SiTF eLearning - GAMES FOR CORPORATE LEARNING!
Bottoms-Up: “Use Me or Lose Me" Deriving Maximum Value
from Today’s Younger Workers.
Bottoms-Up: “Use Me or Lose Me" Deriving Maximum Value
from Today’s Younger Workers.
Speaker - Mr Marc Prensky
Venue: NUSSU Suntec Guild House
Venue: NUSSU Suntec Guild House
:: About Marc Prensky::
Profile: www.marcprensky.com
company: www.games2train.com
On 10 September, SiTF eLearning Chapter organised a half-day session with Mr Marc Prensky, Founder & CEO of Games2train to share insights about games for corporate training. He share his experiences and tips about designing games and interactivity components to incite excitement for end-users. His personal rule on developing successful games is - Iteration.Profile: www.marcprensky.com
company: www.games2train.com
He introduces communications style and forms in the digital era - virtual world interactions, leadership, effective interpersonal communicatiog - using gaming or new media elements for training. Marc also engaged the audience with many case examples and interesting sound and visuals to liven up his presentation.
Indeed, it was meaningful and interactive session for all.
The event was held at NUSSU Suntec guild house and attracted about 60 participants, from the banking and finance and IT sector.
Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, and designer in the critical areas of education and learning. He is the author of Digital Game-Based Learning (McGraw-Hill, 2001), the founder and CEO of Games2train (whose clients include IBM, Nokia, Pfizer, the US Department of Defense and the LA and Florida Virtual Schools) and creator of the sites www.dodgamecommunity.com and www.socialimpactgames.com .
Marc has created over 50 software games for learning, including the world's first fast-action videogame-based training tools and world-wide, multi-player, multi-team on-line competitions. He has also taught at all levels. Marc has been featured in articles in The NY Times and The Wall Street Journal, has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and the BBC, and was named as one of training's top 10 "visionaries" by Training magazine. He holds graduate degrees from Yale (Teaching) and Harvard (MBA).
Marc starts by asking workshop participants to write down
what they hope tolearn from this session.
what they hope tolearn from this session.
Marc introducing the term - 'Digital Natives' to audience and talks about social networks.He gives examples of the innovation in communications during the digital era.
Theresa Tan, from ICUS (eLearning Exco - Treasurer)
participants networking during tea break(left - Chairman of eLearning,Tay Chor Ter, HP)
An engrossed audience
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Story and photos by: Chai Pei Shan
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