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The Rise of the Skills Economy: Redefining Workforce Readiness

The modern workforce is increasingly focused on making discrete, verifiable competencies the primary currency of recruitment and corporate training, but educational institutions and corporate talent teams don’t always find it easy to measure these capabilities accurately. Traditional resumes fail to capture practical expertise, leaving a widening gap between employer expectations and candidate self-awareness. Interactive simulations…

// Brandon Pittser

The Latest Findings in AI and Learning – June 2026

Summer is officially here, and the AI-adjacent educational technology landscape is heating up right alongside the weather. This month, the focus is unmistakably on measurement, and we’ve gathered up six (six!) different stories about AI research, each covering various angles on the impacts and reactions that AI is creating in education. Major universities are grappling…

// Brandon Pittser

May Roundup: Game-based Learning and Mental Health

Throughout May, we’ve focused our attention on how digital play supports cognitive wellness and behavioral health in educational contexts. Mental Health Awareness Month gave us the perfect opportunity to dive into the hard data behind game-based learning and its impact on human design. We explored how structured interactive frameworks reduce workplace anxiety, foster deep intercultural…

// Brandon Pittser

Resource Roundup: Mental Health Awareness Month and Digital Play

Mental Health Awareness Month brings a timely focus to the intersection of digital play and emotional well-being. Classrooms and corporate training centers face mounting pressure to deliver rigorous content while safeguarding mental health. The latest research provides hard data on how playful digital environments actively promote emotional regulation, stress relief, and social connection. To highlight…

// Brandon Pittser

5 Excellent Digital Games for Teaching Empathy

Like most human-made scenarios, the K-12 classroom is a high-stakes environment for social development. As we’ve often said, game-based learning excels in certain key areas, and the ability to simulate high-stakes situations is one of those superpowers. Digital games offer an exceptional sandbox for students to practice critical interpersonal skills like empathy and conflict resolution…

// Brandon Pittser

Research Roundup: The Impact of Digital Play on Social-Emotional Development

Happy Monday everyone! Today we’re going to talk about cognitive wellness and learning. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and so we’re turning our minds to explore how structured digital play supports social-emotional skills in professional environments. Corporate trainers and educational publishers alike are actively leveraging interactive tools to build vital emotional intelligence and workforce…

// Brandon Pittser

The Latest Findings in AI and Learning – May 2026

Our April roundup focused on where the lines are drawn, and May is showing us exactly how those boundaries look in practice. Educators are actively defining acceptable use policies, and students are stepping up to build their own ethical frameworks. Major technology providers are adding specific features to their platforms to address concrete student needs,…

// Brandon Pittser

what’s new in game-based learning – may 2026

This month brings new data and unique projects to the wild and wonderful world of educational game development. We even had some controversy, which is extremely rare and always interesting. Elsewhere, research emerged showing serious games improve clinical vocabulary retention. And out in the outfield, students are applying geometry to minor league baseball. Across all…

// Brandon Pittser
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