If you read industry journals like “T&D” from ASTD or Associations Now, you’ll see that engagement is hot. Everyone is talking about increasing engagement, and many are turning to gamification, social learning networks, and anything [...]
If you were in attendance at the 2013 Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACHEP) conference last week there is no doubt you heard the term "gamification" more than once. Games and simulations [...]
Do you think you could perform an operation just by reading a manual? Sure, it may be helpful, but you wouldn’t expect to be able to open a patient up and save a life without [...]
"Generational clashes in the workplace are nothing new. What is new is the extent to which the retirement of the Boomers will leave employers scrambling to recruit and retain the talent they need. The American [...]
Humor in eLearning Here again, helping you navigate the turbulent waters in the sea of eLearning, is another post in the series on What eLearning Clients Get Wrong. I’d like to touch on a topic [...]
When it comes to Mobile Learning, or mLearning as it's become known, it's amazing how quickly attitudes change. Today, with the staggering growth of iPad and iPhone apps, the learning community is scrambling to apply [...]
Clive Sheperd's blog posting on "A solution looking for a problem?" really hit home. Never before can I remember the release of so many disruptive technologies that directly affect learning. With new tools emerging such [...]
Digitec developed and just recently launched an innovative course for Florida Virtual School. The Virtual Globe Theatre features the Bard himself, William Shakespeare as the guide for this English IV online course. The interactive games [...]
Create Meaningful Interaction I co-presented a session at the eLearning Gathering in Orlando in March and at the eLearning Guild Online Forum last month on "How to Create Effective AND Engaging Learning Games". My co-presenter [...]
Just got back from DevLearn08 in San Jose, California. The conference was really well-attended. I brought back some great ideas, met some new people and gained some insight into the science of play. Moneytopia [...]