Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

Building Better Learning Games- Learning Visions, April 9, 2009. Marc Prensky – Twitch Speed, June 17, 2009. Using computer games in education- ThirdForce Blog, January 30, 2009. Digital games and learning gains (PDF), June 17, 2009. Interactive learning with game-based design principles. Serious Games Blog.

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Games Resources Simulations PDF 280

Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

Building Better Learning Games- Learning Visions, April 9, 2009. Marc Prensky - Twitch Speed, June 17, 2009. Using computer games in education- ThirdForce Blog, January 30, 2009. Digital games and learning gains (PDF), June 17, 2009. Interactive learning with game-based design principles. Serious Games Blog.

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Games Resources Simulations PDF 280

Upside Learning

JUNE 4, 2009

We decided to contribute to the 2009 list by sending in our own list of Top 10 Tools for Learning Professionals. The design view allows us to see the results instantly, without having to use a web browser. If you’ve not yet visited this website, I strongly recommend you do.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 29, 2009

. “When asked what activities L&D specialists spent most time on, only 8 per cent of respondents cited the design and implementation of e-learning, compared with 43 per cent who prioritized delivering courses.&#.

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Survey Develop eLearning Consultant Performance Support 100

Upside Learning

MAY 25, 2010

Going through my feeds yesterday, I came across this great post by Cathy Moore titled – “ How to design eLearning thats memorable and budget friendly ”. Let the activities, not the content, drive the design. I believe this approach could be really useful to design eLearning courses on budget.

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Budget eLearning Analysis Tagging 224

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2009. 2009 Horizon Report. Tags: Learning Technology Mobile Learning Design Mobile Technology. The Mobile Learner. Mobile Services Taxonomy. M-Learning. Five Types of Mobile Learning. Disruptive Mobile Learning (presentation). mLearning Wikipedia.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Resources Augmented Reality 279

Upside Learning

APRIL 22, 2010

That very learning can apply in the design of learning solutions. Related posts: The Big Question – What I Learned About Learning in 2009 eLearning: Top Posts of 2009 – Upside Learning Blog eLearning: Interesting Weekly Finds #5. Hope you find it interesting.

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Multitasking Attention Cognitive Streaming 217

Upside Learning

JULY 11, 2009

What’s an instructional designer doing attending sales training? In the interest of smoothening instructional development, the company offered to conduct the retail sales training seminar for our instructional designers. We often design ILT, but rarely have a chance to interact with the Trainers who deliver it.

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Instructional Design eLearning Developer Sales Instructional 113

Upside Learning

MAY 27, 2010

CIPD Learning and Development Survey 2009 More Digital Natives. Tags: eLearning Harvard Business Review Instructional Design Multitasking Multitasking or Attention Switching X Multitasking Vs Attention Switching. Hit the jump - How (and Why) to Stop Multitasking. Related posts: Multitasking or Attention Switching?

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Multitasking Attention Instructional Design Survey 199

Upside Learning

APRIL 19, 2010

The event is being hosted by IDC India which is a community of practice for instructional design professionals in India. At the end of the session, I’m hoping the attendees will have newer perspectives on how they might use games and simulation or game-like elements in their learning design and solutions. See you on Saturday.

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Simulations Games Beginner Communities of Practice 188

Upside Learning

JANUARY 15, 2010

This means you no longer need an Xbox to design games with Kodu and you can play them on just about any computer using a keyboard and mouse (or an Xbox game controller, if you have one). The initial version of Kodu required the Xbox 360 console but now Kodu is available as a free download for your Windows PC as well. The ElectroCity Game.

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Flash Player SWF Flash Simulations 182

Upside Learning

JANUARY 23, 2012

UI has been re-designed with singular primary focus – usability. Our best value LMS, UpsideLMS, is a winner of 8 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards; 5 in 2010 and 3 in 2009 , making it the only system to be awarded with the most number of awards in 2 consecutive years. Here is what you will find in the v5.0

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LMS Brandon Hall Compliance Training Blended Learning 221

Upside Learning

JANUARY 28, 2011

This blog post was published way back in 2009, so I’ll include a quick summary. I was reading a blog-post by Amit Garg on the Upside Learning blog which led me to agree that Microlearning is the future of workplace learning.

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microlearning Virtual Classroom Blended Learning Wiki 275

Upside Learning

JUNE 5, 2009

The E3 2009 extravaganza just concluded in Los Angeles recently. Tags: Future Technology Game Based Learning Innovation Design DGBL Future Games Technology. As is always the case at this expo, every major electronic entertainment company that develops game hardware and software was demonstrating their wares.

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Project Microsoft Camera Games 133

Upside Learning

AUGUST 31, 2009

As designers of learning, have we applied the model with Don’s intent? Return on Expectations (ROE) is the ultimate indicator of value – Despite what they might say, training professional tend to jump into the task of designing and developing learning without a proper needs assessment. You can download the paper here.

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Kirkpatrick Metrics eLearning Consultant Evalution 174

Upside Learning

APRIL 17, 2013

In 2009-10, mining had the highest capital expenditure ($45.6 Of course you’ll need to have an LMS with progressive design and implementation, which allows for informal and social learning interactions to happen in your enterprise. Australia's economy is thriving. million) and a profit margin (33.4%) ( Source ).

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Knowledge Wiki LMS Blended Learning 229

Upside Learning

APRIL 5, 2009

Keeping generational differences in mind while designing learning is something we practice consciously. Their findings represent research completed in the winter of 2008/2009 and provides direct comparisons with last winter’s 2007/2008 data. Tags: Learning Design Design eLearning Learning 2.0 Read it here.

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Adoption Adopt Technology Cognitive 100

Upside Learning

MAY 7, 2010

The ability to measure informal learning may be done through the system itself, and constant tracking of some metrics will help learning designers monitor the ‘learning/performance health’ of the system and its users. We will also see new authoring tools which allow designers to make application scenarios easily and quickly.

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Learning Technologies Authoring Tools Technology Simulations 271

Upside Learning

APRIL 15, 2013

Driven by the rapidly changing way the people learn in the workplace today, Learning Management Systems have had to keep pace and change in their design and capability to deliver what today’s learner is asking for. Are you enriching your learning environments with powerful videos? Informal and Social Learning.

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LMS Virtual Classroom Learning Management System Virtual World 243

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Learning Design (13). Our Top 10 Learning Tools 2009 (1,044 views). Learning Technology (20). eLearning (16). Game Based Learning (16). eLearning Development (15). Innovation (13). Top 6 Most Viewed Posts: 1. Top 100 Learning Game Resources (3,332 views). Top 47 eLearning & Workplace Learning Blog (872 views).

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Blended Learning Outsource Twitter eLearning Tools 168

Upside Learning

JUNE 5, 2009

The E3 2009 extravaganza just concluded in Los Angeles recently. Tags: Future Technology Game Based Learning Innovation Design DGBL Future Games Technology. As is always the case at this expo, every major electronic entertainment company that develops game hardware and software was demonstrating their wares.

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Project Microsoft Camera Games 100

Upside Learning

APRIL 1, 2010

Related posts: Our Favorite Game Design Blogs eLearning: Top Posts of 2009 – Upside Learning Blog The Big Question – What I Learned About Learning in 2009. I certainly have many ideas from Matt and others to carry back to my workplace & business. I’ll recap day two soon – probably when back in India next week.

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Games Simulations Blended Learning Metrics 178

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Flurry Smartphone Industry Pulse, November 2009. Tags: Innovation Upside Learning Weekly Finds eLearning Design HTML5 Learning Mobile Technology. Imagine equipment like this at an art school – without the cost of materials, students could pretty much try their hand at anything.

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Blended Learning iPod Mac eLearning 147

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2010

And covers areas on how feedback and interactions should be designed so as to guide and support learners, instead of ridiculing them. Advertising in social games has increased by 60 percent since 2009. Nuts And Bolts: Useful Interactions And Meaningful Feedback. This article talks about the feedback that harms learners. Read it here.

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Social Networks Wiki Learning Technologies Technology 199

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

User interface for administrators and learners – easy to use, intuitiveness, designed as per currently accepted trends, etc. However, in this post I am trying to stress on specific concerns to take care of while ‘switching an LMS’. Standards compliance – SCORM, AICC. What versions? Customer Support philosophy and commitments.

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Association LMS Association Learning Management System LMS Effectiveness 222

Upside Learning

JULY 14, 2009

Upside Learning has picked up 2 awards at the 21st Annual Apex Awards for Publication Excellence 2009. Tags: Game Based Learning Innovation Learning Design Awards eLearning Development Upside Learning. You may ask – what is a learning solutions company doing at publication awards?

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Custom eLearning Development Case Study vendor Games 100

Upside Learning

JULY 14, 2009

Upside Learning has picked up 2 awards at the 21st Annual Apex Awards for Publication Excellence 2009. Tags: Game Based Learning Innovation Learning Design Awards eLearning Development Upside Learning. You may ask - what is a learning solutions company doing at publication awards?

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Custom eLearning Development Case Study vendor Games 100

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 30, 2009

What did you learn about Learning in 2009? I think my learning for 2009 was focused around three primary areas; this obviously derives from my focus on innovation in elearning and is biased, but here goes. Mobile Technologies – 2009 was the year that mobile technologies have exploded on the scene. More on that next year.

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Big Question Blended Learning Simulations Social Networks 191

Upside Learning

JANUARY 18, 2011

Talking Instructional Design to Non-Instructional Designers. If you are a learning designer/instructional designer, these five things can help when you meet with clients. 100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better. Social Gaming Market to Surpass $1 Billion. Predictions for e-Learning in 2011.

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Social Networks Diversity Training Media Learning Technologies 216

Upside Learning

JANUARY 7, 2010

In the 2009 Horizon Report, mobiles have moved into the “Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less” from two to three years timeframe in 2008: “The unprecedented evolution of mobiles continues to generate great interest. One of the areas we see with the largest potential is learning. Do you think differently? Do you have great examples?

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Mobile Learning Learning Technologies Mobile Technology 204