Discussion with Lucid Meetings
Posted on 22. Mar, 2012 by karlkapp.
The other day I had a chance to learn about Lucid Meetings and to hear what they are doing in terms of creating interesting meeting spaces. Plus there is a nice surprise for anyone who reads to the end of the article:) 1) So tell me about Lucid Meetings, what does it do? We offer [...]
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Presentation Resources and Notes from IMU Learning Webinar Series
Posted on 21. Mar, 2012 by karlkapp.
Tonight I am speaking at the IMU Learning Webinar Series. The series is about “connecting inspiring and exceptional educators around the world to share their knowledge, best practices, experiences and wisdom to IMU and educators attending from around the world.” My talk this evening is on the topic of “Games, Gamification and the Need for [...]
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Kinect, Augmented Reality and The Future of Training
Posted on 20. Mar, 2012 by karlkapp.
Again, when things come together it is rather interesting Here is a video from Designing Digitally that combines the Kinect with instruction. It is a perfect fit for this instructional application and I am sure more “natural fits” will be found over time. Now here is one with some interesting augmented reality concepts from 2011. [...]
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3D Virtual Worlds are NOT Dead, Dying or Disappearing
Posted on 16. Mar, 2012 by karlkapp.
There are many reasons why I believe that virtual worlds are not dead, dying or disappearing. In fact, I believe that they are gaining momentum and are becoming more and more impactful as the technology gets better and more real world business cases are indicating the value of these environments, in addition there are several [...]
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Educational Reform, Flipping the Classroom and Innovation
Posted on 15. Mar, 2012 by karlkapp.
Somethings things just come together in strange and exiting ways to trigger light bulbs and a different or accelerated way of thinking. You may have seen all of these videos before but together they make a powerful case for changing education and viewing instruction and learning in a new light. Additionally, I love the animated [...]
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Gamification Company Bunchball Makes Interesting Announcement
Posted on 14. Mar, 2012 by karlkapp.
Eariler this morning, the gamification company, Bunchball made an interesting announcement about the personalization of gamification, which ties nicely into my posting the other day–What Happened to the Promise of One-to-One Online Learning? (of course the announcement is unrelated to my blog posting but the company is going ahead in that conceptual direction and making [...]
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TED Gets into Education in a Much Bigger Way!
Posted on 13. Mar, 2012 by karlkapp.
TED, the organization that brings thought provoking and exciting talks to the web and around the world (a group is doing a TEDx event to Bloomsburg..more later) is launching the idea of TEDEd. It’s a wonderful idea. They are teaming up animators with master instructors to create engaging content to teach specific targeted concepts. The [...]
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Things I Think I Think about Learning-Part One
Posted on 08. Mar, 2012 by karlkapp.
On a flight to AZ, I had lots of time to think. I was stuck with a dead PC battery and a completed book. So, here is part of what I was thinking about learning. I am not really sure I know as much about learning as I thought I knew. Learning is about action, [...]
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Thinking About Social Media
Posted on 05. Mar, 2012 by karlkapp.
One thing about Social Media is that new technologies claiming to be a new form of Socail Media are being introduced almost daily. To help determine if a new technology qualifies as Social Media or not, Li and Benoff (2008) in their book Groundswell created a list of questions to consider when determining if technology [...]
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Presentation Tomorrow on Gamification
Posted on 29. Feb, 2012 by karlkapp.
Tomorrow I will be presenting ideas from my new book: “The Gamification of Training: Game-based Methods and Strategies for Learning and Instruction.” This books shows how to design online instruction that leverages the best elements of online games to increase learning, retention, and application. It explains how to match different game strategies to types of [...]
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