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The 3 Most Powerful Ways to Monetize Corporate Training

Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies, Microlearning

How microlearning has evolved traditional corporate training efforts Opportunities for professional development is a critical consideration for many employees and job seekers, especially those who are concerned with advancing their career. Organiz...

Microlearning: How Educators Can Learn From Athletes

Game-based Learning, Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies, News

It’s time for the education industry to catch up to the field of athletics when it comes to understanding the impact data can have on human performance. For decades, athletes have been using microlearning, technology, and data to train effectively...

Illusions of Competence in Learning | How to Fix Your United Airlines Problem

Game-based Learning, Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies, News

This is a follow up to my blog post about United Airlines’ mishandling of a seated passenger that resulted in media backlash and an out of court financial settlement. In the video, associated with my blog post, I describe three separate cohorts...

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...

Is Microlearning the Future of Education?

Design, E-Learning, Engagement, Game-based Learning, Gamification, Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies, Microlearning, News, Uncategorized

In today’s technology driven world, information is available at the touch of a button, or even a voice command. Whatever the subject, all it takes is a quick Google search and learners are faced with a deluge of information. This amount of info...

3 Ways Mobility Elevates Your Training Programs

Blogging, E-Learning, Learning, Learning & Development, Learning Technologies, Mobile, News, Social Business, Uncategorized

2009 saw the rise of songs like “Video Phone” by Beyonce, “Text Me” by R. Kelly, and “LOL :)” by Trey Songz. Next came Carly Rae Japsen’s “Call Me Maybe” in 2011, and recently “Hotline Bling” by Drake became the best-selling s...

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...

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