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Learning is Not a Hat, and One Size Does Not Fit All

E-Learning, ED Tech, Game-based Learning, Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies

How to Adapt Your Learning Strategy to Reach All Learners When is the last time you took a standardized test? Do you feel like it fairly measured your intelligence and knowledge? Did you enjoy taking the SAT or ACT? For most (and myself), the an...

Bridge the Gap between Training and Performance – What really happened at United

Blogging, ED Tech, Game-based Learning, Gamification, Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies, Microlearning, News

Yesterday United Airlines settled their recent passenger debacle out of court for an undisclosed amount of money (watch the video below!). Speculation has it starting in the 7 figure range and could have very likely been in the 8 figures. That’s 10...

4 Reasons Instructor-Led Training is Killing Your Sales Potential

Blogging, ED Tech, Game-based Learning, Gamification, Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies, Microlearning, News

If you want to earn, you’ve got to learn. Staying on top of market trends, needs, insights, and news is key to maximizing your organization's sales potential. As a result, sales teams weak on knowledge don’t get far – even if the rest of their...

Growing From Knowledge-Based to Performance-Driven Learning

Blogging, E-Learning, ED Tech, Game-based Learning, Gamification, Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies, Microlearning, News

Over the last 20 years, I’ve worked closely with hundreds of Learning and Development (L&D) organizations. A consistent observation I’ve made is that the majority of learning deployed to organizations is purely knowledge-based. In fact,...

Game Development: A Designer Perspective

Design, E-Learning, ED Tech, Game-based Learning, Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies, Partners, User Experience

As a second semester, part-time student enrolled in the Master of Science in Instructional Technology program at Bloomsburg University, I recently completed a course named “Gamification”, taught by Dr. Karl Kapp. Structured in a weekly online env...

Are you ready to engage tomorrow’s workforce?

Activities, Blogging, E-Learning, ED Tech, Engagement, Events, FocusOn, Game-based Learning, Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies, News, Uncategorized

Earlier this year I had the honor of participating in FocusOn Learning’s DemoFest 2016 with our Partner, Pearson Learning. We demonstrated our partnership in bringing Learning Games to the Introduction to Business education market. There ar...

Boiling Frogs and the Need for L&D to Innovate

Blogging, E-Learning, ED Tech, Game-based Learning, Learning & Development, Microlearning, News

Earlier this year, I attended the exemplary Bersin by Deloitte IMPACT conference. If you’ve never attended this event, make plans to do so next year. The content is excellent. In one of his keynotes, Josh Bersin mentioned that the Net Promot...

Best of FocusOn Learning DemoFest 2016: Award-winning Learning in Action

Blogging, E-Learning, ED Tech, Events, Learning Technologies, News

Recap from: The eLearning Guild's News Article Wednesday, June 29, 2016 | 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Pacific Time Free Webinar, eLearning Guild Membership Not Required This webinar showcases some of the award-winning learning projects presented during De...

Congratulations to the finalists of the 2016 Moxie Awards!

Blogging, ED Tech, Events, News, Software Development, Startup Culture, Uncategorized

Recap from: Built In Chicago News Article 14 winners. 7,000 nominations. Five years running. One night. New venue. And a caliber of innovation that — quite simply — can’t be so cleanly computed. Built In Chicago’s Moxie Awards are ba...

The Learning Curve