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Want to know more about using games for training? The articles below explore the use, benefits, and future of digital game-based learning in both standards training and other types of organizational learning.

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	[1] "Bringing training to life: the real world on your desktop" Author: Heather McBurney In "Bringing Training to Life: the real world on your desktop," Heather McBurney of the Canadian Standards Association examines the role that learning games can play in management systems training by engaging front-line employees and enabling quality professionals to learn skills and competencies. Read it in the April/May 2007 issue of RABQSA's magazine, e-momentum http://www.rabqsa.com/docs/emomentum/emom_07_02.pdf.
	[2] "Innovations in Training" Author: Stephen Davies The benefits of a situational and interactive approach to learning for training providers, employers, and accreditation bodies, are examined in Stephen Davies' article, Innovations in Training. Read more on p. 18 of RABQSA's April/May 2007 issue of e-momentum http://www.rabqsa.com/docs/emomentum/emom_07_02.pdf.
	[3] "Why skills based assessment?" Author: Stephen Davies Stephen Davies discusses the current state of skill-based assessment and outlines new alternatives for online skill-based assessment in the Nov/Dec 2006 issue of RABQSA's e-momentum. Read the article on p. 11 of the Nov/Dec 2006 issue http://www.rabqsa.com/docs/emomentum/emom_06_12.pdf.
	[4] "Corporate Games" Author: Stephen Davies In an article for Quality World, Stephen Davies explores how videogames, once the bastion of teenage distraction, are now being used to add value to auditor training. Read it on the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) web site http://www.thecqi.org/qualityworld/c4-1-121.shtml.
	[5] Corporate Gaming Author: Stephen Davies In a 2006 article for IRCA Inform, Stephen Davies investigates the use of Digital Game-Based Learning for auditor training and competency assessment. Inform, Quarter 1 2006, author Stephen Davies http://www.irca.org/inform/issue10/SDavies.html
	[6] Engaging Mini-Games Find Niche in Training Author: Clark Aldrich In this article, published in the July 2007 issue of T+D Magazine, Clark Aldrich explores the fact that quick, interactive games are meeting the training needs of organizations. Read the article on the American Society for Training & Development site http://www.astd.org/NR/rdonlyres/B95231F9-52D4-453F-AD83-4CD03C47099C/0/Jul2007_technology_member.pdf.