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 »

Learning Technologies

Simulations and Serious Games , Beginner Level Content , Trends

Extreme collaboration (XC) combine a nexus of forces into a pattern that can dramatically innovate the way people behave, communicate, work together, and maintain relationships—often across wide organizational and geographic boundaries—to collectively delive... More »

Learning Technologies

Social Learning , Mobile Learning , Simulations and Serious Games

Scenario development has a lot of overlap with movie scriptwriting. You don’t need to have extraordinary literary skills, but rather some insight into the work being done at the learner’s organization. Reality can be very compelling, so the materials for the... More »

Learning Technologies

E-Learning , Simulations and Serious Games , Beginner Level Content

A big thanks to everyone who participated in the interactive ASTD Links article, “Are You Having Fun Yet?” Here's what we learned about your use of training games. More »

Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Engagement , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Simulations and Serious Games , Training and Development - General

As trainers we inherently know that fun is important! It increases motivation, energizes and enlivens, enhances teamwork and unity, improves job satisfaction, and stimulates innovation and creativity. More »

Learning & Development

Designing Learning , Engagement , Beginner Level Content , Informal Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Simulations and Serious Games , Training and Development - General