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Competition & Cooperation in Gamification

Kapp Notes

Crawford, 2003). Prizes for winners should be of little importance or even symbolic help ensure that the student efforts are intrinsic and not driven by the expected outcome (Cantador & Conde, 2010). To Learn more about gamification, check out these books: References. Freiburg, Germany, July 2010. Cooperation.

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7 Things About eLearning Your CEO/Executive Director Wants to Know

Association eLearning

Our instructional designers recommend the book The Accidental Instructional Designer by Cammy Bean. According to the US Department of Education’s studies on online education published in 2009 and revised in 2010, “on average, students in online learning conditions performed modestly better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”.

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Thinking about Gamification in Learning and Instruction

Kapp Notes

Here is a rough draft of the introduction of a chapter I am writing for a book. The term “gamification” first appeared in 2008 originating in the digital media industry and did not gain widespread recognition until approximately 2010 (Deterding, et. 2010, October 26). 2011, Groh, 2012). Copier & J. Raessens, (Eds.),

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Top 60 eLearning Posts for October 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

October 2010 did not disappoint! 4 Free Tools to Help Get Your PowerPoint from Good to Great , October 21, 2010 Continuing the recent trend of PowerPoint in the news , I stumbled upon an article in USA Today that provided some tips and advice for designing more engaging presentations. Here is the best from this past month.

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Training: The Value of Assessments

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

I have read a couple of articles--and one book--saying that we will need to start proving that our training is effective by providing after-the-class assessment. Kirkpatrick and Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick, published in 2010, makes this case. Training on Trial , by Jim D. The other levels of assessment are largely left undone.

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Writing & Grammar Workshop: Is It Website or Web Site?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

.   To the great joy of my colleague AJ at IconLogic, who tipped me off about this change, and to the relief of writers and editors everywhere who use the Associated Press Stylebook , the 2010 edition has declared website to be one word and lowercase, instead of the official spelling listed in Websters: Web site.

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Embedding Learning in Work: The Benefits and Challenges

Performance Learning Productivity

A further 2010 study of manager development activities by Casebow and Ferguson at GoodPractice in Edinburgh, Scotland reported that informal chats with colleagues was both the most frequently used development activity and was also seen as the most effective by the majority of managers.

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