Multiple Choice Sucks I’m sure you’ve been there. Legal takes your well-crafted multiple-choice questions and adds just enough words for clarification to the correct answer to make it four lines longer than any of the distractors. Knowledge checks with four...

If you’re not sure about the difference between gamification, game-based learning, serious games, game-based assessments and mashed potatoes, please read this post first.   Five mistakes I’ve seen in L&D when it comes to “gamifying” learning: You believe that gamification...

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...

In my ATD Learning Technologies blog, I’ve explored how the design thinking framework helps creating the Escape the WORL&D! experience for my innogizer session at the ATD International Conference and Expo in May. The goal for the session is to...

Play to Learn: Breaking the Curse of Knowledge Sharon Boller and Karl Kapp have just released their book: Play to Learn. And guess what! They asked me to be a tour stop!! I’ve never been a tour stop before!! I...

Somewhere in the WORL&D people are not connecting the dots! Imaginary conversation follows: ID: PacMan is a good idea. [not really]. Let me ask you a couple of questions to make sure we’re going to find the best solution for you....

Santa had an idea! What if you could leave a prezy to your fellow L&D peeps? It would work like this: You tap the magic red tape and leave a message. Something you learned in 2016. And hit GO! With that,...

Happy New Year! Prototype list: try something random!   SORTY (Sorting of Randomized Things of Yours) http://rabbitoreg.com/games/sorty/index.html Gamification Hype: http://rabbitoreg.com/games/touchxapi/ Simulation: http://rabbitoreg.com/elhdemingo/story.html eLearning Heroes Examples: https://community.articulate.com/articles/gamification-examples-elearning Song 1: http://rabbitoreg.com/guess80/song1/story.html Song 2: http://rabbitoreg.com/guess80/song2/story.html Timer: https://www.rabbitoreg.com/timerdemo/timer_1/story.html https://www.rabbitoreg.com/timerdemo/timer_2/story.html Millenial Aquarium: http://rabbitoreg.com/games/millennial_aqua/story.html Video interview: http://rabbitoreg.com/gms/zsoltinterview/story.html Pre-training example: https://www.rabbitoreg.com/2016/05/03/hook-them-javascript-and-storyline-to-engage-learners/ Voice Recognition: http://rabbitoreg.com/gms/speech_travel/story.html...

2016 was a year with frog and toad. But mostly toad. The year of change. See all my insights in his Articulate Rise example: [thrive_link color=’blue’ link=’http://rabbitoreg.com/review/2016′ target=’_self’ size=’medium’ align=’aligncenter’]Launch[/thrive_link]...

Did you just say the U-word? You can’t use UNDERSTAND, do you understand?? — Anonymous ID, Bloomed in Taxonomy, PA The story above, featuring learning objectives, is completely fictional and any resemblance to living or dead is mere coincidence. Why...