Upside Learning

JANUARY 3, 2011

A very popular myth surrounding game-based learning is that it involves learning through video games. This article showcases The Healing Blade , a card game which is slowly gaining popularity among medical students in the United States. The Healing Blade is a card game that teaches budding Med students the ins and outs of infectious disease. It was created by two doctors, Francis Kong and Arun Mathews, who founded the game company Nerdcore Learning.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 7, 2011

Customer Complaints, how to avoid the traps makes for an interesting read; especially so because it looks at the LMS sales process purely from a customer’s perspective. The issues highlighted are quite pertinent and yes, I think, there is a high probability that an organization looking for an LMS (new or changing) would have encountered one or more of these traps.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 5, 2011

For us this New Year has been more than just resolutions. After a successful 2010, we are all geared up for 2011 with more events and more plans. And hence more opportunities to help you in managing your learning better! We are kick starting the year with a Brandon Hall Research webinar on ‘ How to Select the Right LMS for Your Small/Medium Business’.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 4, 2011

In continuation to our weekly roundup of the best links shared on Twitter and Facebook, here is a collection of our top 15 links from the last week, each accompanied by a quick brief. 1. 7 Predictions for the Gaming Industry in 2010. The video gaming industry made great strides this year. Here are 7 predictions for what to watch in 2011. 2. The Ultimate iPhone Guide: 60+ Essential Resources.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 6, 2011

What’s better than starting a new year looking back upon the year gone by? To see what we have achieved and lost; to retrospect and to analyze. So we thought it would be interesting to look back upon the Upside Learning blog for some of the most popular and noteworthy posts of 2010. We have pulled these up based on social signals (views, comments, twitter and more).

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