Improving performance improvement (2): From win-lose to win-win

By Mirjam Neelen This blog is the second in a series of blogs exploring various components, such as motivation and learning opportunities that come into play when you try to improve performance improvement. In my previous blog on improving…

Research Findings in Game Based Learning

Learnovate's Neil Peirce presented at the 4th meetup in the Learning Tech Labs series. The Meet-up was focused on Gamification! Looking to answer the questions: What is Gamified learning? Does it improve engagement rates, and knowledge…

Improving Performance Improvement: Why it’s tough going

By Mirjam Neelen This blog is the first in a series on improving performance improvement. The idea is to explore various components, such as metrics or employee engagement that come into play when trying to achieve this. In this blog, I discuss…

The Role of Empathy in Designing for Education

Evangelos Kapros The design of educational user interfaces and experiences (UI/UX) has existed as long as educational technology itself. However, it has not been until recently that awareness around and appreciation of educational UX has…

5 alternative ways to measure the impact of EdTech innovation?

Many education systems around the world (Ireland included) continue to be enthralled to high stakes exams as a means of assessing students.  We still tend to value what we measure, rather than measuring what we really value.  As a result,…