Roll With It

Aaron E Silvers

A few weeks ago, the team that’s been working on the Experience API (“Tin Can”) wrapped up version 0.95 of the spec. Some people on the team are new since the public effort started up in April 2012, but the vibe is still very much the same: fast, open,... More »

Gamification: Blog Book Tour Recap

Karl M. Kapp

The tour has really brought the subject of gamification to light and provided both pros of gamification and highlighted the cons of gamification. The important thing is that people are talking about it in an intelligent and thoughtful manner. One of the most exciting th... More »

Design with Service in Mind

Aaron E Silvers

Consider for a moment the idea that everything we do (and what our peers in our organizations do) contributes to one object in a set of services. This service design mindset triggers a chain reaction: As we improve one piece of the offering suite that results in change ... More »

Going Ape

Justin Brusino

I love learning. There’s a thrill to uncovering new information or learning a new skill. Since I’ve worked at ASTD, I’ve been increasingly conscious of how I learn—and even more aware of how others try to teach me. More »

Keeping It Old School

Ryann K. Ellis

I rarely post on the Learning Technology CoP blog; I want to leave it to practitioners sharing ideas with other practitioners. But readers of this blog, like me, are interested in most things techno. And something happened today that got me thinking about new versus old... More »