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Can Games Transform the World? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Can Games Transform the World? Games seem like a really cool way to add some fun to learning and seem to pose little or no risk to the learning outcome. To be effective the game must make work seem like play.

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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?

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Leveraging quality of hire to improve recruiting

Inquisiq

Long considered the ‘holy grail’ of talent acquisition metrics, quality of hire is top of mind for talent acquisitions professionals everywhere. And truthfully, a combination of efficiency and cost-effectiveness sounds like a no-brainer in theory. Talent acquisition analytics have emerged as a game-changing resource for businesses.

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10 Training Theories

Ed App

Getting a clear grasp of different training theories will allow you to build more meaningful content and more effective training programs for your employees. Here, you’ll find a quick rundown of 10 training theories, emphasizing their key concepts and how you can apply them to achieve your training objectives. Goal-setting theory.

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Healing Through Play: Navigating the Landscape of Serious Games in Medical Education

Hurix Digital

Summary: This blog has provided an overview of serious games, including their definition, application, and benefits. It also provided a brief overview of the differences between serious games and gamification, and highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of serious games in the healthcare industry.

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Designing eLearning Games Using Interactive Stories

Scissortail's Learning Nest

Reading Time: 8 minutes Introduction I’ve been playing video games quite a bit lately. Mainly, I’ve been trying out new-to-me games that use interactive stories, gathering ideas for a project. I’ve also been scouring the internet for examples of various types of eLearning games. As I told my husband, “it’s research, I swear.”

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

For example, Harvard professor Andrew McAfee sums up the Strength of Weak Ties theory nicely, describing how acquaintances with whom we are less familiar are more likely to tell us things we don’t already know: … People we don’t know all that well are hugely valuable in our work. less big companies, for more than 20 years.