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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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2024 Trends We’d Like to See

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For instance, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have been an eager expenditure for organizations. Analyzing the benefits along a continuum from reality, through AR, then augmented virtuality, before VR, provides a useful framing. The hype ranges from being a ‘game-changer’ to the new era of intelligent computers.

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2024 Learning and Development Trends We’d Like to See

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For instance, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have been an eager expenditure for organizations. Analyzing the benefits along a continuum from reality, through AR, then augmented virtuality, before VR, provides a useful framing. The hype ranges from being a ‘game-changer’ to the new era of intelligent computers.

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

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS What Can March Madness Teach Us About Blended Learning? 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. It is amazing ho.

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Supercomputer's Win on Jeopardy: Little Comfort to Those.

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Matt Blum at GeekDad wrote an article this week called Why Watson’s Jeopardy Win is Mostly Meaningless saying: IBM’s supercomputer software Watson’s win on the game show Jeopardy! Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. A lot of people, apparently, agree. is little more than a publicity stunt.

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eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena by Jim on October 15, 2010 in Reviews , eLearning Most of the eLearning modules we design here at Dashe & Thomson are aimed at the corporate audience. It is amazing ho.

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