How to capture text entry real time? I ran into a challenge recently in Storyline: I wanted the user to type in something in a text field. At the same time, disable the submit button unless the text field has...
As I was finishing up my 30 Day Brainstorming Writing challenge the other day, I realized there’s one more story left to tell. It’s about engagement. I proposed to my wife on a rainy day. That morning, with 40 other...
In one of my previous posts, I created a playful DeminGO simulator. If you haven’t tried it yet, I would suggest playing a little with the solution before you move on. This post is about the secrets behind the scenes. This...
Accomplishments feel good! Like cancelling a dreaded meeting, postponing a gym class because it’s raining, deciding not to write that first paragraph today! Love it! It feels good not to do something. We all heard the advantage of using to do...
5 points to remember for instructional designers when applying game thinking to learning Overall, start with game thinking in mind, not gamification or game-based learning. Focus on the angle based on the your learning/performance goals, not the means or technology....
“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.” –Nathaniel Hawthorne Book Time A book has pages. You read pages in a consecutive order. You advance by flipping. It’s a page-turner. Each page takes you a certain amount of time...
What’s the business problem? (define) What’s the business goal? How do you know when it’s achieved? (measure of success) What should people DO to achieve that result? (desired behavior) What holds them back from doing that today? What are the obstacalities?...
What’s a Millennial Aquarium? What’s your digital native score? This is my eLearning Heroes entry for using Storyline with JavaScript. The Millennial Aquarium is the most distracting multiple choice engine. 🙂 By design. It measures how easily you can be distracted....
“In the L&D ATD ICE system, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important, groups: the presenters, who instigate learning; and the participants, who prosecute bad learning. These are their stories.” WIIFM In the next couple of days, you’re going...
DON’T BE INTIMIDATED BY THE RAVEN Are you heading to ATD ICE in Denver this week? Get ready to learn some strange facts about current and past presenters, L&D industry leaders and jamification gurus. You think you know them? Think...