One: Challenge and Consolidation – Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and then let them solve these problems until they have virtually routinized or automated their solutions. Games then throw a new class of problem at the players requiring them to rethink their now, taken-for-granted mastery, learn something new, and integrate this new learning into their old mastery. James Paul Gee, University of Wisconsin-Madison. For example: In the 1970′s BP created a board game in which one of the scenarios was a catastrophic oil spill. Drill and practice becomes less tedious. MORE >>

Tweet Next month I’ll be discussing corporate culture at  Sibos in Toronto. My view (not original) is that corporate culture is an emergent property. It is a result of the myriad properties of the organization and its environment. Culture happens, and like a child, once born, the parents are not really in control. We used to think of organizations like machines, inspired by Newtonian physics 300 years ago. The scientific revolution followed the last communication revolution, the age of print. Both culture and practice emerge from the organization and its environment. was marinating in it. MORE >>

One of today's tips from the Smart Workers Guide to Social. Media online programme: [link]. search-cube is a visual search engine that presents web search results in a unique, three-dimensional cube interface. It shows previews of up to ninety-six websites, videos and images. Check it out: [link]. Other Search Engines: [link MORE >>

When you spend a lot of time in an RV on the road, visiting different places, staying in various campgrounds, parks, and RV resorts, you realize what your expectations can be, based on the name of a place. campground, for example, traditionally includes places for tents, which means a bathroom facility that also includes showers (unless the campground is considered “rustic,&# in which case, you can expect no such facilities to be on the grounds). This is important background for the point I’m going to make. Stay with me here. Think about your name. Don’t make excuses. MORE >>

In 2007, I embarked on a 31-Day "Building a Better Blog" learning experimen t where I pledged to go through Problogger Darren' Rowse's daily series of activities to build a better blog.Over the next month, about 40 other brave bloggers (including a class of 9 year-olds from Australia!) went through each of Darren's exercises, sharing our experiences along the way. All of us built a strong bond to one another. We also found that our blogs improved dramatically. . Both of these experiences were powerful learning experiments for me. Sometimes I do these alone. Sometimes I do them with others. . MORE >>