Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning Tools and Techniques for Transferring Know-How from Boomers to Gamers

by Kapp, Karl M.

• ISBN13: 9780787986544
• ISBN10: 0787986542
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-13
• Publisher: Pfeiffer

Summary

Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos is an innovative book that provides practical and original solutions to the impending boomer/gamer knowledge and skills transfer gap. The book outlines how gamer values such as the use of cheat codes, the love of gadgets, the need to play games, and the desire to be constantly connected can be used as methods for moving information from the heads of the boomers to the fingertips and gadgets of the gamers. As organizations begin to think strategically about how to attract, retain, and train new talent, this book, written by Karl Kapp, named one of 2007's Top 20 Most Influential Training Professionals by TrainingIndustry, Inc., will be an invaluable resource.

Author Biography

Karl M. Kapp is a professor of instructional technology at Bloomsburg University. He was responsible for the development of Bloomsburg's e-Learning Developer Certificate (an online program for instructional designers). He is also assistant director of Bloomsburg's Institute of Interactive Technologies and a highly sought-after speaker and consultant on the topic of convergence of learning and technology. He can be reached at www.karlkapp.com.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Crossing the Chasm

Where Is Everybody Going?

Traits of Boomers

Defining a Gamer: Four Levels

Traits of Gamers

The Chasm

Building the Bridge

What's Coming in This Book

It's in the Game

Basic Types of Knowledge

Workplace Implications

Summary

The Virtual Apprentice

Higher-Level Types of Knowledge

Workplace Implications

Summary

Go, Go Gadget

Gadgets Allow Access

How Gadgets Will Be Used to Transfer Knowledge

Workplace Implications

Summary

Cheaters Never Win . . . or Do They?

To Use a Cheat Code or Not to Use a Cheat Code

Rules Were Made to Be Broken

Bending the Rules

Workplace Implications

Summary

Searching for the Ideal Learning Event

Learning at Work

Embracing Informal Learning

Workplace Implications

Summary

Replace Education with Automation

Innovation Trumps Education

Are We There Yet?

Don't Educate, Automate

Work Flow Learning

Workplace Implications

Summary

Trust Me; You Don't Want to Be the Boss

Warning: Gamer with Attitude Ahead

The Problem with Being the Boss

The Problem with Being the Teacher

Become a Strategy Guide

Create Self-Directed Teams

Workplace Implications

Summary

And the Winner Is

Recruiting Gamers

Workplace Implications

Summary

Please, Please Can I Buy a Game, Gadget, or Gizmo?

Tough Sell

Diffusion of Innovations

Workplace Implications

Summary

Getting to the Next Level

Knowledge Requirements Planning

Workplace Implications

Summary

It's Not Just a Game?

It's a Virtual Black Market

Making an Honest 'Online' Living

Enter the Matrix

Crossing the Bridge

The Future

Epilogue

Notes

Index

About the Author

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