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    What did I learn about learning in 2008?
    Wednesday, December 3, 2008
    ... strategy, mobile, and even games.  And the clear implications that we’ve got to focus on learning to learn skills.  There ... The Learning Circuit’s Blog Big Question for December is “What did you learn about learning in 2008 ... back through a year of blog posts.  Whew! I saw several recurrent threads, but the strongest one is on learning to learn.  I think we’ve seen more focus on that this year, particularly with Tony Karrer & Michelle Martin’s Work Literacy effort, and a lot of the discussion at the Corporate Learning Trends conference (most recently).
    		 Parkour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Friday, November 21, 2008
    ... coolness, courage, and spirit of self-sacrifice, Raymond was to have a key role in the Parisian firefighters first ever ... means to be a human being. It teaches us to move using the natural methods that we should have learned from infancy. It ... much as a part of truly learning this activity as well as being able to master the movements, it gives you the ability ... technique to learn. Many traceurs develop joint problems from too many large drops and rolling incorrectly. Parkour ... freerunning, street stunts and tricking. The most notable appearances have been in narrative films and video games ...
    		 Creating a Learning Ecosystem - Why Blended Learning is Now Inadequate
    Wednesday, November 19, 2008
    Both very necessary but playing different roles. We must strategically create learning ecosystems within our ... ; ) Blended learning is now inadequate - it is only mediocre.  Let me explain why I think so. Blended learning ... two or more methods of delivery of instruction. A typical example of the delivery method of blended learning would be a ... materials online. The term can also be applied to the integration of e-learning with a Learning Management System ... about you, but when I think of blended learning I think of combining ILT with a job aid with some online training with ...
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  • Colleges Play Games
    At an ever increasing pace, college curriculums are starting to pick up on "serious gaming" and the implications that games and game-like interfaces are having on just about everything and are creating classes and experiences that reflect the value of video games to learning and education. Here are some quotes from an article in this weekend's Philadelphia ... Jaff! Thanks! Here is the article Colleges see the future: Video games and here are some highlights. More than 200 colleges and technical schools have a gaming-related study program of some sort, according to the Entertainment ...
    Kapp Notes - Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - Comments
  • E-Learning for Newbies
    ... perspective of a person looking to get a job in the field of e-learning vs. a person who knows little about the term. I think one place to start is to look at the competencies and skills needed for various “e-learning” jobs. E-learning, of course, encompasses many areas - courseware designer, curriculum development, online trainer, blended learning specialist, Flash programmer, game designer, research, etc. Here’s a brief listing of some of the competencies ... ASTD ’s Learning Circuits Blog has a monthly ‘Big Question.” This month it’s: ...
    Janet Clarey - Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Comments
  • Games, Gizmos and Gadgets: The Value of Games
    ... is a game guy who has been doing learning games for years without incorporating technology just games and learning. So ... Games. Steve agreed to share with me (and allow me to post)his top ten reasons to use learning games...without even ... using games within your classroom. Ten Reasons to Use a Learning Game 1. Games are Fun...with a Purpose. Games ... learning zone, but with the focus on learning. 2. Games Provide Feedback to the Learner. Learners want and need feedback ... errors. With the appropriate feedback, this can become an invaluable learning opportunity. 3. Games provide Feedback ...
    Kapp Notes - Tuesday, March 6, 2007 - Comments
  • Even Spies Play Video Games
    ... commercial, off-the-shelf spy games that put you into the role of a super spy. My all time favorite is James Bond 007 ... One more high-stakes government agency has joined the growing ranks of organizations that are using video games to teach life and death concepts. In the Wired article U.S. Spies Use Custom Videogames to Learn How to Think the author explains how the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has taken delivery of three PC-based games under a $2.6 million ... ... The games themselves are actually a surprisingly clever and occasionally surreal blend of education, humor ...
    Kapp Notes - Monday, April 28, 2008 - Comments
  • Game Teaches Life Saving Skills: Accidently
    Screen Capture from America's Army Game which Helped Save a Life. The power of games for learning is that they can teach lessons that the learner doesn't even realized she or he has learned until the time comes to apply those skills. A player of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Play Game( MMORPG) American's Army was able to aid a victim because knowledge he learned from the game. As the article states: Paxton Galvanek, a twenty-eight year-old helped rescue ... included bruises, scrapes, head trauma and the loss of two fingers. His medical background? None - other than what he's learned ...
    Kapp Notes - Sunday, January 20, 2008 - Comments
  • Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Games Let You Do That
    ... incomplete if done superficially. One answer to this little dilemma is to play a video game as the other person...yes video games can allow one to assume the role of a foe or adversary and discover what he or she is thinking...one such game ... game genre, put the learner in the role of that other person through a game and allow them to struggle with the same ... Part of learning is expanding your mind and understanding different perspectives or points of view. One extremely ... game. Here is what Brandon had to say: Interesting concept as it seems like some other games I've seen, but this one ...
    Kapp Notes - Monday, July 30, 2007 - Comments
  • Game Characteristics
    ... many of these same characteristics . It is not actually simulations and educational games that increase learning and ... ). Games, motivation, and learning: A research and practice model. Simulation & Gaming, 33 (4), 441-467. * Kapp, K. M. (2007). Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning . San Francisco , CA : Pfeiffer. * Malone, T ... . (1981b). What makes computer games fun? BYTE, 6 (12), 258-277. * Prensky, M. (2001). Digital game-based learning ... learning environment by using examples, stories, fantasy, paradox, incongruity, ambiguity, surprise, mystery, ...
    Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - Comments
  • The 3 Roles for Future Educators
    ... through the learning process. We play cheerleader every time we give feedback, engage the audience, and motivate the student to explore more. I see the mentoring function we perform as a cheerleader role too. How many of you remember the inane chants from your college football games? The cheerleaders mentored you towards that learning. From what I've ... I had an epiphany on the way home from work yesterday.... I see 3 roles that eduators play that will allow us to adapt ... developers play these roles every day - usually in combination. I know that when I create new training material the ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, November 9, 2006 - Comments
  • Learning2.0 is Web2.0 + Gaming
    BE whatever we want to be. The book title How Computer Games Help Children Learn makes similar points about the act of BEING something, or someone else, in a "game" as a powerful learning experience. To the non-gamer parents this is ... learning. But gathering small chunks of data over time does not make someone a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant, a fireman ... intertwine in a dance where students grow to understand the importance of communities of practice and learn how to BE the ... our youth. But it falls on deaf ears at best. Why is Monopoly held up as such a great achievement in gaming? Or, ...
    Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development - Saturday, January 13, 2007 - Comments
  • Caspian's ILS taxonomy
    Caspian Learning has produced a useful taxonomy of immersive learning simulations in their white paper Serious Games ... ): Egocentric performance sims Single player game, where the player takes on the role of a single character in a 3D space. Caspian's own sims fit this category. Branching story sims Single player games, in 2D or 3D, in which the 'story ... in which the user takes an over-arching strategic role, rather than one of a particular character. The user has control ... point and click interface. The action unfolds in real-time. Construction and management simulation games ...
    Clive on Learning - Monday, November 17, 2008 - Comments
  • Wearing Four Pairs of Shoes: The Roles of E-Learning Facilitators
    ... effort to be successful at blended learning.    Designing Games for E-Learning: A Framework ... professionals design games for e-learning.   E-Learning Excellence in Practice Each year the  ... ;  Learning ... 2008 Welcome to the new Learning Circuits! Weve ... Blended Learning Stands Up   T+D Article By Jennifer Hofmann and Nanette Miner Blended learning ...
    delicious Random Mind - Saturday, June 7, 2008 - Comments
  • E-Reflections: A Comparative Exploration of the Role of e-learning in Training Higher Education Lecturers
    Number: 3 Article: 4 E-Reflections: A Comparative Exploration of the Role of e-learning in ... potential role of e-learning in the transformation of learning and teaching in Higher Education (HE). In particular, it examines the extent to which engagement in e-learning by teachers in the sector can influence practice ? whatever their ... networked learning (2000, 2002b) and given access to information about the course online [1] . They were ... used in staff development to an e-learning environment.  One of the earliest (and most revealing) became known ...
    delicious Random Mind - Sunday, July 17, 2005 - Comments
  • Training Games
    Action Replay by Roger Greenaway (Debriefing Game) ( Play for Performance , September 2001) Adult Learning ... 2002) Easy Money Empathy (Audio Game) ( Thiagi GameLetter , April 2007) Enjoy and Learn ... | Search thiagi.com Freebies Training Games Training Games This section contains more than 150 ready-to-use training games and activities. Most of them were published in the Thiagi GameLetter . If you like these games and activities, please visit the endorsers area to leave ...
    delicious Random Mind - Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - Comments
  • What did I learn about learning in 2008?
    ... strategy, mobile, and even games.  And the clear implications that we’ve got to focus on learning to learn skills.  There ... The Learning Circuit’s Blog Big Question for December is “What did you learn about learning in 2008 ... back through a year of blog posts.  Whew! I saw several recurrent threads, but the strongest one is on learning to learn.  I think we’ve seen more focus on that this year, particularly with Tony Karrer & Michelle Martin’s Work Literacy effort, and a lot of the discussion at the Corporate Learning Trends conference (most recently).
    Learnlets - Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - Comments
  • So what is blended learning?
    Small group: for example, discussion, role play, group assignments, multi-player games; Large community, for ... For some time now I have been unhappy with my own working definition of blended learning: A blended learning ... learning media. By 'learning media' I mean the channels through which learners interact with content, peers and tutors ... circumstances (depending on the nature of the learning requirement, the characteristics of the target audience, and the practical ... posting It's the method, not the medium , the medium has a relatively insignificant influence on learning ...
    Clive on Learning - Thursday, July 3, 2008 - Comments
  • OnLine Gaming As A Learning Tool
    ... of the game social and management skills learned are transferable to work situations Byron's group has applied a game ... Applying Gaming Principles I am wondering if some of the results of this type of research apply to learning. In my own ... not adequate, and that I had to create the BTG (business transformation game), which was a hands-on, scenario-based, role-playing game that helped people learn about collaboration technologies as well as their behavioral interactions by ... the fact that these online games provide a variety of people the chance to try on and work in roles that they might ...
    The Learning Circuits Blog - Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - Comments
  • Creating a Learning Ecosystem - Why Blended Learning is Now Inadequate
    Both very necessary but playing different roles. We must strategically create learning ecosystems within our ... ; ) Blended learning is now inadequate - it is only mediocre.  Let me explain why I think so. Blended learning ... two or more methods of delivery of instruction. A typical example of the delivery method of blended learning would be a ... materials online. The term can also be applied to the integration of e-learning with a Learning Management System ... about you, but when I think of blended learning I think of combining ILT with a job aid with some online training with ...
    Engaged Learning - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - Comments
  • HBR: Leadership’s Online Labs
    I was in the Houston Airport today and saw that the May edition of HBR has finally hit the stands. Byron Reeves, Tom Malone and I have an article in the issue that talks about two research projects we conducted looking at the application of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) and their application to Leadership. I have ... study learning, leadership and virtual world technologies ; ) A very well respected business journal talking about gaming and learning. I must say that I am very proud to have been part of this effort. On that note, credit is due to ...
    Learning Matters! - Saturday, May 3, 2008 - Comments
  • USCG Human Performance Technology (HPT) Workshop
    Technology used to support realistic performance 2. E-learning fused with school and mobile ILT 3. Performance parameters growing faster than costs 4. E-learning = Training (Show + Tell), Simulation (Do + Consequences), Games (Do + Consequences ... the "E-Learning Trends" session by Rich Arnold from Unitech (pretty cool website too if you get a chance to check it out). I always enjoy attending the e-learning trends sessions just to see if everyone is "trending" in the same ... no e-learning trends. In fact, e-learning is a mechanism; not a panacea . E-learning crosses performance ...
    Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Saturday, September 15, 2007 - Comments
  • Is everything a blend?
    In my post So what is blended learning? I put forward the following definition: A blended learning solution mixes social contexts for learning (self-study, one-to-one, small group, larger community) with the aim of increasing learning effectiveness, and/or mixes learning media (face-to-face, online, print, etc.) to increase efficiency, in the context of a particular learning requirement, audience characteristics, and practical constraints and opportunities ... broad that it could include any type/method of learning interaction. Which leads to the conclusion that ...
    Clive on Learning - Friday, July 11, 2008 - Comments
  • Steady Stream of Virtual Worlds
    Learning ". He gives a brief overview of virtual worlds (a.k.a. metaverses ), and then discusses advantages and ... exploratory activities. The design activities included: Classroom Emulation Role Play Scavenger Hunts Guided Tours ... to go 'learn' without guidance, goals, or objectives will not lead to effective learning." Then, Monday morning, ...
    Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - Comments
  • Thoughts on Blended Learning
    Clive Shepherd has three great posts about blended learning over on his blog (see the links at the bottom of this post). Clive gives us a well-needed closer examination of how we define and prescribe blended learning. In the past, I ... people blindly say, “You should create a blended learning solution…” but they can’t describe it or explain why they need it. Sigh. Blended learning the process of using one or more media to facilitate one or more (instructional) methods. However, Clive breaks down the methods based on the social context(s) of the learning ...
    eLearning Weekly - Saturday, July 12, 2008 - Comments
  • Table of Elements as a Serious Game
    ... giving their opponents lead poisoning. So he created a fantasy role playing game that combines the rapturous teenage joys ... The Table of Elements seems to be a very popular starting place for implementing new media in education. In July I posted about learning the table of elements via video . This month I've discovered a 14 year old entrepreneur who has created a Fantasy game that... "Combines chemistry facts with fantasy in a board-based card game." VentureBeat has the transcript of an interview with Samar, the CEO of Elementeo . Samar created quite a buzz at the TiECON conference ...
    Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development - Thursday, September 4, 2008 - Comments
  • Designing and Rolling Out Serious Games
    ... 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 ... / place according to rules linked to a well-defined learning objective. Games good for learning in certain contexts - Learn rules - Create strategies - Risk Reward Learning process playing game - Understand - Encounger a new activity ... games - Failing Downside - some dissonance in learning agenda - Challenge may decrease with time - game becomes ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - Comments
  • The Name of the Game Is Work
    ... researching, said Paul Bejgrowicz, an assistant director of e-learning at Johnson & Johnson PRD. As serious games ... quickly change their management style if it doesnt work. "The lessons learned in these games become increasingly useful as ... Investing: Europe Philanthropy Learning Center Economics Blog Investing Blog Companies Companies Home Sectors & Industries Industry News Learning Center ... Innovation Home Architecture Auto Design Brand Equity Game Room Innovation ...
    Tony Karrer delicious links - Friday, August 24, 2007 - Comments
  • Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: More Second Life
    Basically Second Life is the Matrix , as in, "Wake Up Neo, the Matrix has you." You can learn a little more by ... and other items. The implications for training are that people will be able to act, interact and learn from each ... created in this environment. For example, you can fly around the solar system to learn about planets and their orbits. You can create a building and learn about traffic flow and the habits of visitors. You can create a 3D object and teach about that object via a distance. You can conduct role-plays online and have people interact differently. You can even ...
    Kapp Notes - Friday, November 24, 2006 - Comments
  • Federation of American Scientists Bland Report on Harnessing the power of video games for learning
    The Federation of American Scientists wrote a paper on Harnessing the power of video games for learning. It is ... interested in advancing the art, and the lessons learned from first generation deployments, I wouldn't think of a ... unacceptable? The Quality movement, a great milestone of formal learning, happened because of economic pain. But if corporations and competitiveness are the issue, as some speakers seem to think, then why aren't more corporations using games ... they thought had the best shot of role-modeling this new model, and put their resources behind it. Instead of ...
    The Learning Circuits Blog - Thursday, December 7, 2006 - Comments
  • Redefining Education for the 21st Century?
    ... comes to changing the game in learning rather than speeding up the past. ... I am about 60 days into my new role here at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business . With each ... experienced to be understood. Besides my teaching role here at Fuqua, I am also tasked with identifying key leverage points where web 2.0 and 3D internet technologies can be leveraged create distinct and differentiated learning ... IP network. As I thought about my new role I began to wonder how my perspective on the thoughtful application ...
    Learning Matters! - Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - Comments
  • Call for Papers: American Anthropological Association: Beyond the Online: Critical Collaborations and Dialogues among Anthropological Approaches to Video Games
    ... describe what you are doing in researching game-based learning, then this has your name all over it. Call for Papers ... Online: Critical Collaborations and Dialogues among Anthropological Approaches to Video Games As video games are ... of online video gaming in virtual worlds. While anthropology and allied disciplines have shown significant interest ... video game media, there are many more possible arenas of investigation. This panel seeks to explore some of these possibilities that emerge when the scope of an anthropology of video games broadens to encompass 1) the inclusion ...
    e-Clippings (blogoehlert) - Sunday, March 23, 2008 - Comments
  • Advantages of Immersive Learning
    Why are simulations and virtual worlds so effective for learning? Here are some possible answers. These ... needed. An emotional connection of the learning event to the learner because of the realistic and immersive nature of the environment. The learning to be embedded in the proper context by providing a simulation of the actual environment ... geographically dispersed learners to meet together in a virtual environment to role-play, conduct meetings, and exchange information. (This is more appropriate in virtual worlds.) __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets ...
    Kapp Notes - Monday, August 11, 2008 - Comments