LearnDash

DECEMBER 21, 2016

I am interested in nearly every facet of the industry, from technology and systems we use to instructional design theory. The Neuroscience of How ELearning Blends Into our Brain – A brief but scientific look at how our brains interpret elearning. Top 25 eLearning Blog Posts For 2016 – Want more?

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Hurix Digital

MARCH 27, 2024

In this blog, we will explore the meaning of serious games, examine their similarities and differences with gamification , and outline the unique advantages of game-based learning in medical education. Difference Between Serious Games and Gamification 5 Benefits of Serious Games in Healthcare Conclusion What are Serious Games?

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 4, 2024

Summary: This blog has provided an overview of serious games, including their definition, application, and benefits. It also provided a brief overview of the differences between serious games and gamification, and highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of serious games in the healthcare industry.

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Trivantis

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Everybody’s talking about gamification these days. Gamification generally involves applying game design thinking to non-game applications—like e-Learning—to make them more fun and engaging. Game designer Raph Koster, author of A Theory of Fun , believes that what makes a game fun is the process of constantly learning.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 22, 2017

Some time ago, a colleague of mine wrote a blog called Learning Myths: Debunked , in which he stated that learning styles is a myth. Therefore, we presume that if one part of the brain functions better than the other, learners should learn differently. The post The Learning Styles Myth appeared first on Knowledge Direct.

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The Learning Circuits

APRIL 21, 2012

Week One Recap The first week of the blog book tour has ended and it has been a fantastic week with informative blog posts, information and opinions about gamification and even a bit of controversy. We need to be careful how we apply "Gamification." Kathy has brought the perspective that gamification is not good--at all.

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eFront

JANUARY 7, 2016

Gamification, the idea of using game-based techniques to increase engagement in a non-gaming activity, might have began as a novelty reserved for web 2.0 Gamification, after all, is not that different from decades old employee motivation techniques such as “employee of the month” awards and employee recognition programs.

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Learning Pool

JULY 17, 2020

When you look into the theoretical underpinnings of learning experience design, it can come as something of a surprise to realize that this new practice area does not lean particularly heavily on traditional learning theory (e.g. Diversionary activity (Mazes and infantile gamification). Bloom, Gagne, etc.).

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Ed App

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It also means that retention rates are improved and learners and because of the cognitive theory behind microlearning, the content learned has a better chance of being stored in long-term memory. This is backed by cognitive results and our brains’ capability to focus. Gamification and Video. Microlearning usage up by 700%.

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Matrix

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Not so long ago people believed that we only use around 10% of our brain capacity and that once a neuron dies, the brain loses it forever. And neuroscience placed the 10% usage of the brain right next to the other erroneous beliefs. And neuroscience placed the 10% usage of the brain right next to the other erroneous beliefs.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2014

These are my live blogged notes from the opening keynote at DevLearn 14, happening this week in Las Vegas. When you learn Trig Calc, your brain is going through a new wiring process. It leaves your brain differently wired. We''ve come to presume that the answer matters instead of the brain wiring that leads to the answers."

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Microlearning theory. Gamification. Gamification encapsulates the integration of gaming elements into courseware. Gamification encapsulates the integration of gaming elements into courseware. The post Making a Success of Your Learning Technology Implementation appeared first on EdApp Microlearning Blog.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Gamification has gotten conflated with the idea of extrinsic rewards: badges, points, etc. More on extrinsic rewards on Julie's blog. Raph Koster -- "in games learning is the drug" in A Theory of Fun. You have a rider -- the conscious, verbal thinking brain -- and the elephant -- the automatic, emotional, visceral brain.

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Ebbinghaus Curve , also known as the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve, was developed by Hermann Ebbinhaus in an effort to illustrate how the brain processes information. Gamification. Gamification is a widely-employed strategy which incorporates gaming elements into training content. Social Learning. Spaced Learning.

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Usable Learning

AUGUST 19, 2014

Several things have led to me actually writing a blog post. So here it is: Blogs et al: Cathy Moore — her blog and The Elearning Blueprint. Tom Kuhlmann’s Rapid Elearning Blog and Articulate’s Elearning Heroes Community. Anything Sebastian Deterding says about Gamification. Behavioral Economics.

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

What is Gamification? Gamification is utilised in training strategies to engage users in an immersive learning experience. Brain Boost. As an extension of spaced repetition (spaced practice), Brain Boost works to reinforce knowledge already exposed to learners in scientifically calculated increments.

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Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Last week, we had an awesome virtual class on how to implement an effective gamification strategy within a corporate learning environment! In class, we briefly touched on some learning theories and research related to constructivism and the effective use of technology, games and gamification within the overall learning environment.

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Ed App

JANUARY 7, 2022

Learning is not easy–whether memorizing an alphabet, analyzing the theory of integrals, or creating a dress pattern, most of us need support. The theory behind instructional scaffolding. The theory of instructional scaffolding has been developed by cognitive psychologist Jerome Bruner in the 1950s (Ninio, Bruner, 1978).

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

For a complete instructional design system that comes with all the tools and features ( gamification , microlearning , Brain Boost , and more), you need to analyze needs, design, develop, implement and evaluate your course, EdApp is by far the best option. Gamification is widely recognized as an important be sure to include in courses.

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Simple shapes, colors, and arrows translate incongruent text into a board, which the brain has a chance of analyzing in a non-linear way. Unlike text, visual depictions give our brains more freedom in choosing what to focus on. The post Visual Learning Statistics appeared first on EdApp Microlearning Blog. Bradford, William C.,

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Ed App

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It also means that retention rates are improved and learners and because of the cognitive theory behind microlearning, the content learned has a better chance of being stored in long-term memory. This is backed by cognitive results and our brains’ capability to focus. Gamification and Video. Microlearning usage up by 700%.

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PulseLearning

DECEMBER 18, 2017

When it comes to designing engaging and effective corporate training, the best place to start is by looking at how the human brain works – neurology. Just like vehicles need the right type of fuel to run smoothly, your brain requires the right input to for its learning processes to work as efficiently as possible.

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Ed App

AUGUST 7, 2022

For example, EdApp’s Brain Boost is a handy tool that uses spaced repetition, which is one of the best ways to improve retention rate. Brain Boost. On the other hand, the HVAC tech tip articles written by industry professionals help your workers learn more about various topics, including HVAC theory. Gamification.

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Ed App

JANUARY 18, 2021

Modern educational psychology theories claim that such methods count among the most effective teaching methods in accelerating the learning performance among small children, as they support the natural-occurring interests and talents in children and elders. Gamification theory is one of them. Your choice. 1] [link]. [2]

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TOPYX LMS

AUGUST 4, 2016

I could have just lectured about theories and research findings related to jury decision making. They might be more motivated to think carefully about relevant theories and research findings. Gamification has become a wildly popular trend in both the classroom and the workplace. eLearning has this same capability. million words.

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Ed App

JULY 9, 2019

The cognitive overload theory is described as the occurrence of the brain being fed too much new information within a period of time, to the point where nothing can be absorbed. Incorporate gamification into employee training strategy. The post How To Avoid Cognitive Overload appeared first on EdApp Microlearning Blog.

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Matrix

MARCH 10, 2020

I belong to a generation that has been taught things in a rather academic way – a lot of theory, tons of bibliography and numerous essays. The theory of experiential learning , developed by Professor David A. It is fun because it easily employs gamification elements. Experiential learning explained.

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Matrix

APRIL 2, 2019

Albert Bandura used this as a starting point for his social learning theory. Dopamine also gets released by the brain when it experiences emotion and this helps with the accuracy of the memory. Gamification. In recent times, gamification has proven to increase engagement with the learning material. Storytelling.

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TalentLMS

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Motivation and behavior theories have been pointing instruction designers and eLearning developers in this direction too. Emotions create a special state of brain receptivity. The post Serious eLearning: Course Topic and Game Goal appeared first on TalentLMS Blog - eLearning | Instructional Design | LMS. What’s next?

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Matrix

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The main reason for this is the increased appetite Millennials have for gamification in all aspects of life but there is a lot more to be said about the role games have in contemporary organizational training and development programs. It is a common misconception that the cognitive part of the brain is by itself responsible for learning.

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Vignettes Learning

APRIL 30, 2013

Interestingly,Thomas Levenson wrote an article in the MIT Technology Review about Rebecca Saxe’s experiments on theory of the Mind (ToM). One of the objectives of the experiment was to find out how our brains learn to be social. Every human being has the innate capacity to see storylines in everyday occurrences.

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Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In my previous blogs on Whole Brain Learning and Kolb’s learning styles, I talked about how we can improve the learning process by using certain strategies that are targeted to individual learning styles. From Kolb’s theories, we know two important styles that are converging and diverging. Design Thinking Model For eLearning.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 9, 2016

When it comes to learning, motivation is critical for gaining attention and encoding new information in the brain. Gamification and game-based learning both take motivation into account. But, unfortunately, a lot of training doesn’t do anything to help motivate learners. But that’s been starting to change over the last little while.

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TOPYX LMS

AUGUST 4, 2016

I could have just lectured about theories and research findings related to jury decision making. They might be more motivated to think carefully about relevant theories and research findings. Gamification has become a wildly popular trend in both the classroom and the workplace. eLearning has this same capability. million words.

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Matrix

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Instead of focusing on all the negative things surrounding us, we should train our brains to to find and focus on the positive things. Dopamine, the happy hormone, does not only makes us happy; it also turns on every learning center in the brain. 7 Ways games reward the brain, Tom Chatfield. But it can be done.

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Ed App

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Housed in EdApp’s LMS is Brain Boost , which automatically creates dynamic lessons based on core, previously learned content. Using the SM-2 algorithm , Brain Boost asks different questions to establish what a learner remembers and what they don’t. The more they get right, the less frequently they’ll need to be tested.

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Ed App

APRIL 6, 2022

Gamification of learning. With the benefit of hindsight, Morgan McCall flagged misinterpretations of the theory and clarified how it could be used to unlock positive learning outcomes. With features like Brain Boost , content is reinforced by repeatedly exposing users to previously learned content at increasingly spaced intervals.

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