What is Skeuomorphic Instructional Design?
Skeuomorphic Instructional Design is the process of creating educational content that presents situations that mimic the real world.
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The Short Sims Blog
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All Short Sims are made in New England.
Photo by Clark Aldrich.
The mission of education is to help everyone discover what they are good at, discover what they care the most about, and connect the two in a sustaining way.
- Jul 12, 2023
Education's Great Pivot
An analysis of Short Sim usage confirms the pivot towards teaching skills, such as management and leadership, not just facts.
- Jun 21, 2023
Next week, I will be speaking at The Irish Conference on Game-Based Learning (iGBL2023 )
Here is the link and my presentation abstract.
- Jun 9, 2023
"Teaching Skills not Facts" is how we win back education from the Cult of Instructional Design
Clark Aldrich, interviewed by BranchTrack's CEO, Sergey Snegirev.
- Jun 8, 2023
How can Short Sims teach a big, complicated topic?
"Clark, how do you handle a very big, complex topic using Short Sims, which typically are about 8 to 10 minutes long?"
- May 12, 2023
Announcing the Self-Paced Short Sims Workshop!
Do you know instructional designers who are bored and frustrated with traditional workbook-style content? Or leaders reimagining education?
- Apr 5, 2023
What are the keys to creating educational content that endures?
What are the keys to creating educational content that endures?
- Mar 22, 2023
Meme: The new foundation for education.
The change is coming.
- Mar 15, 2023
Everyone is raving about our Short Sims Workshops!
Everyone is raving about our Short Sims Workshops! Here are some recent learner comments.
- Mar 11, 2023
My takeaways from Clark's Guide to Short Sims
Clark just wrote a marvelously thorough essay and guide to implementing and building Short Sims. I've summarized the top 7 takeaways.
- Mar 2, 2023
The Opportunities of Short Sims (two video clips)
Short Sims are expanding what we should be looking for in educational content, and even redefining what it means to capture intelligence.
- Dec 13, 2022
Clark Aldrich featured on The Sim Café
Clark Aldrich was interviewed by Deb Tauber for The Sim Café, an increasingly thought-leading and authoritative podcast for simulations.
- Oct 18, 2022
Webinar: Four Short Sims
In 2 days, I am hosting a special "Ask Me Anything" webinar hosted by iSpring to show a range of real-world Short Sims and answer questions.
- Sep 19, 2022
Short Sims are also essential for improving schools. (Five 1-2 minute video snippets)
Short Sims may be a necessary technology to make lasting, critical changes to schools. (Photo by Clark Aldrich)
- Aug 25, 2022
Clark Aldrich Talks to Will Wright, Warren Spector, and Jane Boston about Games and Simulations
I wrote my first article on the gamification of learning for Gartner in 1999. A few years later, I talked to a few masters. From my archive.
- Aug 3, 2022
The Short Sims Leadership Suite. Coming Soon.
An Off-the-Shelf Leadership Suite of core skills for new managers is our single biggest client request. Sounds good. Coming soon.
- Jul 19, 2022
Does it matter where your educational content is made?
All Short Sims are made in New England. Here is why that matters.
- Jul 1, 2022
Schools reward studying leadership over practicing leadership. That has cost society everything.
Natural leaders and experiential learners accurately understand that schools are rigged against them.
Photo by Clark Aldrich.
- Jun 25, 2022
Are Colleges Worth It? (2.5 minute video clip)
In Unschooling Rules (2011), I described colleges as "the hardest no-win decision your family will ever make." The decision is now easier.
- Jun 20, 2022
Get good at experiential learning. Before VR. Before the Metaverse. (2 minute video clip)
If you're in charge of learning programs, and considering experiential learning, practice now with Short Sims.
Photo by Clark Aldrich
See why Charles Koch listed Clark Aldrich's fifth book, Unschooling Rules, as one of Mr. Koch's 20 most influential books of his lifetime in his own book, Believe in People.
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