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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

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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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Can Games Transform the World? | Social Learning Blog

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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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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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ILT vs. WBT vs. informal learning). Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. They may by very knowledgeable about the technology behind a tool but can’t bridge the gap to explaining its usage to the people who will be using it, or they don’t know of the most effective learning solutions (e.g. It is amazing ho.

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What Can March Madness Teach Us About Blended Learning? | Social.

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Those of you that enjoyed the non-stop college basketball action, whether at home, at the games, or in Vegas, are trudging back to your offices. After a game is complete, the coach will break down the film, showing players what they did right and wrong. From here, the coaching staff will lay out a game plan. It is amazing ho.

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Make Learning An Experience. Blend It! | Social Learning Blog

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While we may like to believe that directing and guiding our learners to new understanding is the most effective way to educate, the traditional Instructor-Led Training (ILT) model fails to recognize that our learners have changed. Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. Blend Your “Content-Heavy” Courses.

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Measuring Project Success: Thoughts for the Training Professional.

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Personally, I’m still working on every new project to fine tune the proper “documentation ratio.&# Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Jim: Glad you enjoyed the post, Liam!

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eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena

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Reaction: The most important point is whether the training had an impact: according to Cathy, “70% of the players said that they were looking forward to discussing the game in class the next day, and instructors reported that the activity ‘prompted the majority of the discussion’ and encouraged soldiers to share their own experiences.”