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 »

Best Practices for Facilitating Simulations

Chris Musselwhite

The interactivity of simulated learning environments calls for a new array of course facilitation skills. We all know that the most powerful and lasting learning comes from the discovery associated with our direct experienceswhen we act and then experience the consequen... More »

Case Study: Interactive Emergency Training for NYC

Jenelle Boucher

In 2007, City University of New York’s School of Professional Studies and New York’s Office of Emergency Management and Department of Homeless Services worked with Kognito to create a training course for the New York City employees who would manage the city&... More »