GDC, two of the challenges were building a game based on love and then build one on the poetry of Emily Dickinson. The designers have an unlimited budget and staff and don't actually have to build the game so yes, its dificult..its a challenge. "I learned at my mother's knee (and my Dad's poker table) that game ethics are not real-world ethics. Mercy (for a simple example) so precious in social life, would ruin chess." Right. That's why we need to build a new game ... stick to your original dclared rules, the better you do in the game.  I suppose what it really establishes is how ...

Presentation: Deeper Instructional Design: Cognitive Science and How People Really Learn Presenter: Clark Quinn (yup ... train people to use it. - Got 19 cards and put minimal information on them to get the learner through tasks. - Principals ... learn - commitment, resistance, anxiety, motivation) + Most instructional design really addressing Cognitive component ... of the SME and Instructional Designer changes - SME is still expert. But - what can the student DO DIFFERENTLY now ... emotionally BEFORE open them up cognitively + How is this training going to help THEM (WIIFM) - Experience ...

... we do. Let's take our usual - what can we do to make it better? This challenge - Design a game to get to the ethical ... . And got a very high level game designer to do the challenge courtesy of Clark Quinn (1 degree of separation). A great ... background - training CAD Engineers using a first person shooter. (Wow!) Result - a 4th grader got a hold of it and started designing CAD. They do a lot of the Discovery Channel and PBS Kids games too. The creative process - bring the designers in EARLY. - Look at the property from the early early stages. Bob - one area of interest, how to make games ...

There were issues with connectivity with some groups. Again - combination of simulation and game Training problem ... Presentation: Designing and Rolling Out Games for eLearning Outcomes Presenter: Ravi Ramakrishman (This session will ... completion - Improve retention Some fun, some hard work. The important part is the learning agenda. Serious Games - the basis. - Historically games have been frowned upon. Nothing has really changed. - Game seen as not equalling "learning" "Game" - Activity engaged in for diversion or amusement. "Serious Game" - voumtary activity pled within a specific ...

Next week is DevLearn , and as it’s run by the eLearning Guild, it’s always good.  I’ll be switching time between two pre-conference symposiums , one on games, and one on mobile.  Then I’ll be presenting on Deeper Instructional Design, doing Breakfast Bytes on (learning) games in the organization and one with Jay Cross on hot topics from the conference, and will be part of Jay Cross’ Learnscaping presentation.  Whew! The learnscaping will ... solid line up. In February, there’s the Training 2009 conference in Atlanta, and I’ll be running a ...

Can an ex NFL player go to a game and just enjoy the game like an average fan, or do they spend the whole time critiquing every last play? In my previous post on the "quality" of training that I'm subjected to, there is an interesting ... , instructional strategies, interaction, feedback, and the list goes on). It makes me wonder if sometimes we as learning people are so caught up finding the negative things wrong with training, that we actually learn less than the average ... training or training sponsored by an external organization where we know that our thoughts and comments will have ...

I've been hit with two separate training courses that I need to go through at the same time (while still doing my full-time job). The first is a DAU course on Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) training. Unfortunately ... be made in the training and education field. I guess I still need to wait for my buddy Mark Oehlert (the self-proclaimed learning technology evangelist) to leave his gaming fingerprint on the COR 222 course. The second is a little ... reveal that there is still a lot of work we need to make. Working in the training R&D field, I realize that I have ...