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What does the 80's movie WarGames tell us about learning games?

Integrated Learnings

I recently watched the 1980's movie WarGames with my son. As a dad, I often use movies like that as an opportunity to teach something new to my son. This computer, known as WOPR , plays the game Global Thermonuclear War continuously so that it can learn the best way to win (should the Russians attack).

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Twine, Storytelling, Freelancing: ID Links 11/1/21

Experiencing eLearning

This is a summary of a project at the University of Toronto using Twine to create an educational game, plus an overview of Twine. Using Twine for Classroom Engagement – ACTion. Stories should be relevant and connect to the goals of the course. Create a Branching Scenario in 7 Steps – jamie billingham.

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Ender’s Game–The Darker Side of Video Games for Learning

Kapp Notes

Since that time, a movie has come about but I think the book, Ender’s Game, is much more powerful than the movie. Movie poster from Ender’s Game. Consider checking out the book Ender’s Game which provides a compelling and, sometimes scary look at learning and gaming in the future.

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Using Game Design To Create Accomplishment Based Learning, Julie Dirksen #astdtk13 @usablelearning

Learning Visions

There's a lot of cool stuff from game design that we can apply. We can make stuff look like games, but it doesn't have the fundamental elements that make games engaging. Raph Koster -- "in games learning is the drug" in A Theory of Fun. Think a 13 hour Lord of the Rings Movie Marathon. a game that's too hard).

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Assess Blended Learning Programs to Improve Business Performance

Upside Learning

Did you ever imagine the day would come where you could use: A game of World of Warcraft to build leadership skills? It’s just like it is in the movies, right? Augmented reality to deliver dental training? Train online avatars to transform offline?

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How Online Training can Lead your Sales Team to Success

ProProfs

Global organizations are using it to deploy and monitor sales online training initiatives – track sales performance, improve client communications, empower sales team, keep them at the top of their game and much more. Here are some of the key reasons why you should support your sales team with online training programs.

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Marketing Training to Your Employees: Building Excitement and Buzz

Association eLearning

Taking popular movie posters, they created spoofs based on the training that was coming out. These movie posters were funny and built excitement in the learners they were marketing to. Much in the way the previous example used movie posters, one could also film video trailers for training.

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