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IDC India – Games Vs Simulations

Upside Learning

I’ll be making an online presentation about the fundamental differences between games and simulation at 11:00 AM IST on 24th April, 2010. The event is being hosted by IDC India which is a community of practice for instructional design professionals in India.

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Situated Cognition In eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

TalentLMS

Learners must be able to put their knowledge to use outside the virtual classroom, and simulating real world challenges is one of the best ways to achieve this. Cognitive Apprenticeships and communities of practice also go hand-in-hand with situated cognition. 4 Situated Cognition Best Practices.

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A Brief Introduction – Communities of Practice Manager

The Learning Circuits

As Ryann mentioned in a previous post, I’m the Community of Practice Manager for Learning Technologies at ASTD. In this role, I engage with the community and help build ASTD’s portfolio of content—from T+D articles to books to educational programs to conferences and beyond.

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Games Build Community & Associations: ASAE Technology Conference Session

Web Courseworks

The way people learn from games, what game mechanics make online games addictive, and how to successfully utilize games to build community and optimize web traffic are important topics for discussion. Tags: ASAE Association eLearning Clark Aldrich gaming and simulation Immersive Learning Simulations Serious Games.

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Beyond Face-to-Face: Solving the Digital Practice Problem

Speaker: Bryan Naas, Director of Sales Enablement, Lessonly

This practice is time-consuming, inefficient, and can be impossible if you’re working with a remote salesforce. Fortunately, it’s 2019, and just like athletes have access to VR simulations, and artists have access to online communities of practice, the world of sales is also starting to catch up.

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Educating Medical Personnel: New Book Reviews CPD Topics

Web Courseworks

Every so often a book is published that provides a community of practice with a fresh perspective on current issues. The intention of this review is to describe a few chapters, reiterate the book’s importance to the community of practice, and provide our readers with one of the editor’s commentary. Rayburn, Mary G.

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Top 5 Things Associations can Learn from Corporate Training Departments

Association eLearning

With stronger educational components, we believe that associations can become the learning centers of the future, providing a vibrant learning community for industry, while augmenting traditional post-secondary educational offerings and better servicing the employees and industry alike. Corporate universities. Organizations like Yum!