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{dc37ecfc1b099a49effd6b7e2f1696ef791080b81cfc0fb0f949e8951b696b92}E2{dc37ecfc1b099a49effd6b7e2f1696ef791080b81cfc0fb0f949e8951b696b92}80{dc37ecfc1b099a49effd6b7e2f1696ef791080b81cfc0fb0f949e8951b696b92}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… 

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… 

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… 

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]

I’m off to Learning Solutions next week!  Anybody else who is going wanna connect for drinks and super nerdy conversations about educational gaming or instructional design? Let me know!