PokemonGo and Learning: 21st Century Jeopardy Game

Here's how the story goes: New tech thingy launches (in this case a new game). Irrational exuberance ensues (millions of people begin to play the game). National and global news outlets report about it as a phenomenon. Regular people talk about it because of the hype (some play, others just talk about it). Marketing professionals pontificate how […]

It's December. And that means it's time to start shopping for your favorite corporate training professional. Or perhaps you're going to treat yourself to something special as part of your personal development. Or maybe you just need lists to help you organize the things you need. In any case, this series of posts will give […]

Guest post by Clark Quinn (@quinnovator) One of the hottest topics around right now is gamification, and as with any hot topic, just as there’re reasons to be excited, so too are there reasons to be wary.  I suggest there is an important distinction between serious games and gamification, and the former is the reason […]

To kick off the New Year, we have a new exciting release.  We have just released Access Roles, Leaderboards, and much more.   Better Access Roles     Additional Access roles have been a feature request for some time.  One of the biggest delays in executing this feature was the different use cases that our […]

Gamification is a big trend these days. I've had mixed feelings about it for many years. Not bad. Not good. Mostly just confusion around definitions. There is the simple side of gamification which includes adding scoring and badges as learners complete courses, or tasks, or prove a new competency. And then there is the more complicated […]

As eLearning becomes more popular, organizations are having fun with this approach to training and finding ways to increase knowledge retention and make training a more enjoyable experience for their staff. One common training issue that can easily be addressed with eLearning is the problem of test anxiety. For a number of reasons, some folks […]

According to a survey, 75% of people are gamers, half play sometimes and a little more than a quarter play as often as moderate to fair amount of the time. Another study found that 5 million people in the U.S. spend more than 40 hours a week. Many of these are games are accessed through […]