Are You Having Fun Yet? Part Two

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Brownell Landrum

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 »

Are You Having Fun Yet?

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Brownell Landrum

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 »

Technologys Secret Potential to Empower Participants and Make Meetings Better

National Conference Center

The National Conference Center released their spring 2012 white paper, "Technology’s Secret Potential to Empower Participants and Make Meetings Better,” which explores how planners and trainers are implementing technology to increase audience engagement. More »

Because You Can’t Learn to Ride a Bicycle from a Book

Clark Aldrich

Thinking about the design elements of serious games and simulations is not as complex as you might believe. Educational simulations are a broad genre of immersive learning simulations focused on increasing participants mastery level in the real world. They differ from c... More »

Casual Games, Serious Results, Metrics to Prove It

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Ben Katz

In the training industry, major corporations ranging from Bank of America to Sun Microsystems have used serious games for everything from ATM maintenance to new hire orientation. Many instructional designers have had the opportunity to experiment with using learning gam... More »