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I read Julie Brink's recent article on Game-based Learning for the Corporate World, and I just wanted to add to what I think Julie was trying to do - which is promote game0based learning as a viable and powerful option....
Posted by mark.oehlert • 1 day ago • View comments
I’ve been banging on Instructure Canvas for a week now, and I have to say that I’m incredibly impressed in general. I don’t think I’ve ever said anything nice about a Learning Management System (LMS), but I have openly confessed my love for [...]
Posted by Aaron • 1 day ago • View comments
Here’s one of those little “Secret Technology Tips” that works in all sorts of programs and fields. Single-click places the cursor. Double-click highlights the word. Triple-click highlights ALL of the text in the field or paragraph. Ctrl-A (PC) or C [...]
Posted by Aaron • 3 days ago • View comments
I'm late in getting out my post for the blog tour for Karl Kapp's new book, The Gamification of Learning and Instruction, and he kindly did not call me out on that last week...life has a way of messing with your timing sometimes. In preparation for this p [...]
Posted by koreen33 • 9 days ago • View comments
It pains me to come back after a long hiatus from blogging with this, but it’s a personally sad day for the family around these parts. Today, after a long year of watching his health decline, we had to put Mr. Chompers down. My parents and I had a few d [...]
Posted by Aaron • 13 days ago • View comments
This month's "Nuts and Bolts" column takes on a common problem: sometimes in our enthusiasm we may be creating the very resistance we're trying to overcome. "What we find cool, others find intimidating. What we find useful, others find threatening. What w [...]
Posted by jane.bozarth • 15 days ago • View comments
I'm sensing something in the tabs. There is a shift in the flow of the infostream. Eddies of data are harboring tadpoles of nascent thoughts. I'm also listening to the Writer's Almanac every morning. Is it showing? This isn't feeling...
Posted by mark.oehlert • 21 days ago • View comments
I’ve just re-read the first few chapters of Steven Johnson’s “Where good ideas come from: The Natural History of Innovation” (you can watch the TED Talk or watch the RSA Animates video, but I highly recommend the slow read through the actual [...]
Posted by Aaron • 26 days ago • View comments
I read my browser tabs like tea leaves I think. I look across the top row there and I try to discern what the tabs are telling me. Is there something bubbling up? What's gaining heat or buzz? I'm not...
Posted by mark.oehlert • 27 days ago • View comments
At the moment when a person becomes inspired to make a change, how can an organization support him or her to make that change in their life or to facilitate that change in the lives of others? Yesterday, during a conversation with my new friend Holly (who [...]
Posted by Aaron • 28 days ago • View comments