Learning Visions

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Behind the Scenes: Jay Shuster on The Creative Process at PIXAR #trgconf

Learning Visions

We never finish a movie. Jay's in the art department as the production designer – his team designs everything you see on the screen. make it great.” Pixar goes into a film without a locked script. Art and story work so closely together. Art informs script. “We Hire people smarter than yourself.” Everyone becomes a designer of a film.

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Using Game Design To Create Accomplishment Based Learning, Julie Dirksen #astdtk13 @usablelearning

Learning Visions

Think a 13 hour Lord of the Rings Movie Marathon. How long is the avg attention span? We hear that it's 7-10 minutes. But there's really not a practical limit to our attention span if we WANT to pay attention. What about elephants? Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis.

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John Maeda The Art of Leadership #LSCon

Learning Visions

Technology…delivery text, images, music, movies…there’s a pattern across CD ROMS to browsers to phones…we’re kind of stuck in this loop now. Humanity and Technology The disruption of TVs, computers, mobile (a tv on your face…) Technology realizes progress at light speed…electrons travel at light speed; people don’t.

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Steve Rosenbaum – Curation Nation - #devlearn keynote

Learning Visions

On Foursquare you check in and tell people you’re going to a cool movie but not that you’re at the dry cleaner. Rosenbaum reads 450 tweets a day – and RTs about 3-5 of those. He filters his subject so we don’t need to read those 450. Be conscious. Listening is more powerful than speaking.

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Live in NY! It’s Kineo…

Learning Visions

Visual voice – imagine a western movie poster. Make it look better If it looks good, people will be more interested. the aesthetic is important. Visual design creates meaning. We direct the learner’s attention through layout and what we put on screen and where. It has a “voice” – probably a bit dusty, frayed, font is in that “Wanted” style.

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ASTD Keynote: “People Lie” Richard Hilleman Electronic Arts #tk10

Learning Visions

Creative Directors Accelerator creative director is like the director of a movie – they only have about 20 creative directors at EA. EA University Knowledge Changes Everything Producers and designers – at EA – the business is so unique. Have spent a lot of time to invest in those capabilities. Needed to invest in most senior designers.

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Brent Schlenker: Marketers and Game Developers Know More About Learning Than We Do!

Learning Visions

Get the Learner’s Attention We use a lot of “fake” ways to get people’s attention…fun flash movie and then slide into the boring content…but I got their attention! World of Warcraft: getting people into a shared space to figure out together how to get the boss (the bad guy). Someone in comments wrote “sounds like a business strategy meeting!”

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