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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military by Jim on May 19, 2011 in Gaming Theory Think game-based training doesn’t have anything to offer your organization in the way of savings? Essentially, the U.S.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

Here is a table with some tools for social learning, short description of the tool, the best use for social learning for the tool and some examples. Older versions are archived. Social Bookmarking. Social Network. Definition of the tool. Best Use of Tool. A wiki is a self-organizing knowledge web site.

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E-Learning is Becoming More Social: Here’s How it’s Happening

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Humans are, on an evolutionary level, social creatures. In 2008, 24% of Americans had a social media profile. This uptake in social media activity has not gone unnoticed in the E-learning industry. Industry experts agree that taking a social slant with E-learning will be on of the top trends in the near future.

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4 HTML5 Authoring Tools You Need to Know About

Origin Learning

But with the coming of HTML5, browsers and developers of authoring tools have been working hard to catch up and provide the rich experience that is possible with this version. The new version gives native support for HTML5 animations, allows for enhanced publishing and even more customizable smart-shapes. Adobe Captivate 8.

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Designing an Interactive Learning Event

Kapp Notes

Do players compete against one another or against the computer or is it cooperative? Can the player get through the game and miss the message or intent? Can the player get through the game and miss the message or intent? How do we get the player to reflect or act upon our message? Is it a turn-based?

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Lesson I: Making your own Custom Articulate Player | LearnNuggets

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Skip to content Follow: RSS Twitter LearnNuggets Nuggets of Learning Stuff Home About Resources Tags articulate , eLearning , tutorial Lesson I: Making your own Custom Articulate Player by Kevin on May 20th, 2010 To kick things off, a note on the words: “Player” and “Skin”. The next two lessons we will be developing the “Player.”

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Video games as Good Teachers

Kapp Notes

Games induce players to create their own worlds, to participate in social activities, to form effective teams, to reason and to save lives [51]. Gaming puts the player in control, gives clear, immediate feedback on progress, and offers progressively more challenging levels of achievement that a player reaches at his or her own pace.

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