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Winning Back Your Workforce Improving Learning Impact and Performance Through Games

Bryan L. AustinChief Game ChangerGame On! Learning

July 23, 2014

SCI206 – 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm

www.gameonlearning.com (888) 725-GAME


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Learning Innovationand the Definition of Insanity

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

Albert Einstein



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Serious eLearning Manifesto

Michael Allen, Julie Dirksen, Clark Quinn and Will Thalheimer

8 values & characteristics

22 supporting principles

http://elearningmanifesto.org/


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Our Survey on the Manifesto

Nearly 1,000 respondents, 98% agree, but…♦ Report: The big issue is not the lack of expertise to

follow the Manifesto, or the unwillingness to do so. It was the impossibility to do so given the business constraints, or the lack of authority (or autonomy) to follow the Manifesto.

♦ Respondent quote: “Why don't we? It's usually a complex set of variables like budget constraints, overworked, more comfortable with doing it the way we always have, resistance from trainers to ID ideas, ego, lack of management support, and the list could go on. It's not like we don't know what makes the best kind of learning, it's that my list of variables stands in the way.”

Response Selected

Completely agree!

Somewhat agree

Barely agree, but…

Barely disagree, but…

Somewhat disagree

Completely disagree


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Corporate Learning: Current State

Training requests upTime, budget and resources are down (or are not increasing in line with demand)


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Question: how long does it take to develop and deploy a 1-hour

eLearning course in your organization?

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

Albert Einstein


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We don’t have time to Innovate!

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Game-Enabled mLearning

Mobile learning platforms are now:

Engaging for users

Highly leveraged for L&D

Directly linkable to real business results



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Create Engage Analyze

Example platform: mLevel



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mLevel – Create



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mLevel – Engage



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mLevel – Analyze


CompletionEngagementKnowledgePerformanceLeaders


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Results

“Best mobile solution we have implemented.”

“First gamification product that effectively addresses learning.”

“Engaging for the learner, rapid and insightful for the designer, and cost efficient for the business.”

"Learning by playing the game made training seem less like a class and more of an actual experience, or hands-on training.“

"Implementing the training into a game allows the retention of the skills to stick more with the user.“

"I found myself wanting to play more and more. It is addictive and very fun talking smack with my peers.”



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Recommendations

LAUNCH… then learn

Design for all mobile platforms and devices

Find opportunities to use mobile devices as productivity tools in the workplace

Put content in employees hands

Utilize mobile apps to make work easier for employees

Tamar Elkeles, Ph.D.CLOQualcomm


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Game-Enabled Mobile Learning

“Wanna Play?”

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