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The Proof of Gamification

Growth Engineering

Games use them all the time to thrill their audience and make the game more memorable. If you want to send a torrent of dopamine coursing through your learners’ brains then astound them with unbelievably exciting training. That’s why we love stories so much and it’s why video games love a rich narrative.

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How to replace top-down training with collaborative learning (1)

Jay Cross

Companies rely on them to solve problems, delight customers, and stay ahead of the game. They have to keep up with a torrent of new products and services, not just their own but also their competitors’. They are what make a business go and grow. A company’s market value echoes the ingenuity, know-how and reputation of its people.

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The Sixth Rule of LAN Party is Wear Deodorant

OpenSesame

A LAN party is a bunch of gaming addicts in one room with their computers and accessories playing team computer games non-stop for long periods of time. All torrent clients must be turned off at all times. These guys came from all over the region to drink soda and stay up all night playing video games. Mouse Pad.

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Are we tired of resilience?

Coorpacademy

Introduced by Boris Cyrulnik, the concept of resilience states that it is possible to overcome a traumatic event, to draw strength from one’s misfortunes, and to “navigate through the torrents” (Boris C). To suffer and to heal one’s wounds, in order to heal more quickly.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Lets go ahead and solve the future of publishing right now.

Mark Oehlert

Turns out that there is this site, Textbook Torrents, that is using BitTorrent to distribute free copies of expensive textbooks. Posted by: boete hypotheek | March 16, 2009 at 01:50 AM I predict an outcome similar to Napster for sites like Textbook Torrent. Thanks for this update. stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us

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Turn Training into a Profit Center – Here’s How

eLearning 24-7

Perhaps you need an ID person, generate 250K a year, the game changes – better for you and what you want to accomplish. Like I said about iTunes, Apple came out of the gate charging 99 cents per MP4, whereas the competition was multiple dollars and those who weren’t paying and going via Torrents, were staying clear.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): The Tool Kit Edition

Mark Oehlert

Design (via CSS Juice ) GoWare (personal mobile portal) Article on Bitlet (Bit Torrent extension for Firefox) via Webware Animoto looks very cool. and check this one as well e-Places to visit copyright game studies anthropology mobile learning e-learning things you should read stat counter View My Stats kaboodle Oehlerts Book.