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Gaming with the Nine Events of eLearning

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I recently joined a project that involves designing a series of eLearning games to teach sales skills. The intent is for learners to learn entirely by doing , in the context of a fun game. If your game presents a compelling (and entertaining ) story and challenge, you’ll easily capture learners’ attention and maintain it. --2--

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Making a Game Out of Software Simulations

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To make it fun, we combined a handful of simulations into a web-based game. Here are some of the elements we designed into the game…. The game starts with a playful, fictional backstory, which provides a reason for needing to complete the selected tasks in the software quickly and accurately. misclicks). Progress bar.

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What does the 80's movie WarGames tell us about learning games?

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This computer, known as WOPR , plays the game Global Thermonuclear War continuously so that it can learn the best way to win (should the Russians attack). First, games can engage the human brain in a more complex way than other types of training. The game evoked emotions in the characters that effected their judgement.

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Resolve to Try Something New in eLearning in 2013

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The posts from this blog in 2012 offered advice for trying out new eLearning authoring tools and other technologies as well as advice for trying out various instructional approaches. If you're interested in trying something new with your eLearning projects this year, take a look at how the past year of posts from this blog might help.

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Being a Good Coach through eLearning Feedback

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He told me about some of the advice he found on the web about coaching, and I realized that much of what he learned can be applied to coaching in eLearning as well. In many eLearning lessons, a box appears that says something like, “Incorrect. Below are a few of the coaching nuggets he shared with me and how I apply them to eLearning.

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A New Year’s Resolution: Remove the Fluff from eLearning

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Think about the elements you included in your last eLearning project. If you had to offer business justification for each slide and activity in your eLearning lesson to your client, could you consistently make a compelling case? Word searches, crossword puzzles, hang man – I see these games in eLearning from time to time.

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Best Practices in the Next Generation of eLearning, Part 2

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In this webinar, Mr. Mallon outlined the top 10 best practices for the next generation of eLearning. This is not referring to a standard quiz type of assessment, but more specifically things like games, simulations, augmented reality exercises and action learning. What makes your organization relevant?

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