by Bill Brandon
The Learning Solutions Conference and Expo 2011 opened today in Orlando, Florida, with a record number of participants in attendance. Here’s a quick look, including photos, at the pre-conference events and the opening morning.
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by Anne Derryberry
Badges, those little icons so loved by gamers, have some surprising uses in e-Learning. These uses go beyond providing superficial rewards, including improving recall, increasing motivation, and supporting social interaction. Here’s what we’re learning about this element of gamification.
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by Ben Betts
Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) create a fictional scenario in which learners interact with people and information to play out a story in the form of a game. Imagine a role-play on steroids, where the participants don’t have to pretend to be anyone else, because it’s the world around them that changes. Enjoy this case study!
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by News Editor
eLearning Brothers now offers a site where designers can create e-Learning interactions and games in minutes with no programming experience needed.
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by Alicia Sanchez
The Defense Acquisition University in the U.S. is launching a gaming portal today. While this was an obvious move, it required strategy. This week’s spotlight explains how and why DAU is taking this step.
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by Anne Derryberry
Gamification – adding game elements to applications for business and education – is a hot trend. But does this dumb down the transformative nature of games? Anne examines the question.
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by Bill Brandon
The eLearning Guild’s DevLearn 2010 Conference and Expo opened today in San Francisco, with well over 1600 attending. Here is a summary of the first day.
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by Learning Solutions Staff
Want to build an Alternate Reality Game but don’t know how to get started? Tandem Learning has launched its customizeable Looking Glass® Game Engine at DevLearn|10.
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by Anne Derryberry
Learning can literally be addictive, thanks to the effects of dopamine on the brain. A well-tuned game heightens these effects. Anne explains the principles that will help you leverage the learners’ physiological responses.
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by Mary Arnold
Videogames show us how to provide useful feedback, even in conventional e-Learning offerings. There’s more to feedback than correction, as this week’s column demonstrates!
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