Been a while since I’ve posted one of these. But, some great reads out there recently.
Creating Losing Designs – great ideas on using low stakes losing to motivate learners.
“The Smart Worker Needs Job Aids Rather than Courses” – this is a great series. Read ‘em all.
Learning is Social. Training is Irrelevent? – Yes.
The Death of the Traditional Enterprise
Review: DesignJot – the first iPad app for learning development? Great review.
Spanning Sync’s 1 Year Anniversary – congratulations, guys! Great product.
Book Review: ‘Game Frame’ by Aaron Dignan
…the goal shouldn’t be to overlay rewards and achievements, the goal should be to get people more involved in experiences in meaningful ways.
Koreen Olbrish – “Reflections on LEEF 2011″ – eLearn Mag
Couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s not about the game. It’s about the experience and the outcome. Games are just one type of immersive experience. This doesn’t just apply to learning, either.
…you end up killing the intrinsic motivation to do things you didn’t need to be rewarded to do before.
Aaron Silvers – “On Education, Badges and Scouting”
Both Koreen and Aaron make similar points. Don’t do something (like trying to gamify everything) just because you can. Do something because it will give your users great experiences that lead to meaningful outcomes.
It’s simple, really:
- What do you want your users/learners to DO?
- How can you make a great experience that gets them to a point where they CAN?
Judy Unrein and I started a podcast a few months ago. We drink great beer and talk about learning, software, technology, and whatever else we can think of. It’s informal. Crack open a cold one (nothing cheap now, make it something worthwhile) and join us!
In episode three, we discuss elearning development on a Mac, ZebraZapps and Articulate Storyline.
Until you eliminate those phrases, until you eliminate the confusion, you don’t have a system built for real people. Lion is a step in the right direction towards removing this confusion.
- Ben Brooks
Great review.
Shawn Blanc has a good one, too.
