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Want to help someone learn? Have them assume a role.

Kapp Notes

Situating the learner in, as realistic a situation as possible, increases on-the-job recall, knowledge transfer and reinforcement of appropriate behaviors. Since role plays can occur in a classroom setting, e-learning modules or in a virtual 3D environment, it is important to consider advantages and disadvantages of each.

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Does Your Learning have any Action and Adventure?

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On the other hand, when a learner first enters an e-learning module they are confronted with a material to read, static images and a list of instructional objectives. Typically in instruction, there is no action or engagement with the content until near the end of a module or after content has been introduced. How should I proceed?

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Sorry, Games and Gamification are Not Magic

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Learning games or serious games work well when they are built from the ground up focused on teaching underlying concepts models or ideas, helping a player learn the trade-offs required to make important business or sales decisions. The truth is that games and gamification are as simple and common place as a lecture or an online module.

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Gamification Discussion Points for #ozlearn chat on April 12

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How does one make sense of the various gamification tools to help drive learner performance? This process provides certain learning elements that can help drive learning. Here are three core elements that help drive learning with gamification. First, let’s define our typical gamification implementation.

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Six Ways to Foster Innovation in the Learning Field

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How can learning be done in a place other than a classroom, other than in an eLearning module, other than with a worksheet. Edison did not stop after one attempt, Steve Jobs did not stop after the first design of he iPod…come on. We need to picture learning happening in unusual places in unusual formats. Multiple Attempts.

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Three Tips for e-Learning Dominance

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meaning people actually learned and applied what you wanted them to learn and apply from taking your e-learning module). Here are three tips to help you achieve that goal. Find the meaning outside of the learning… link the learning experience to desired on-the-job performance (not mere knowledge or “awareness).

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Are You Challenging Your Learners? Don’t treat them like babies.

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Employees are faced with difficulty challenges in their jobs, they need to deal with upset co-workers or clients/customers. Trainees are faced with difficult challenge as well, they must stay awake in the class as the trainer lectures or they must pass an insanely poorly designed test at the end of an elearning module.

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