Upside Learning

APRIL 4, 2012

For all you folks who couldn’t make it to our webinar with Brandon Hall Group, titled Learner Driven Learning Management System in a Global Environment held on 22 nd March, here’s a recorded video that will transport you back in time. Amit Gautam, Director of Technology Solutions at Upside Learning, filled in for Jason.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Here are key takeaways from, the episode: Learn why behavioral change matters more than simple knowledge transfer for lasting impact. Recognize how a supportive organizational culture and managerial involvement play crucial roles in sustaining learning outcomes post-training.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Scenario-based learning is a valuable approach, but as with all design tasks, that value comes most clearly when things are done right. Elements in Scenario-Based Learning Designing scenarios involves getting all the elements correct. Obviously, bad choices aren’t useful to support learning.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Scenarios-based learning comprises several conceptual dimensions: whether they’re simulation-driven, branching, or even just better-written multiple-choice questions (MCQ). This is good news because branching scenarios are a great solution to create contextualized learning. Another factor is how they’re implemented.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

As learning designers, we spend a lot of time ruminating about and discussing learning effectiveness. While learning effectiveness still has a part to play in education, when we talk about workplace learning, it helps to focus on what we’re really designing for – learning transfer.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

2023 is winding down, and at Upside Learning, we’re feeling nostalgic about the incredible moments, we feel it’s customary to glance back and celebrate the milestones and triumphs that defined our journey through the year. The campaign explored the nuances of developing impactful deeper learning experiences.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

With clients asking the first questions about In this post I’m attempting to draw some lines around gamification in learning. First off, as I understand it, gamification in learning means attempting to apply the principles that make individuals play games for thousands of hours.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 25, 2024

Conjunctions are interesting learning opportunities. Pushing L&D to do ‘box ticking’ learning design faster and cheaper isn’t consonant with recognizing what gives our work meaning. Besides undervaluing what learning design could and should be, it’s disrespectful to the learners and the organization.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 10, 2011

Every now and again I wonder about the multi-user 3D environments, or virtual worlds that were all the rage just a couple of years ago, the finest example being Second Life. Second Life itself was a promising collaborative 3D learning platform. I personally believe that 3D simulation and collaborative environments have huge potential.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2012

It was a fantastic event with some great speakers and an opportunity to learn drumming. I spoke (for 5 min) on how mobile enables informal learning. Informal Learning. One of the challenge L&D staff has had is to understand Informal Learning and what can they do something about it. Here’s a summary of my talk.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Have been reading about the science of ‘ Complexity ’ recently, and find that many of the aspects described apply equally well to learning. Without doubt, learning is a process that is riddled with complexity – which might the reason we don’t understand it very well. How might ‘complexity’ as a scientific concept affect learning?

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2011

There sure are lot of learning design community folks who love to play digital games. Watching him learn to play and master the game has been quite a revelation. Mainly that learning is such an organic activity that trying to define it in any way will be inadequate. Courses are just that, they run the course.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 5, 2012

ASTD last week released its new research report, titled ‘ Mobile Learning – Delivering Learning in a Connected World ‘, which we are very pleased to have sponsored. Mobile learning enhances the learning function through performance support.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 21, 2011

I’ve written before that play is significant for learning through what seems like an abnormally long human childhood (for an animal our size). This offering a system of interaction and creation (leading to an environment of play) rather than a toy is great for play and learning.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The paper describes a Professor of Reading’s teachers experience and learning from playing digital games and describes some of the learning principles good games incorporate. This is again a marked contrast to the types of environment/interaction typically found in conventional eLearning.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Upside Learning is happy to be associated with the inaugural CLO Summit India. The event scheduled for Nov 20th in Mumbai will focus on how organizational learning can impact business. How can organizations use learning as a tool to innovate, differentiate themselves in order to attract and retain Talent, Customers and Investors?

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

My instant reaction when I saw the graphic was – we are now currently entering the mobile learning phase, will an ‘ubiquitous’ learning phase be next. What would ubiquitous learning look like? How this will impact learning is a big question? Will we reach a point where humans learn simply because they have to?

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

During some time off earlier this month, I’ve been ruminating how a ‘mobile learning ecosystem’ evolves in an organization; here are ten questions I asked. We should assume something similar happens when we develop learning networks. So this type of energy must exist in a learning network, used to generate value in the network.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 19, 2013

An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. In an environment where speed and access to information is critical, the opportunity to extend reach and provide performance support at the crucial ‘point of need’ moment, is in itself a competitive edge!

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Upside Learning

JUNE 20, 2011

I spent close to a year laboring under the delusion that game based learning was all about incorporating course material into a game. If I incorporate all the course learning objectives into a game setting and keep score – it qualifies as game based learning doesn’t it? What makes a good learning game? It doesn’t!

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

That was quite amazing, and set me thinking about the possibilities such technology would bring to learning. For years, learning/training as revolved around the generation of ‘content’, in fact for a number of years learning was all about content and methods to deliver it to learners. and Summify and a whole lot more.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 19, 2010

During the course of a routine trawl of my news-feeds I stumbled on something interesting that I found relevant to my current research into mobile learning. I see mobile learning taking many forms, perhaps this is one of them. I was immediately drawn to the elegance of such an application as a learning tool.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 13, 2012

How often have we heard our clients lament about the main function of the Learning Management Systems (LMSs) – that they are largely concerned with the management of learning rather than the process of learning itself? Below mentioned are the 5 tips for managing blended learning effectively through an LMS.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 3, 2011

A very popular myth surrounding game-based learning is that it involves learning through video games. It was created by two doctors, Francis Kong and Arun Mathews, who founded the game company Nerdcore Learning. It was created by two doctors, Francis Kong and Arun Mathews, who founded the game company Nerdcore Learning.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 23, 2011

Is mobile learning becoming a reality rather than a prediction? And has this led to new generation of players emerging in the learning market place? Over the last three years there have been various predictions , ranging from pessimistic to optimistic about the role that mobile learning will play in the world of learning.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 3, 2010

The main reason was that such simulation tools are not always used for developing just any type of learning but focused on training content creation for a specific software application or system. Because in these cases, one would need to create all the interactivities and environment simulations manually – to maintain required fidelity.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

We’ve had our fair share of digital learning game development projects; and a recent one threw a spoke in our design wheels like never before. Thought I should share the top five things we learned from our experience. The game environment needs to be dynamic – nothing in the real world is static.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 3, 2010

Stories are an integral part of our lives, and have been since time immemorial; as tools, they are fundamental to human communication and learning. Story-based learning is one of the most preferred types of learning solutions and given its utility, rightly so. The effect – better learning, improved performance.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The global workforce today is confronted with a demanding environment in which to perform. Ironically, while employees need more time for learning in order to optimize their productivity, they actually have less time to participate in formal learning activities. Here’s what Mobile Learning can be used for. The Challenge.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 23, 2013

We’ve been tracking the growth of wearable computing devices and associated technology as they are likely to have interesting implications for learning technology. Using a wearable computer for continuous learning and support , (yes, Springer, costs money 40 USD!). The Provision of context.

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Upside Learning

JULY 3, 2012

How can mobile learning be used to train sales professionals? Connect with an expert or share your views which allows for ‘reflection’ – often the way sales people learn best with. Leveraging Mobile Learning Platforms. Upside2Go : Puts training and performance support where the actual work takes place (Learning on the go).

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 3, 2012

Given this closed environment, it is even more interesting that folks out there are hacking Siri to do stuff that Apple hasn’t included as standard Siri functionality. Such technology can be used in many creative ways; I’ve been looking for Siri hacks that revolve around learning, but have been unable to find anything.

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Upside Learning

JULY 12, 2011

But I’m digressing, so without ever intending to learn from using Plus, I ended up learning several things mostly around: Insights into how Google’s engineering folk think about web service/application development. Now if only organizations understood that such networks could be critical to learning and in turn survival.

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Upside Learning

JULY 10, 2019

An effective learning intervention brings three considerations under the spotlight: the learner, the content, and the learning environment.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The GAMEiT project is targeted at teachers, trainers, and multipliers and will empower them to design learning environments and teaching methods which are more creative, innovative and motivating by including game based learning elements and engaging the learner. The GameiT Handbook.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 11, 2011

For over two years now, we have not only just been hearing about mobile learning but also actively understanding and working on it. This has been possible due to a variety of factors – better, faster, cheaper smartphones, the advent of tablet computers, and an increasing awareness of the benefits and applicability of mobile learning.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

I’ve spent an inordinately long time writing a whitepaper on mobile learning trying to expound our thoughts about it and how it might be used in the workplace. If you’re considering mobile learning in any shape or form, I’d suggest you give these a browse. Mobile Learning Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training.

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