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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military by Jim on May 19, 2011 in Gaming Theory Think game-based training doesn’t have anything to offer your organization in the way of savings?

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Can Games Transform the World? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Can Games Transform the World? Games seem like a really cool way to add some fun to learning and seem to pose little or no risk to the learning outcome. To be effective the game must make work seem like play.

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Synchronous Software Scavenger Hunts

Experiencing eLearning

Application training via a synchronous tool like WebEx, Adobe Connect, or Elluminate too often ends up with passive learners. I’m guilty of this myself too; I’ve done some boring synchronous training that didn’t offer any opportunity to practice skills. Four Steps to Effective Virtual Classroom Training.

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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

For many, their first experience with eLearning was educational computer games delivered via CD Rom. Digitec, Instructional Designer, Jennifer Ritter wrote a blog about this recently explaining, “I now realize that I was raised with game-based learning. ILT- Instructor led training or traditional classroom training or instruction.

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Free learning & development webinars for April 2022

Limestone Learning

You’ll walk away with the knowledge of how to apply asynchronous and synchronous training methods to your organization's L&D program. How Games Are Driving Better Results for Every Generation Did you know that 70% of American adults play video games? Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 12 p.m.–1 Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 10 a.m.–11

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TechLearn 2023 Highlights and Tools to Try

Experiencing eLearning

Games and scenarios Inklewriter : This tool for creating interactive stories is like Twine’s little brother. If I were teaching branching scenarios in K-12 classrooms, this is probably what I’d use because it’s simple to get started.

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Moving from Teacher to Facilitator | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Even with the help of the newest technology tools to communicate and educate including social media, wikis, and Google, we still need to transform our ILT classrooms and training sessions into integrated blended learning environments. One night in the classroom I decided to use a relevant example from their reality: Coke or Pepsi. “In