I have to admit, every time something good ends (like a conference), I’m puzzled by how fast a day went. (As opposed to a 5 hour flight with a twist of turning back after 20 minutes because of a mechnical...

Passing and Receiving Variables (Storyline and Webobject) Back in January 2016 I had a session on Storyline integration with Construct 2 game engine at the ATD TechKnowledge conference. A full page was dedicated to the session made in Inkling. While...

How to make the most out of a conference? Have you ever been to a conference where some of the sessions were great wins, some okay impasses, while others felt like you just can’t beat the house? Odds are always against...

Why would I need to know about IFrames? In a previous post, we looked at how to use JavaScript to access or change Articulate Storyline variables from JavaScript. Here’s a practical example of that functionality. In my DevLearn session, we find...

I have the honor to “speak” (which is a word I dislike, btw) at the eLearning Guild’s DevLearn conference (Nov 16-18, Las Vegas, NV). My session is Busting the Myths Around Gamification. We’ll discuss questions like these. First of all, my...

and other good questions from Learning and Development… I recently returned from Orange County, CA, where I had the pleasure to work with the ATD OC chapter on shedding some lights on Game Thinking in L&D. During the Tapas, Wine...

What’s Cool Beans!? Cool Beans! is a table top game for instructional designers who are just testing the waters of game thinking. Whether you design gamification (with the goal of motivating people to do behavioral change) or game-based learning (where...

Gamification is not about points, badges and leaderboards. Not even about engaging game mechanics or extraordinary games. It’s about people. Ordinary people, trying their best. It’s about motivating ordinary people to do extraordinary things in life. One of the common...

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Start out with Game Thinking in mind and not with a solution in mind! And now, engagement is discussed in my book as well: www.engagetheworldbook.com What Lies Beneath? Learner engagement is one of the most elusive challenges instructional designers face...