Apr
27
27
XFinity UX – Too Many Clicks
At home I have the new Xfinity cable/DVR boxes. They just updated their User Interface. One of the things they did, which I felt was Read More →
Month: April 2014
Apr
25
25
The Best Training Session You’ll Ever See
I took my first tennis lesson 40 years ago, and I still remember it vividly. What was remarkable about it was that at no time during Read More →
Apr
25
25
Back in My Day, Games were Hard
Gregg Collins recently posted about How Games Drive Learning. He also linked to “Does Easy Do It? Children, Games, and Learning,” an article by Seymour Read More →
Apr
25
25
Real Time 3D Training
We’ve been building simulations since our research lab days (at the Institute for the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University). We’ve used a slew of different Read More →
Apr
25
25
Learning Like Worms
Among the more productive developments in modern intellectual history is a general loosening of Homo sapiens’ claims to specialness. Let’s grant that humans are special Read More →
Apr
25
25
Google Story Builder
I know I’m late to the party on this, but Google recently released Story Builder, a simple web app that lets you create a simulation Read More →
Apr
25
25
Seymour Papert on games in education
Seymour Papert cofounded the MIT media lab and was a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, but his lifelong interest has been on education, and especially Read More →
Apr
24
24
How Games Drive Learning
It seems like almost everyone these days is trying to apply game-like approaches to training. It’s easy to see why. Video games are intense and Read More →
Apr
23
23
Virtual Reality is Now
Virtual reality is going to happen sooner than you think, and for less money than you imagine. Oculus Rift, a kickstarter-project-turned-Facebook-acquisition, has released a development kit Read More →
Apr
23
23
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