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Game Based Learning: Is It Appropriate For My Association?

Association eLearning

According to BigFish games, 58% of Americans play video games , with 68% of that population older than 18. Why are games so popular, and how can we leverage gamification for association learning? Games create a sense of “flow” – a concept coined by theorist Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced “Chick sent me high”).

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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

For many, their first experience with eLearning was educational computer games delivered via CD Rom. Digitec, Instructional Designer, Jennifer Ritter wrote a blog about this recently explaining, “I now realize that I was raised with game-based learning. Grab a spoon, and let’s dig in to the soup, with this eLearning glossary.

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eLearning Trends for 2018

Association eLearning

As costs have come down, and the technology has improved, the old problems have been going away. Like gamification, it will take some time for these technologies to change from novelty to must have. Game-based learning is also on the rise, as organizations seek to engage and challenge learners. Gamification. Flexible LMS.

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Tips To Help Develop Employee’s Workplace Technology Skills

IT Training Department Blog

Employees need to know how to use technology. No jobs don’t rely on technology in one way or another. That means employees need to be well trained in company technology. If your company wants to be at the top of its game and survive in the long run, it must stay ahead of the curve.

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Agile Microlearning Explained

Learner engagement and retention doesn’t have to be a mystery. Cognitive science theories already supply the answers. Learn how OttoLearn packages them into a single platform you can use to deliver microlearning based reinforcement training, and go beyond completions to focus on outcomes.

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Curated Insights: Seeking a Practical Definition of Microlearning

Axonify

This month’s curated insights explores the ongoing hunt for a practical definition of microlearning and offers both suggestions as well as application ideas from prominent industry thought leaders. Definition of MicroLearning by Will Thalheimer. I’m not the first to suggest that Will’s definition is a bit lengthy.

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Definition: Metacognition

Kapp Notes

The short definition of Metacognition is "Thinking about Thinking." Here are some more definitions from a variety of sources. Here is the Wikipedia definition of metacognition. Tags: definition. References: Bourne,L. Dominowski,R. Loftus, E. and Healy, A. 1979) Cognitive Processes. Second Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

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