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Here are the slides from my presentation.(not exactly 100% the same but very, very close.) Gamification: Creating Engaged Learners: LTEN Keynote Slides from Karl Kapp Some related videos: Here are some additional resources: 8 Types of Stories to Effect Change Storytelling and Instructional Design Eight Game Elements to Make Learning More Intriguing Games, Gamification and […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Last night, I spoke at a Barnes and Noble in New Brunswick, NJ. Ii was exciting to talk to a number of teachers and parents about some of the positive impacts video games can have on learning. Great questions from the group and very thoughtful bunch of educators and parents. I really enjoyed our discussions. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Understanding a large game space requires some type of visual. In most games, this visual is in the form of a map. Strategy games like Civilization V contain maps to help players continually orient themselves to where they are and where they need to go. Additionally, the map give a sense of progress and a […]
Continue Reading →In their seminal work, Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, Salen and Zimmerman discuss a wide range of topics. One topic of particular interest is the discussion of the core mechanic. Here is how they define the term. Every game has a core mechanic. A core mechanic is the essential play activity players perform again […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Had a great time presenting on 10 Things We Know about Designing Games for Learning From Research. Here are the slides and some related notes. Videos Articles and Blog Entries of Interest 8 Types of Stories to Effect Change Storytelling and Instructional Design Eight Game Elements to Make Learning More Intriguing Games, Gamification and the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The other day I got an email asking me some questions about serious games. Here are the questions and my answers. 1) What are the advantages of serious games? One advantage of serious games is they provide two things most traditional instruction does not. The first is the acceptance of failure and second is the […]
Continue Reading →A meta-analysis is a study of studies. It is a way of aggregating research data to make informed conclusions rather than relying on the data of one study. Here are three abstracts from three different studies.Games for learning do have merit but they are not a blanket panacea. Like any good instructional method, they have […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Here are the slides and additional information from my presentation in Harrisburg, PA to my good friends at JPL. Defining and Exploring Gamification from Karl Kapp Gamification: Creating Engaged Learners: LTEN Keynote Slides from Karl Kapp Here is some additional information. Videos Games References Zombies Run! The Lab Financial Soccer Rexona Teens Club Chrysler Word […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →This summer, one of my duties was serving as an external evaluator for a National Science Foundation grant (NSF) where the grant team of community college professors created a workshop to teach teachers how to create instructional games and then teamed the teachers with students from the community college to actually create the games, it […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The other day I had a conversation with David Kelly of the eLearning Guild about a game design workshop Sharon Boller of Bottom Line Performance and I are doing at the upcoming DevLearn Conference in Las Vegas. Here is a short video of our discussion And here is a link to our workshop called Play […]
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