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Ready Player None: The Pitfalls of Gamification

eLearning Alchemy

A 2014 Study by TalentLMS found that respondents were heavily in favour of gamification : This study built on 2013 research by the eLearning Guild which found that when content was delivered through gamification, learners scored: All together there’s a lot to like about gamification. What’s not to like?

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5 best practices to limit lost completions in SCORM courses

Rustici Software

By the time the course sets the status, the SCORM player is already closed and that Run-Time Data is lost in the shuffle. Instead, set the status in your course and then navigate to a results page where the learner can view their score and whether they completed it or not. Keep your content player updated.

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Five Lessons From Learning Game Development

Upside Learning

Be absolutely certain about the game objective; what must the player do to win? – If a player chooses not to do anything, the game environment must still change, and adapt to the ‘non-play’. Ideally, there must some penalization of the player for not making moves, after all that’s what the game-play is about.

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Is Your Measuring Stick Allowing You To Manage For The Better.

Dashe & Thomson

Baseball didn’t nestle into its hallowed position as America’s pastime until it grabbed the attention of adult Americans. Nuances like box scores, trades and scouting were all born. Players ultimately developed, and their stats reflected that. And how did that happen? We do the same with employees and trainers.

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The Shape of Global Workplace Learning 2020: An Interview with Sriraj Mallick, President, Infopro Learning

Infopro Learning

Another interesting trend that is gaining attention is Content curation. There are a lot of players in the industry, catering to the needs of workplace learning. Is the training program improving sales, customer service or the net promoter score? “Training is a reality for a successful organization.

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The ongoing work of learning standards

Litmos

And you should be paying attention. You could use any of the many authoring tools, such as Authorware, but you needed an appropriate player. It may be that they’re on to things that we should be paying attention to! Learning Standards. It can store interim status, so you can stop and restart as needed.

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The science of expertise: how to help professionals peak with your blended learning design

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I can see if I'm getting better by the scores I gain on the daily challenge. This improved my score enormously. Research among violin players shows this very clearly. Intermediate level violin players under the age of 18 have practiced for 3420 hours. I play it 2-3 times per day. Born with a violin in their hand.