be key to changing behavior (How Brain Science Can Save You From The Wrong Job found via the Eide Neurolearning Blog). In the training … Read more

Hey Twin Cities folks, I’m doing the Why Your Brain Loves Video Games & The Implications for e-Learning presentation at the Digital Learning Forum next week (April 11 6:45 pm). All the relevant information is here: http://digitallearningforum.com/ and it’s FREE (who doesn’t love free?) (And for MN PACT folks, I’ll be the May speaker there next month, … Read more

Hey folks, here are are the slides from my presentation at Learning Solutions.  The presentation was focused on some of the things instructional design can learn from User Experience Design. [slideshare id=7376789&doc=lxd-110324123347-phpapp01]