Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Topic: What Research Tells us About Designing and Creating Game-Based Learning. Participants in this session will learn the answer to these questions by examining the research on game-based learning. Additionally, I am speaking at ASTD’s 2012 TechKnowledge Conference in Las Vegas. Register Now! The hashtag is #TK12.

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eLearning Guild Simulations TechKnowledge Gamification 124

Kapp Notes

MAY 14, 2013

See more research at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. Communication Research, 36 (2), 285-312. The research evidence suggests the use of simulations to enhance the confidence trainees have in their ability to apply the skills learned in the training to their job. August 24- 26, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

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ASTD Simulations Resources Comparison 150

Kapp Notes

MARCH 22, 2013

Had a great time last night with the wonder folks from the ASTD DC Metro chapter, a full house with lots of great questions and interactions. Results from Three Studies which is an interesting look at some game-based research, we caught up before the event and had a great time comparing notes. Communication Research, 36 (2), 285-312.

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ASTD Simulations Authoring Tools Comparison 119

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 15, 2013

We are starting it today as ASTD and I kick-off a 10+ stop blog book tour for the ASTD co-published book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook: Theory into Practice. The book is available at the ASTD Book Store. Also, there will be a live stop at ASTD Techknowledge. December 24: No Post. Week Three.

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Theory Gamification Blogging Case Study 268

Unboxed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Mark Van Buren, director of research for ASTD, tells HR Magazine : “ It is clear that a firm’s commitment to workplace learning is directly linked to its bottom line. ” Share This Article. More Articles Like This One. Global Market Insights, Inc. Increase Retention Rates. When to Use eLearning. Register Now.

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Blended Learning Benefits Brandon Hall Corporate eLearning 52

Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If it’s like what I saw in (then) ASTD’s State of the Industry report, it’s metrics like employees served per L&D employee or cost/seat/hour for training. Er, research I’ve read and heard cited (I think it’s from Salas, et al, but memory fails) says that’s not valid. There’s a.09

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Metrics ROI ASTD Cost 260

Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Research has shown time and time again that remembering is hard and forgetting is easy. Sharon Boller , President and Chief Product Officer, and Steven Boller , Marketing Director, are delivering a jam-packed session through Training Magazine Network where they demonstrate research-based strategies for retention—and how they relate to games.

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Games Case Study Free ASTD 165

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Here are links to some research which indicates that moving through a computer generated interface as an avatar provides powerful learning stimulus. Here are some points from an article titled Promoting motivation with virtual agents and avatars: role of visual presence and appearance by Amy Baylor.

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ASTD Resources Virtual World Exercise 133

The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I was asked during my recent ASTD Webcast whether there’s data to show that managers, who are more involved in training and learning, ultimately receive more rewards and recognition than those who aren''t. Related articles. One of these companies is Zingerman’s Community of Businesses. Managers and Employee Learning.

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Webcast Management Compliance Training ASTD 199

Learning Visions

JANUARY 2, 2013

The year started off with me wrapping up my stint as the planning committee chairperson for ASTD TechKnowledge 12. I helped facilitate two ASTD Learn Now Conferences -- one in April and the other in July -- where we focused on real application of social, mobile, and performance support. This year was no let down. Weird, right?

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Compliance Training Design ASTD eLearning Guild 178

Kapp Notes

APRIL 16, 2014

Soon I will be presenting at the ASTD International Conference in Washington, DC. I’ve done some research but there is not a lot out there concerning game-thinking as an instructional designer. My title for the presentation is Three Mysterious Keys to Interactive Learning: Game-Thinking, Game-Elements, and Gamification.

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Instructional Design Games Instructional Instruction 243

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Recently, I wrote an article for ASTD’s Learning Circuits titled Barriers to Adopting Games in Corporate Environments. The concept behind the article is that there are some major reasons why games, which should be readily adopted as efficient, effective learning tools are not being adopted. conditions.

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Simulations Games ASTD Adoption 168

Challenge to Learn

MAY 26, 2014

I attended the ASTD ICE conference in Washington DC which gave me some new insights on this topic. See the overview article for other published posts of this series. In my previous post on prinicple number two , I already wrote about the approaches of Bob Mosher , Conrad Gottfredson and Clark Quinn. I can’t add much to that.

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Performance Guide ASTD Behavior 165

Tony Karrer

MAY 20, 2010

I did promise I’d do some research and post what I found. Cathy pointed me to questions about Alexa ( Wikipedia article ). And there are sites like ASTD that go well outside the world of eLearning. Learning Circuits is part of ASTD. But I really didn’t/don’t know the answer. I used Compete.com.

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Site Brandon Hall ASTD eLearning 123

Kapp Notes

MAY 22, 2012

Plus we have added a few new tour stop dates in June, a few more interviews on the tour and an article appearing in the June issue of T&D. We had a stop with Christy Tucker who, herself, was passoinately defending games as an instructional medium in her posting Research in Gamification of Learning and Instruction.

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Gamification Blogging ASTD Games 140

Learning Rebels

AUGUST 20, 2014

It’s just as easy to send someone a link to some research or a book as it is to call them mindless corporate zombies. I will admit to the massive eye-roll when debates occurs about research and it’s clear the person on the other end of the debate hasn’t read the material. What happened to support and respect? No one else will.

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Games Twitter ASTD Learning 249

Absorb LMS

JANUARY 6, 2015

Research indicates that the time, effort, and cost to create e-learning courses using authoring tools is exorbitant. This often quoted ASTD article states that it typically takes 127 to 184 hours (16 to 23 days) to create, using authoring tools, one hour of self-paced online learning containing moderate interactivity.

Social Networks 111

Social Networks Association Learning Management System Cost LMS 111

Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 1, 2014

ASTD data suggests US companies spent $164billion on employee learning and development in 2012 saying that ‘ despite a continuously changing economic environment, organizations remain committed to training and development’. There’s an article I wrote some time ago which addresses that particular issue in detail here.

Diversity Training 225

Diversity Training Compliance Training Training Train 225

Kapp Notes

MARCH 2, 2010

Magazine Provides articles, news and resources about elearning design, development and the industry. eLearnMagazine Contains articles on technology, business, culture as well as blogs, a rich archive and great opinion pieces. And of course ASTD's T&D Magazine contains good information about learning and development as well.

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Informal Alternatives eLearning Guild ASTD 100

Absorb LMS

JANUARY 6, 2015

Research indicates that the time, effort, and cost to create e-learning courses using authoring tools is exorbitant. This often quoted ASTD article states that it typically takes 127 to 184 hours (16 to 23 days) to create, using authoring tools, one hour of self-paced online learning containing moderate interactivity.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Association Learning Management System Cost LMS 100

Absorb LMS

JANUARY 6, 2015

Research indicates that the time, effort, and cost to create e-learning courses using authoring tools is exorbitant. This often quoted ASTD article states that it typically takes 127 to 184 hours (16 to 23 days) to create, using authoring tools, one hour of self-paced online learning containing moderate interactivity.

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Social Networks Association Learning Management System Cost LMS 100

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 6, 2009

ASTD's Big Question for January is, again, a series of questions. Finding the time to write a peer reviewed article (I have said this the last 2 years, I need someone to hold me to this. I even have great research, just need to write it up.) To publish a peer reviewed article. Tags: ASTD Big Question.

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Predictions ASTD Big Question Write Blog 100

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

There were other unscheduled stops, including an article in Mashable, Forbes and an upcoming piece in Delta’s Sky Magazine are all a result of interest the tour generated. The sentiments are the same ones outlined in a few articles related to the tour. Read the Book (available from ASTD). Week One Recap. More to Come.

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Gamification Instructional Instruction Blogging 192

Kapp Notes

MAY 22, 2012

Plus we have added a few new tour stop dates in June, a few more interviews on the tour and an article appearing in the June issue of T&D. We had a stop with Christy Tucker who, herself, was passoinately defending games as an instructional medium in her posting Research in Gamification of Learning and Instruction.

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Gamification Blogging ASTD Games 100

Learnnovators

MARCH 15, 2014

In this article, we’ll take a quick look at the essential competencies that a learning designer is required to possess for designing effective informal/social learning solutions for today’s workplaces. Knowledge of today’s trends, research initiatives and experiments happening in the field of informal/social learning.

Social Learning 172

Social Learning Informal Social Blended Learning 172

Clark Quinn

MARCH 12, 2009

The whole book has a wonderful collection of articles. And important topics like Appreciative Inquiry, Performance Support, ROI, implementation, the value of research for design, virtual world design, and more. You can download the article (PDF). It’s a great collection, and recommended.

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eLearning Strategy eLearning ASTD PDF 100

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The ASTD Big question this month is an annual question: What did you learn about learning in 2009? I was researching some statistics for use in a presentation and I wanted to keep them all in one place so I figured my blog was the best place to keep those statistics. Resources for Researching Virtual Worlds. Random Web 2.0

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ASTD Statistics Virtual World Big Question 100

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 7, 2013

Had a great time last night presenting to the New York ASTD chapter, great folks and great dinner afterwards…made it home by mid-night so that was a nice unexpected treat. See more research at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. Communication Research, 36 (2), 285-312. Here are the slides from the presentation.

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Resources Simulations Comparison Games 165

eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

When a learning system pushes the power of data with their brain-based research from experts in elite colleges, and experts on learning with the brain, folks rush to it, without question. After all, it is data backed by research. . Let’s talk about the research. Here are two problems I see with that. 8 to 10 percent?

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ILT Blended Learning ASTD Research 64

Learning Visions

APRIL 3, 2009

Friday, April 03, 2009 Visuals and Audio in eLearning (Ruth Clark) Donald Clark posted a link to a lovely little article by Ruth Clark: Give Your Training a Visual Boost in the April 09 edition of ASTDs T&D. The article contains such gems as: "Decorative visuals defeat learning." This is good stuff Cammy.

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Audio Corporate eLearning Moodle ASTD 100

KZO Innovations

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Forrester Research). 75% of respondents were more likely to check out video lessons than reading the usual documents, emails, and web articles. 9) On-demand learning yields 50% higher net sales per employee (ASTD). 3) US companies spend $20 billion yearly on sales training. 4) 94% of companies invest in sales training.

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Sales Case Study IBM ASTD 65

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

It was definitely helpful to spend time going through Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles. Learning Coach Model Very Powerful In 2010, I had a great experience where Dr. Joel Harband wrote a series of articles for my blog on Text-to-Speech in eLearning. I’ve had to find ways to filter the flow and figure out when/how to reach out.

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Text-to-Speech Compliance Training Diversity Training SharePoint 200

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

This article was originally published in Learning Technologies 2013’s special show guide issue. Interestingly, these statistics are only marginally better than those reported by ASTD for the US market in May 2012. So what ails mobile learning? Understanding Mobile.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion 277

Learnnovators

MAY 29, 2014

That said, there are rich skill statements out of places like ASTD and LPI.” – Clark Quinn (in our interview with him). “ As more learning designers become aware of the latest research, through their Personal Learning Networks, it will eventually take hold. Articles/Blog Posts. The industry and our clients move slowly.

Social Learning 167

Social Learning Social Informal Diversity Training 167

Learning Visions

JULY 25, 2012

These are my notes from the morning session of ASTD LearnNow Conference, happening July 25 & 26 on the lovely shores of the Charles River in Cambridge, MA. Maggie Martinez, does research on analytics and environment – how receptive is your enterprise to new technologies? Changing the culture and mindset is a big issue.

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Wiki Performance Support Blended Learning Agile 151

Convergence Training

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Recently we’ve written a series of articles about writing effective test questions for workforce training assessment. And yep, you guessed it–we mentioned it because this article is another addition to the series. In this article, we’ll give you a few general tips for writing specific types of questions.

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Learning Objects Write Blog LMS ASTD 40

Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2009

Ill admit, the full article is on my to do list for when I come back from vacation. Posted by Cammy Bean at 9:14 PM Labels: kineo , research 5comments: Untung Sutikno said. I am optimistic about the report even though the findings were rather cautious, probably due to the variables in the research. Nice brief title.

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Compliance Training Report Online Learning Case Study 100