**NEW TIME**NEW LOCATION**TWO SPEAKERS!!
Please join us for our May ATD MD Dinner Program at Think B!G Learn Smart in Columbia, Maryland!
We will only accept pre-registrants for this event due to the customized dinner options, so be sure to register early!
Gamification and using game elements in learning have been adopted in various forms in both academia and training and development communities. But does gamification or game design really enhance learning? And how could talent development professionals incorporate gamification and game design in their day-to-day activities? This engaging, gamified program will allow you to experience different kinds of gamification as both the learner and the learning professional.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Recognize gamification and game elements, and explain how they might enhance learning.
2. Identify gamification tools and game elements.
3. Apply these tools to a learning event.
4. Experience gamification or game elements as both a learner and a learning professional.
About Our Presenters:
Trish Briere is a Learning Designer at UMUC developing problem and competency based, open, online courses. She has over ten years of experience spanning the private education consulting, corporate, and higher education industries in designing, developing, and delivering learning solutions. Before practicing education and talent development, she belonged to the consumer finance industry, which influences her focus on both metric-driven results, as well as continual improvement. Trish is the current Director of Finance for ATD, Maryland Chapter.
We are fortunate to have two subject matter experts this month!
David Dunn is a learning designer and trainer with a passion for technology. He has 20+ years' experience in learning design and assessment, project management, technology enhanced learning, translation and publishing, working in higher education, international organizations, and the private sector. He is currently Director of Learning Technology at Chemonics International Inc. in Washington, DC.
David and Trish were both presenters at New Designs for Learning: Games and Gamification Symposium, hosted by the William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, September 2016.
Brought to you by our Sponsor and Host - Think B!G Learn Smart. Learn about the resources they have available for our talent development community.
