Gamification is one of the hottest new strategies in business, and for good reason—it's helping leading companies create unprecedented engagement and learning with customers and employees. Here’s a rundown of some recent releases on gamification, as well as ... More »

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Simulations and Serious Games , Beginner Level Content , Trends

Pinterest is a social media tool that allows you to bookmark content around the web in a visually pleasing arrangement. For the most part, users of Pinterest focus on food, fashion, products, sports, travel, and so on. But you can easily focus the content by choosing a ... More »

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Social Learning , Beginner Level Content , Trends

Tom Kuhlmann writes and hosts The Rapid E-Learning Blog. He has more than 15 years of experience in the training industry and has developed hundreds of hours of e-learning and managed e-learning projects at Capital One, Washington Mutual, and Weyerhaeuser. Kuhlmann has ... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

E-Learning , Mobile Learning , Trends , Competencies

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Mobile computing is here. What does it mean for learning professionals? How will it affect instructional design? What influence, if any, will device manufacturers, platform providers, and software developers have on mobile learnings future? ASTD and i4cp partnered to in... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Mobile Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends

If people work in groups separate from each other, how can we mitigate the silo effect and make sure we capture all of the learning on a collective basis? The answer may be in massively multiplayer online role playing games. Much fuss is made of class-size effects in sc... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Trends