883 - Learning Pursuits Announced; Daily Readiness Checks; Coloring Ad
August 3, 2015 Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - August 3, 2015.
#883 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
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Host: Learning 2015 - Nov 1 to 4 - 789 Colleagues Now Registered!
1. Learning Pursuits: Challenges, Engagement & Gamification Experiment.
2. Daily Readiness Check?
3. 155 Learning Stories & Coloring Ad!
1. Learning Pursuits: Challenges, Engagement & Gamification Experiment! We are very excited to announce the development of our Learning Pursuits experiment - a mixture of engagement technology, game elements and colleague to colleague networking. We will launch Learning Pursuits for every participant at our upcoming Learning 2015 event in Orlando (Nov 1 to 4).
Imagine 1,600 colleagues - occasionally using their mobile devices to take part in challenges that will include:
* Digital Beacon technology to locate learning resources & subject matter experts.
* User micro-video production.
* Fun augmented reality images.
* QR Codes to unlock key challenges.
* Learning-Related Trivia Questions.
* Time based challenges, engagement strategies and competitive elements.
Learning Pursuits will blend learning targeted activities, along with high fun elements, to experiment with the role of Gamification as a strategy to assist with engagement and colleague collaboration. In addition, Learning Pursuits will be live and engaging as we all head to EPCOT for our 25th Anniversary Celebration. While at EPCOT, participants will be invited to use a combination of photo, geo-location, video and trivia challenges for some cool prizes. As this is an experiment, we will also explore the opportunities, challenges and design aha’s for blending Gamification and Learning.
See our Learning Pursuits announcement: http://www.learning2015.com/pursuits
2. Daily Readiness Check? What if there was a simple, quick “Readiness” check that many employees might do every day.
I had a colleague who was a surgeon and he played an XBox game each day before surgery to give himself feedback on his eye/hand coordination that morning.
What if we had quick “readiness” checks that would give us feedback on our alertness, sharpness, physical or even emotional readiness to do key or hard tasks that day? Ah, let’s do that check before I do a difficult employee review or evaluation. It might trigger a self-awareness that I need to focus before taking on a task.
Love to hear about some dream “Daily Readiness Checks” that you wish were out there. Send a note to emasie@masie.com
3. 155 Learning Stories & Coloring Ad: As our design process for Learning 2015 proceeds, here are some new resources:
* 155 Learning Stories & Activities Slotted: Check out the current (and expanding) list of 155 learning stories, discussions and activities at Learning 2015 - http://www.learning2015.com/sessions
* Color Our Learning World Ad: In the theme of Coloring and Learning, we have created a color-ready ad that will appear in the T&D magazine in a few weeks - http://www.learning2015.com/index.php/item/color-our-learning-world.html
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2015
MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
- Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
- Learning 2015 - Nov 1 to 4 - Orlando, Florida.
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie