Allison Rossett posted a fabulous fake commencement address 2 days ago.  I loved it.  She nails a point I'd like to emphasize here.  The work we do at one level is extremely focused on the micro solutions we call courses, but more than e [...]

Posted by Brent Schlenker • 2 days ago • View comments

Dr. Karl Kapp has written a new book titled The Gamification of Learning and Instruction.  And it's a great pleasure to be asked by Karl to review the book for his blog book tour.  I don't consider myself a good book reviewer but I enjoy bein [...]

Posted by Brent Schlenker • 6 days ago • View comments

Mobile Learning: The Time is Now was just released by The eLearning Guild.  With the mobile market being the fastest growing industry you'd be wise to pay attention to how mobile devices impact your learning audience and in turn how you develop and [...]

Posted by Brent Schlenker • 7 days ago • View comments

Six months ago Thomas Suarez, a 6th grader from Los Angeles, spoke at a TEDS event about the making and sale of an “app”  he created on his own – “Bustin Jieber” (a whack-a-mole type anti-Justin-Bieber game.)  (There’s nearly 2 milli [...]

Posted by Janet Clarey • 9 days ago • View comments

Every DevLearn is an epic adventure for me.  And every year I work hard to make sure it is for you too.  This year, however, is beginning to feel extra special.  Maybe because it's 2012 and with the Mayan calendar ending, perhaps this wi [...]

Posted by Brent Schlenker • 12 days ago • View comments

I read the article Here’s Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years“  and, coupled with some research on mobile video I’m doing, paused because I suddenly felt like I was missing something. It was one of those “wa [...]

Posted by Janet Clarey • 15 days ago • View comments

Posted in thoughts Self-talk are those silent conversations we have with ourselves. Most of the time it’s subconscious and we really don’t realize we’re talking to ourselves. I do it all the time…consciously! For the last years I’ve been having [...]

Posted by Kevin Thorn • 23 days ago • View comments

The alphabet soup of the training industry continues to grow and change.  The terms get mixed in marketing materials, and confused during otherwise productive conversations.  In my role within The eLearning Guild for the last few years I've had [...]

Posted by Brent Schlenker • 26 days ago • View comments

14% is not good. Shocking? No? Almost 70% went even further and marked company training as somewhat or not important. What's up with that? As someone who has suffered through horrific corporate training experiences this does not surprise me. As someo [...]

Posted by Brent Schlenker • 29 days ago • View comments

I don't think we can really answer that question until we truly understand what Gamification is.  And luckily, we now have a book to help us do just that.  Dr. Karl Kapp has just launched another blog book tour for his latest book Gamificatio [...]

Posted by Brent Schlenker • 29 days ago • View comments