Dr. Albert Bandura, Stanford Social Psychology Professor Emeritus and considered one of the top 100 psychologists of the 20th century, passed away in July. He is widely credited with greatly informing the field of learning through a number of distinct but interconnected theories.
Designing games for learning can be a difficult challenge without the right approach. This is the first of a three-part series about the 3 things you should keep in mind when designing effective games for learning so that content and game-play work together to get the desired results.
Change by Design was hired to improve the learning-related services for a rapidly growing company based in Maryland that works in the federal government space. When the organization grew from 10 employees to more than 150 (plus subcontractors) in two years, they found an outside invention was necessary to better identify the human resources scalability challenges present within their HR system.
A giant in the field of Instruction Design, Change Management and Motivation Theory, Dr. Bob Branson passed away in late July. This loss was particularly difficult for our professional community, because many graduate students in Florida State University’s renowned Instructional Systems Design & Learning (ISDL) program in the College of Education have credited Dr. Branson with providing the tools needed to really succeed after graduation.
You may notice that this month's OOMPH! is a little abbreviated. Some of that is a symptom of our current project load, with "all hands on deck" and all cylinders firing on full. Truth be told, I just haven't had the chance to write as much as I would like. But it's certainly not for lack of good news to share!
The Change by Design team is full bore on four concurrent projects. There are challenges as I adjust to my new normal as the head of this growing company, but any worth endeavor is not accomplished without challenge…
It's hard to believe a month has already passed! Change by Design has just started two new projects and we are coming close to meeting our $1M half-year revenue goal. Two of our currently active projects are with a repeat client in Texas. They were brought to us by long-time partner, ISF, an IT and strategy firm working in the state government space. We value the strong relationship with ISF and appreciate the opportunities we share.
