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6 Tips for Easily Incorporating Games in Your Learning
Using game elements in learning helps employees better retain and apply what they learned by keeping them actively engaged in the training process. But how do you practically use game design to actively support long-term retention and real-world applications? To help […]
By Christine Shaw • -
Bringing Game-Based Learning into Everyday Practice
Game-based learning is about applying well-known mechanics to make training more motivating and practical. Anyone can use these methods without special tech. Focus on the mechanics themselves to create a meaningful learning experience.
By Mickailynn Holman • -
Teambuilding in Times of Trouble
The process itself creates a non-judgmental atmosphere through personal sharing and humorous, interpersonal interactions. I think of it as laying the foundation of deeper-level conversations.
By Daniel Lincoln Cress • -
Why Attendees Love DevLearn
What makes DevLearn such a standout experience? Attendees from last year’s event told us what they loved, and to no surprise it’s not just one thing. It’s the energy, the ideas, and the people. It starts with inspiration DevLearn sets […]
By Lindsay Brestovansky • -
Baselines & Benchmarks: How Raw Data Becomes Actionable Insights
If your function uses an intake form, you’re sitting on more than a decision tool. You’re sitting on an amazing data source that, with analysis, becomes information you can act on.
By Robyn Defelice • -
Fitting in Feedback
Feedback is complex. It includes what employees experience themselves and what they see happening to colleagues.
By Matt Daniel Madsen • -
Aha Moments from DevLearn 2025: Why Community Is Still L&D’s Competitive Advantage
For all the focus on AI at DevLearn 2025, some of the most meaningful “aha” moments had nothing to do with technology. Instead, they pointed to something more enduring: the importance of connection, […]
By Lindsay Brestovansky • -
Play Is the Method, Not the Motivation
Graded environments incentivize defensiveness and performance; games incentivize experimentation.
By Aaron Delgaty • -
Workplace Readiness: Can Higher Education Develop AI-Ready Students?
Internships, simulations, and cross-disciplinary projects can help students practice human-AI collaboration, resilience, and decision-making in environments that mirror the workplace’s ambiguity and complexity.
By Eddie Lin, Roshan Bharwaney • -
The Thirty Under Program Returns in 2026…to DevLearn!
The Learning Guild’s Thirty Under 30 program is back for 2026, and this year it’ll be at DevLearn Conference & Expo (Nov 4-6). Designed to spotlight the next generation of emerging leaders, the program recognizes […]
By Lindsay Brestovansky •