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Engaging Students with Interactive Social Studies Simulations

Kitaboo

Among all the subjects taught at school, social studies remains a challenge for most teachers to teach in an engaging way. It is possible to leverage many other forms of interactive teaching methods – like social studies simulations – to achieve the desired outcomes from a lesson. Table of Contents I. What is a Simulation?

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Knowledge Guru Fall ’14 Release Adds New Game Type, Expanded Reporting and More

Knowledge Guru

Since the release of Knowledge Guru in 2012, our team has spent thousands of hours researching the science of learning and serious games. All of this has led up to our Fall ’14 Release , the biggest Knowledge Guru release yet. It takes the Knowledge Guru platform to a new level. Social Leaderboards.

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Social Learning is Voluntary; Collaboration Platforms are Enablers

ID Reflections

I love this description from Jane Harts post: FAUXIAL LEARNING is about forcing people to use social media in courses – or even in the workplace – and then confusing compliance with engagement (and even worse) learning. What social collaboration platform should we use? Does this mean the employees are not engaging in "social learning"?

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Team Players: Collaborating in Business

KnowledgeCity

Being a team player is one of the most coveted traits that employers look for in new candidates. What does being a team player mean? Your skill set and technical knowledge can be critical to being hired, but it will be your ability to work well with others that will help you to advance. A New Generation. Individual Performers.

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Ready Player None: The Pitfalls of Gamification

eLearning Alchemy

Self-proclaimed gamification “experts” have seemingly dropped from the sky to fill our conferences and social media channels. It can turn dull, dreary, bullet-point laden eLearning into interactive adventures that capture a learner’s imagination, holds their attention, and increases their knowledge retention. What’s not to like?

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The Biggest Players In the Microlearning Industry Today

Ed App

Microlearning, with its roots tied firmly in the science of learning, spaced repetition and knowledge retention has become a go to solution for many companies and institutions trying to solve this issue. So here is a run down of the biggest players in the microlearning industry today. Social Solutions. LinkedIn Learning.

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Ensuring a “Serious Game” Meets Its “Serious” Objectives

Kapp Notes

Here are some thoughts on what needs to be done to develop an instructional game that meets the objective of actually teaching something to the player. To ensure that the goals of a serious game are met, the first priority is to design the game to focus on those learning or social objectives from the beginning and not as an afterthought.

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