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What Pokémon Go Means to the Learning Industry

Gyrus

Pokémon Go is a phenomenon which is quickly taking over our cell phones. People are so engrossed in the game that they are watching their phone as opposed to their surroundings, and placing themselves in serious jeopardy; all for the reward of “catching ‘em all” before their friends. Augmented Reality.

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How Nonprofit Staff Training Is Evolving Due to COVID-19

Top Nonprofits

Solicit donations from a distance and over the phone. In a course about soliciting donations over the phone, don’t have the donor say “Hello. I would love to make a charitable financial contribution toward your cause.” Amy started with Artisan as a contract writer/instructional designer.

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Reflections from Arts Leaders Workshop: Resilient Leaders from the Inside/Out

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.” Once identified, they were able to have peer conversations identifying what was causing stress. We debriefed on the different ways people were responding. kanter this is so insightful.

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Tips for Taking a Tech-Fueled Approach to Nonprofit Training

DNL OmniMedia

This means more time toward your cause. They’ve taken a job or signed up to give their time with your organization for one guiding reason—they’re passionate about your cause. For example, you might create a gamified microlearning course about phone solicitations. And last, but not least? You’ll save time and resources.

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The Concept of Microlearning

Gyrus

However, with the migration of learnings to more accessible on the go mobile learning (mLearning) platforms such as phones and tablets, their need becomes a bit more noticeable. Microlearning is not designed to be the end all be all form of learning that people may wish for it to be. The concept of Microlearning is not that new.

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The Future of the LMS

Gyrus

As smartphones and tablets constantly evolve, the abilities of the content can as well, causing for a bright future of smarter on-the-go instructional design, and app creation which can make apps as quickly as the educational program at your organization requires. Microlearning.