Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The best product launch training takes a blended approach and introduces features, benefits and value statements before the launch meeting. This allows the launch meeting to include more in-depth, hands-on training sessions (not just hype and excitement, though that is necessary as well!).

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 28, 2014

Most of all, you need to prove to key stakeholders that your learners, and your organization, are actually benefiting from the serious games your team creates. Key stakeholders will marvel at the improved analytics and reporting your team can provide on learning results. Make it Your Own.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 17, 2014

It will help you think about the cognitive skill you want learners to do and provide verb choices that match. ” “ Name the THREE biggest benefits of Product X ” rather than “ Know all the benefits of Product X.” But do learners ever SEE the objectives I write? Yes, they do! Quick Tip'

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 14, 2014

” But testing alone does not provide the desired increase in retention. Organizations depend on their training to help employees have less accidents, make more sales, provide better customer service and make fewer mistakes. Here’s Roediger’s take. Rather than test scores, a great deal more is at stake.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 27, 2017

The immersion and engagement that game-based learning provides can make a powerful impact on how training is received. Use the learning principles of spaced repetition to provide both micro and macro spacings of your content. Gamify your content. Make sure concepts are reinforced over time to aid in long-term memory acquisition.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 26, 2014

Simulations provide a safe means of practice when practicing in a real-world situation would be either too costly or harmful. They provide a lot of feedback regarding how you are doing. It definitely helps them practice positioning features and benefits of a product… but it is not simulating their real-world environment.

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Knowledge Guru

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

If the game is question-and-answer driven, be sure to incorporate mixed media such as images and video to provide a richer learning experience. The benefit of using a mobile retention tool is that it is probably not stuck within the walls of your LMS. Use analytics to spot problem areas and adjust.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

They all benefit from being PART of a learning experience without being the sum total of the learning experience.: The link I provided goes to App Store. Some of these ARE K-12 games because it is not super-easy to locate business games in the public domain. The app is also available for Android devices.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 28, 2014

Rather than rattle off the technical changes and benefits of the Experience API (we’ve done that in other posts over on the BLP website), let’s focus on the various needs and situations that would make an organize consider bagging SCORM. The needs of all of us have changed in the workplace. What’s Wrong With SCORM?

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Knowledge Guru

JUNE 5, 2013

Plus it references some other great material and provides links to some cool reports and reviews. Overall this is a great article about the benefits of games versus traditional methods, not to mention the subject matter being focused on is pharmacy and healthcare which is booming for the Instructional Design community as a whole right now.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 15, 2016

Producers of technology start to shake out with some providers disappearing. Slope of Enlightenment – More instances of how the technology can benefit the organization start to emerge. Tr ough of Disillusionment – Interest wains if experiments fail.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 13, 2017

Learners complete a short confidence assessment, then receive customized daily mini-games that teach topics such as features and benefits, how to compare competitors and objection handling. The Horizon Award is a great affirmation that Drive is providing a high-quality experience that will engage learners.”

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Even if we do eat the concoction we made, the “bad” of the chocolate sauce outweighs the benefit of any vegetables we might have consumed. A learning game with well-managed complexity provides solid game play AND an optimal learning experience.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 21, 2014

These varied quite a bit in terms of their cost and their benefit so I spent time considering which resources would be most advantageous to me. It can also help you think about how to provide feedback to players, how to reward players during game play, and how to increase the “fun” factor in a game.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 23, 2017

What analytics and data can the game solution provide to showcase benefits and cost-effectiveness? What ongoing effort and creativity are required to maintain long-term interest in ongoing game play or to keep things “fresh” over long-term? Are there constraints that limit or direct decisions on frequency?

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 15, 2017

However, Bloom’s provides a reasonable way of organizing the learning experience so learners can build skills in steps. The list is not comprehensive; it merely provides starting ideas. Explain the features, associated benefits, and stories. Given a customer need, choose the right features and articulate the associated benefit.

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

The secret is to provide the right amount of content so your players get enough (but not too much) repetition. For an optimal game, provide at least six if you only have two categories or five per category if you have three or more categories. Include three contexts/scenarios within a game to provide ample practice.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 15, 2014

ExactTarget’s employees, resellers and partners played the game to gain mastery over mobile terminology and product features and benefits – mastery that is critical to effectively selling and supporting a product. The game reinforced other rollout efforts and provided a “just before launch” reinforcement. “We

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Knowledge Guru

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Even if learners will benefit from playing a serious game, or even genuinely enjoy it once they start playing, it’s still a new task or set of behaviors you are trying to encourage. They also furnished prizes to the top scores, investing a few hundred dollars in providing incentives people would actually want.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 28, 2015

Our research and client work has shown us that serious games provide a much better way to learn product and industry knowledge. Gaming that can be done in short bursts that helps them learn, study, and retain product features and benefits is ideal. Games can provide meaningful reporting and analytics.

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 29, 2016

These two question types enable you to provide learners with variety and increase the learning power of a Quest game. Features versus benefits is a terrific example of when this might be true. Product benefits often are supported by two or more product features. A sales model typically contains multiple steps.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 21, 2015

The most powerful feature of Knowledge Guru’s award-winning design is the spaced repetition it provides. This allows players to complete a game quickly while still benefitting from the spaced repetition of the platform. Standard and Premium subscribers have also been updated with the Spanish language option.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 17, 2014

I need sales reps to know: 1) what the product does, 2) the research data that show it works, 3) who the product can benefit, and 4) the sales messages for it, and 5) possible customer objections. For each objection, provide an accurate answer to the objection using clinical trial results where appropriate.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Each type provides an engaging game experience for learners so what’s the difference between them. The benefits are visually very evident if you play through a Legend game and a Quest game, though Legend still looks lovely. This personality is reflected in the feedback the Guru provides to the player during game play.

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