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I did some thinking the other day and today I decided to write about game engines as I am working on a game at work. I prefer game engines using a programming language that I’m familiar with. However, I have had to be wary of solutions that make game engine A written in programming languageContinue reading “Game engines”

As you all may know, I have been working on a few mobile and tablet based apps at work. Mobile and tablet app design to most may seem way too hard when all that you see is the finished product. However, much like anything, if you break things down into manageable steps, creating an appContinue reading “App Development”

With the advances of high technology (like tablets and Occulus Rift/Google Glasses etc), I have seen a rise of game based elearning as I predicted two years ago. Aside from my research I have been reading about, I have recently gotten into the good old fashioned board games again. As you know, I have beenContinue reading “Board vs Video Games”

I was going through my books the other day on my bookshelves and noticed that I had quite a few maths books. Yes, I did a lot of maths in both high-school and university but upon reflection, I didn’t particularly like it. As you all know, when at Cengage, I was fortunate to work onContinue reading “Maths and eLearning”

It is quite often when I go do some instructional design consulting with companies I mention the words curriculum and syllabus to them and they look at me blank. For those that don’t know, curriculum is the planned engagement and approaches you as the teacher/facilitator/content expert want the content you want to teach/student to learn.Continue reading “Curriculum and Syllabi”

Around the time that my daughter turned 7, she started reading Harry Potter. One of my favorite things about Ella is that when I have her, I get to read books with her. And now, after over a year of jinxes and charms, potions and patronuses, we say good-bye. And it’s not Hagrid, Hermione, Ron,Continue reading “Growing up”

On the weekend, I went out to my bestie’s (Jo) place and watched a movie Saving Mr. Banks. Which for those not in know is about Walt Disney’s quest to make Mary Poppins into a movie. One of the cool things was that they obviously got into the Disney archives to hear actual recordings ofContinue reading “Saving Mr Banks Review”

For those that are friends of mine in either Facebook or Instagram, you have been bombarded with photos of me working on my Labyrinth board game creation based on the 1986 classic film, which also happens to be my favorite movie of all time. I started planning for it back in highschool but until recently, I have not had the time toContinue reading “My Labyrinth boardgame”

As you know, for several years, employers have tried to develop “relevant” and creative ways to successfully train new employees and that is partly my job as an Instructional Designer. After all, people are more likely to pay attention to training videos and seminars if they can actually relate to the content or possibly haveContinue reading “Game based training”

A couple days ago, I was thinking of my approach to interactive strategies in regards to online learning games and how I can try to simplify it for those not aware of the area. I came up with: Anything that you can teach by using any method, you can teach by using training games. TrainingContinue reading “Learning Strategy”