Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 27, 2014

We had a terrific time talking about the power of games for learning at ASTD Techknowledge. Between Sharon’s “Lessons from the Trenches” presentation and our “Powerful Learning Games Presentation” that we co-presented, we had plenty of opportunity to discuss serious games with you. Download that here.

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Learning Visions

JULY 22, 2011

ASTD has just released their 2011 Salary & Compensation Report for the L&D field. Let's discuss: Median salary for men is $80,000-$90,000; for women it is $70,000-$80,000 The proportion of men earning $120,000 or more is twice that of women Women are not as well represented in higher paying categories of L&D.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

On January 29, 2013, I am partnering with Koreen Olbrish on a pre-conferene workshop at the ASTD TechKnowledge Conference. Meet other attendees and begin to discuss elements that make games appropriate for learning. We will discuss both online and classroom-based game and game design. Hope you see you there. 8:30 – 9:00.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Here are the slides from the ASTD webinar. Here I am discussing gamification. Five Tips for Turning Gamification Theory into Practice from Karl Kapp. To learn more about gamification and games for learning:'

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Kapp Notes

JULY 23, 2012

I had a wonderful time at the ASTD Philadelphia elearning SIG meeting last week. The interactions led to lively discussions and interesting insights and ideas for myself and hopefully the attendees. Philadelphia ASTD eLearning SIG Meeting from Karl Kapp. Thanks again to all the wonderful folks at ASTD Philadelphia!

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Cammy also recruited me for a fun and engaging TK Chat session (mixture of interview and discussion) where I got to muse over instructional design and what it means to practitioners and academics with an outstanding panel including Clark Quinn, Steve Villachica, Ellen Wagner and Allison Rossett.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Louis ASTD Conference. Here is the example we discussed during the presentation. We discussed the power of story and how it can be more impactful than simply listing bulleted information. It was for the Learn St. Here are the slides. Creating Learner Engagement Through Gamification from Karl Kapp. Here is another example.

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Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2012

These are my notes from the morning session of ASTD LearnNow Conference, happening July 25 & 26 on the lovely shores of the Charles River in Cambridge, MA. Bob Mosher is starting the day off with some discussion around where do we start implementing these new technologies? Design mindset -- we have to shift things.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 30, 2012

Had a great Webinar with some wonderful people through ASTD. ASTD Gamification Webinar Slides from Karl Kapp. Blog posts discussing subjects covered in presentation: Consider Player/Game Interactions. The Webinar was about Games and Gamification. Here are the slides from the presentation. Here is some content and references.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 29, 2014

I am working to combine story, game-elements and game-thinking into one comprehensive, interactive presentation that both demonstrates the concepts I am discussing and provides ideas on how to employ these concepts into your own design. This presentation has proven somewhat trickie for me. Elements of Flow.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Last night I presented at the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of ASTD and ran into a bunch of old friends and made some new ones. The meeting was well attended by a large number of ASTD members, some wanted see what the hype was about, some had plans to work with clients in 3D virtual worlds and some were just curious.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 22, 2013

Had a great time last night with the wonder folks from the ASTD DC Metro chapter, a full house with lots of great questions and interactions. Blog posts discussing subjects covered in presentation: Consider Player/Game Interactions. Reference: Sitzmann, T. Personnel Psychology. Are you challenging your learners?

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Kapp Notes

MAY 17, 2013

Blog posts discussing subjects covered in presentation: Two Types of Gamification. Reference: Sitzmann, T. 2011) A meta-analytic examination of the instructional effectiveness of computer-based simulation games. Personnel Psychology. How is Gamification Different from a Game? Consider Player/Game Interactions.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 24, 2013

Had a great time last night with the wonder folks from the ASTD Mid-NJ chapter, lots of great questions and interactions. Blog posts discussing subjects covered in presentation: Two Types of Gamification. Met a number of new friends caught up with some old friends and heard some wonderful presentations. Reference: Sitzmann, T.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

If not already adopted, mobile learning is now certainly featuring in most strategy discussions within L&D teams in large and small enterprises. The cumulative results of these surveys (along with the survey data from our previous events – ASTD ICE 2011 and mLearnCon 2011) will be published in a report.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 29, 2013

Karl Kapp and I had a fantastic workshop last week at ASTD ICE. The Forgetting Curve is a phenomena I discussed where people “forget” what they’ve learned within specific amounts of time. The post ASTD ICE learning game design workshop resources appeared first on. Other Resources. Learn more and register.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Last week at ASTD TechKnowledge , I did a keynote on Work Literacy and eLearning 2.0, Can you discuss the cultural implications of these changes? Could you please discuss methods for encouraging users to use collaborative methods? an online Q&A Session for the Virtual Conference and a session on using Web 2.0

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Learning Visions

JUNE 7, 2009

Sunday, June 07, 2009 Thoughts on ASTD This past week, I spent Monday and Tuesday at the ASTD International Conference & Expo in DC. Posted by Cammy Bean at 12:39 PM Labels: articulate , astd , kineo 6comments: Jane Bozarth said. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. What a two days!

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Kapp Notes

MAY 14, 2013

Blog posts discussing subjects covered in presentation: Two Types of Gamification. Reference: Sitzmann, T. 2011) A meta-analytic examination of the instructional effectiveness of computer-based simulation games. Personnel Psychology. How is Gamification Different from a Game? Consider Player/Game Interactions.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 6, 2012

Enid Crystal of the New York Chapter of ASTD started off the week by summarizing my in-person visit to the joint NYU Higher Ed and eLearning SIG joint meeting. We then discussed various examples of gamification. If you are interested in the book, you can purchase a copy at the ASTD Book Store. The meeting was a lot of fun.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2010

In similar study, discussed by Baylor (2010) , “participants were exposed to an avatar representing themselves running on a treadmill, another avatar running or an avatar representing themselves loitering. This as reported by Fox and Bailenson (2009).

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eLearning Cyclops

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Tonight I was lucky enough to attend a Tony Bingham (ASTD's CEO) presentation at University of MD, Baltimore County (UMBC). A very engaging presentation about maximizing learning in the workplace and informal learning. He also shared several videos including the one below that I would like to share here.

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Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Gamification Strategies for Instructional Designers and Trainers skills seminar I led at the recent ASTD Chicagoland Chapter meeting at the DePaul University School for New Learning on September 18 th. Gain Social Media Muscle – Strive to generate group discussion and create reasons for learners to log in again and again.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 8, 2012

Ruth Clark posted at ASTD an article titled “ Why Games Don’t Teach.” In the previously mentioned discussion, Tahiya Marome made this point: For the brain, play is learning and learning is play. ” It’s a deliberately provocative title, meant to draw attention and cause controversy.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The MobiMOOC is now in its second week and there have been some very interesting discussions happening there. So far on the MobiMOOC, almost all the discussions have had an academic bent or context. Personally, it’s been a great experience getting to understand the very diverse opinions and views.

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Challenge to Learn

MAY 3, 2013

I will not discuss all details (you should read the book) but what they do is take the iterative nature (short development sprints) of agile development and combine it with a prototyping approach. A post that I wrote for the ASTD’s big question blog on agile development. There is a simple version (SAM1), for small projects”.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 22, 2013

Had a great time last night with the wonder folks from the ASTD DC Metro chapter, a full house with lots of great questions and interactions. Blog posts discussing subjects covered in presentation: Consider Player/Game Interactions. Reference: Sitzmann, T. Personnel Psychology. Are you challenging your learners?

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If you have the budget for it, go to an elearning conference ( DevLearn and ASTD TechKnowledge are two of the biggies, but there are smaller more local conferences that might work for you). SALT , elearning guild and ASTD are just a few places to start. that provides some good discussion and practical tips.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 30, 2012

TODAY”S BLOG STOP: April 30: Enid Crystal New York ASTD Chapter Blog. Clark Quinn started the week off at Learnlets with a discussion of the word “gamification” (he would prefer a more meaningful term like “engagification” especially since “gamification” does seem to carry some negative connotations.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 6, 2013

At the Financial Times, I provided my input along with the input of many of the leaders of the field of gamification in a discussion about the topic from a learning and instructional perspective. Also, live and in-person I will be at the ASTD ICE conference from May 15-May 22nd. Check out Skilful players can get ahead of the game.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Of late there have been some interesting conversations on the web discussing categorization of tablet learning. In a recent ASTD webinar on Mobile Learning it was noted that it’s the iPad that’s really got mlearning kick started in the workplace (link to webinar recording and notes). However, it’s not that simple.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

The week opened with a posting of the tour stops on the Learning Circuit’s Blog and the Kapp Notes blog and then introduced everyone to the Facebook page for the book and then the discussion really ramped up with Jane Bozarth talking about the how the book takes a common sense look at the subject.

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Mindflash

MAY 16, 2012

When I registered for the ASTD International Conference & Expo 2012 over a month ago, I planned to write a recap post for two reasons: First, it’s a chance to share what I learned so people who couldn’t attend might learn something from my experience. Image via ASTD’s Facebook photo album.

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Making Change

AUGUST 19, 2013

It sounds like option A was the better option, and for their next step, they’ll want to calmly discuss the concerns. This approach usually requires more in-depth discussions with the subject matter experts and more careful script writing. It’s a one-hour online workshop you can request for your team or ASTD chapter.

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Web Courseworks

JULY 16, 2014

If you are an eLearning manager seeking a great opportunity to network with industry professionals, discuss the latest eLearning trends and best practices, and learn new approaches and techniques from experts, I strongly encourage you to make plans to attend the 2014 Chicago eLearning & Technology Showcase.

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Clark Quinn

JANUARY 14, 2013

Bob Pike launched the third and final day of ASTD’s Middle East and North Africa event with a keynote that took some well-established principles of good learning design and put his own unique and engaging spin on them. Along the way he discussed learning styles (in a different phrase) and generations.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 16, 2012

We have just started an exciting blog book tour as ASTD and I venture on a 25 stop blog book tour for the ASTD co-published book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education. The book is available at the ASTD Book Store. April 24: Karl Grieb ASTD Philadelphia Chapter.

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