Engage the WORL&D!

August 15, 2016

As I was finishing up my 30 Day Brainstorming Writing challenge the other day, I realized there’s one more story left to tell. It’s about engagement. I proposed to my

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Behind the Scenes: DeminGO and Game Thinking

July 31, 2016

In one of my previous posts, I created a playful DeminGO simulator. If you haven’t tried it yet, I would suggest playing a little with the solution before you move on.

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The Powerful Secret Behind Your To Do List

July 30, 2016

Accomplishments feel good! Like cancelling a dreaded meeting, postponing a gym class because it’s raining, deciding not to write that first paragraph today! Love it! It feels good not to do

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Gamification for L&D

July 5, 2016

5 points to remember for instructional designers when applying game thinking to learning Overall, start with game thinking in mind, not gamification or game-based learning. Focus on the angle based

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Gamification of Learning: Time to Forget About Slides

June 14, 2016

“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.” –Nathaniel Hawthorne Book Time A book has pages. You read pages in a consecutive order. You advance by flipping. It’s a

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Shortest Blog on Gamification of Learning

June 6, 2016

What’s the business problem? (define) What’s the business goal? How do you know when it’s achieved? (measure of success) What should people DO to achieve that result? (desired behavior) What holds

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JavaScript Challenge: Millennial Aquarium

May 30, 2016

What’s a Millennial Aquarium? What’s your digital native score? This is my eLearning Heroes entry for using Storyline with JavaScript. The Millennial Aquarium is the most distracting multiple choice engine. 🙂

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How I Failed at ATD ICE 2016

May 27, 2016

“In the L&D ATD ICE system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the presenters, who instigate learning; and the participants, who prosecute bad learning. These are their

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James Bound and the Secrets of L&D/Jamification Leaders

May 16, 2016

DON’T BE INTIMIDATED BY THE RAVEN Are you heading to ATD ICE in Denver this week? Get ready to learn some strange facts about current and past presenters, L&D industry

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Hook them! JavaScript and Storyline to engage learners!

May 3, 2016

If you build, they come… If that’s not the case, you must do something about motivating people to go to your course. One creative way to do that is the following:

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