Kapp Notes

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Sorry, Games and Gamification are Not Magic

Kapp Notes

Adding points randomly to a learning management system will not magically drive learners to the LMS to spend untold hours exploring the ins and outs of the thousands of courses you have loaded onto the system. Games build awareness of issues, conflicts and ideas.

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Looking at a Gamified LMS Platform

Kapp Notes

There is an unruly mass of deadly dull eLearning platforms out there; Learning Management Systems designed with the base level of functionality in mind. And with a description of the LMS starting like this…you know it is going to be fun and interesting. The general approach is as follows: login and plug away.

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What Happened to the Promise of One-to-One Online Learning?

Kapp Notes

tied directly to elements courses or course pieces within a Learning Management System (LMS). The ideal strategic situation would be to have, in a corporate setting, performance-based metrics (number of products sold, number of initiatives presented, projects finished, etc.)

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ProtoMedia/Kaplan EduNeering Big Virtual World Announcement

Kapp Notes

ProtonMedia will use the funds to extend its leadership position within life sciences by further integrating its ProtoSphere virtual collaboration environment with ComplianceWire®, Kaplan EduNeering’s validated cloud-based learning management system.

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A Conversation with Joshua Millage

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The other day I had a chance to catch up with educational entrepreneur Joshua Millage, he is passionate about learning and is cofounder of LifterLMS. Here is part of our conversation. Kapp: What is LifterLMS. Kapp: How is it different than other LMS companies on the market?

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Spring 2007 CAC: Pal-Tech

Kapp Notes

Andy Pasternak from Pal-Tech presented on the topic of Learning Management Systems. The company focuses on the Federal government and providing learning solutions to those agencies. they specialize in traning technology and management and they have international expertise providing services in over 50 countries.

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My 2008 E-Learning Predictions.Not too bad.

Kapp Notes

Truly valuable content will be found as short videos on YouTube, entries on blogs, or a favorite page on a wiki, none will be housed in a Learning Management System. Penalty for non-falsifiability: if valuable content were housed on a learning management system, this would not be evident to the wider internet.

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