Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 17, 2017

Figure out solutions to problems. Problem solving and strategizing are higher-order skills that many workers and companies need more of. Implications for Learning Games. Grapple with challenges. Triumph over a challenge after working at it. Achieve something (a win state, a trophy, a new level). Sensation of mastery and accomplishment.

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

You know there’s a problem. If learners fail to embed new knowledge into their long-term memory, they will be unable to apply it on the job. When training is treated as a one-time event, tangible results will be limited. But what can you do about it?

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Knowledge Guru

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Use analytics to spot problem areas and adjust. Use analytics to track what learning objectives and questions learners are struggling with, then send out further reinforcement on the problem areas. The benefit of using a mobile retention tool is that it is probably not stuck within the walls of your LMS.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 24, 2015

While games or gamified solutions are sometimes the answer, they can only do so much when you have a process problem instead of a learning problem. I mentioned above that games may not be the answer if you really have a “process” problem. How can games and gamification help align processes and procedures?

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Adding a learning game to the mix just to ‘jazz things up’ could be like putting a Band-Aid on the problem when surgery is really needed. The problem is that the more complex the game design or game-play is, the less cognitive space is left to learn the knowledge and skills you designed the game to teach in the first place.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 14, 2014

It also helps when retrieval practice is mixed up — whether you’re practicing hitting different kinds of baseball pitches or solving different solid geometry problems in a random sequence, you are better able later to discriminate what kind of pitch or geometry problem you’re facing and find the correct solution.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 4, 2016

They are passionate about the products they create and the problems they solve for their customers. Product managers are passionate people. Product managers spend thousands of hours researching, testing and developing their products before its time to commercialize. But then it’s time for the hand-off.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

So how do you combat this all-to-common problem with training? How confident are you that learners really remember what they learn from training delivered in your organization? Research has shown time and time again that remembering is hard and forgetting is easy. That’s what this webinar is all about.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 29, 2013

We find that many organizations are faced with a problem more fundamental than helping people practice complex skills: helping employees acquire basic knowledge. For employees, it’s usually not fun to do this.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Video games are great at teaching players to healthily manage emotions, self-motivate, understand themselves, and (the part you’re probably most interested in) solve problems. Games like Portal 2 keep the mind sharp and alert through hours of unique, mind-bending puzzle solving.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 10, 2013

Games are sometimes blamed for a lot of problems in our society, especially pertaining to youths, but McGonigal thinks they’re actually making people better. This is a great resource for understanding the gaming culture—a necessary step towards integrating games in your environment.

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

No problem. Faster load times for both players and authors, no matter where they are in the world. New Player and Question Upload Capabilities. Need to load players into your game fast? Do your employees not have a company email? In addition to self registration, you can now mass upload your players into the Knowledge Guru database.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 12, 2017

The problem? You’re already on staff and it’s your job to create training content… so it seems natural that you would have the skills to design a serious game or gamification system as well. But do you know where to start? Few instructional designers have real game design experience or skills.

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Knowledge Guru

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

The problem with product knowledge training is that we need to take lots of it to really know the facts… but memorizing content is not fun to do. Product knowledge training is one of the most common types of training in many organizations.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

It depends on how many people cite it as a problem, and if the confusion hinders learning or engagement.). Did anything confuse you about game play? If so, what was it? You want to unearth any major confusion. You may not act on everything someone finds confusing.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 11, 2016

How to Solve the Problem. And when sales reps do get feedback, sometimes the only feedback they get is whether or not they’re winning or losing their sales. The attitudes and aptitudes that are driving those results, good or bad, are largely ignored. As you can see, coaching comes with lots of challenges.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 13, 2017

“Forgetting what you learned is a huge problem with corporate training programs,” said Sharon Boller, President of Bottom-Line Performance. These award-winning solutions build on BLP’s recent success in the Horizon awards: BLP has now won 11 Horizon Awards since 2013, including four awards for the Knowledge Guru platform.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 26, 2014

A simulation is a re-creation of a situation you could encounter that requires you to problem-solve and make decisions that mimic what you would have to do in the real-world. Simulations can be designed as games, but they don’t have to be. Confusing, isn’t it?)

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The problem is that game developers tend to use a lot of “wow” factor and eye candy to keep the player interested. The trouble was that, while these game elements can be very addicting and engaging in a commercial game, they can get overdone and distracting in a learning game.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 21, 2014

The fun comes from the rewards and achievements you earn and in the problem-solving you do to identify the most strategic matches to make to get at least three power swords to align, which increases your power rating. It is the game elements incorporated into them, You could have a very un-fun game that relies on pattern matching.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 7, 2015

The Knowledge Guru’s back-end will help us spot player’s problems with knowledge of the technique. You can register for and play our CPR Guru game here. We used AboutHealth.com as our source for CPR technique. The interactive video will give them instant feedback on how well they can use the technique.

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 7, 2013

Behaviors we were trying to cultivate in players included: Asking relevant questions to clarify the problem and to understand customer’s needs and past behavior. Players had to find/locate the appropriate information to resolve each of the issues.

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Knowledge Guru

JUNE 19, 2013

Many of us enjoy feeling victorious, particularly if we gained victory by mastering a difficult problem or challenge. Problem-solving or strategizing – these are higher-order thinking skills that lots of people enjoy doing. Collaborating – a highly valuable business skill, this is a fun element of many games, too.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Design Thinking for Problem-Solving. But how productive are you in those conversations, and are you really solving problems? This session explores the evolution of design thinking, techniques for identifying problems, and strategies for creative problem-solving. Learn more. Presented by: Kristin Machac & Holly Cline.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 14, 2017

The problem with learning science is that there are many different terms out there. You can’t work on the same type of problem back-to-back. With interleaved practice, you’re forced to figure out what skill each problem calls for. But what does the term learning science really mean? Others have questionable efficacy.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The focus is on problem solving, strategy, and cooperation as you work together to figure out the best moves for each player to make. Because Guru is designed as a knowledge acquisition or application game – not as a strategy or problem-solving game. The game is a cooperative one rather than a competitive one.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 15, 2017

You have a clear business problem, a related instructional goal, and a desire to incorporate learning games to help you achieve your instructional goal. Use facts or ideas to solve problems or respond to situations. But which games are best? To answer the question, focus on crafting relevant learning objectives. Level 3: Application.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 16, 2014

The problem is that safety training has a much bigger impact beyond simply “remaining in compliance.” The problem with safety and compliance training is that it is often, by nature, rather dry material. Employees don’t like taking it… and that’s just “the way it is.”

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 29, 2013

The reward is in the problem-solving and strategizing. It gives you a star rating based on how well you solve the problem. Three stars indicates you solved the problem with as few steps as possible. The use of resources – players acquire numbers or symbols that they use to solve problems. The aesthetics.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

They’ll also come up with new ideas or ways to tackle problems. The game designers and learning designers very quickly discover what works and where the holes are – and there will be holes. Here’s an overview of the three major phases of playtesting you should plan to go through. You may do multiple rounds of playtesting within each phase.

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Knowledge Guru

JUNE 26, 2013

Solve: Games that use this dynamic require players to solve puzzles or problems. Risk is a classic example of this type of game. Monopology is a game that combines Territory Acquisition and Collection dynamics together. Players are trying to figure something out. The board game Clue uses the Solve dynamic.

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 4, 2015

If users cannot switch to a modern browser (IE9 or higher, Chrome, Firefox), then you’ll have problems. Here’s a few of the major things to consider: Do you HAVE to support IE8? If so, use Legend. Quest will not work within Internet Explorer 8. Do you want people to play as part of a live event? Either game type can be used.

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 4, 2015

If users cannot switch to a modern browser (IE9 or higher, Chrome, Firefox), then you’ll have problems. Here’s a few of the major things to consider: Do you HAVE to support IE8? If so, use Legend. Quest will not work within Internet Explorer 8. Do you want people to play as part of a live event? Either game type can be used.

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