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There are many considerations that need to go into creating a learning game. Here are three questions you should ask before you begin. 1) What business problem is prompting the need for the game? – Lack of sales? – Lack of customer service? – Quality? – Time Problems? – Other? 2) What are the learners […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →The presentation was a great deal of fun. We played “Fact or Fishy”. Had a great audience and we had a great deal of interaction. Team A got beaten handidly so Team B gets accolades throughout the land! Hope everyone got a good idea of how to use simple game mechanics in their learning design […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →A recent article in Wired presented an interesting research finding. Flying around a virtual world as a superhero made subjects nicer in the physical world. The study conducted by Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab conducted a study where they took 30 male and 30 female participants and immersed them in a virtual world and […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are a few ideas about creating a game to teach problem solving and creating a game to actually solve a problem like FoldIt. To teach problem solving, design a game where the learner : Assumes a role. Partakes in meaningful in-game dialogue. Navigates a complex storyline. Feels challenged. Immediately is immersed in the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is an interesting infographic. In the span of 2 years an independent developer earned nearly $700,000 in profit from educational apps. Here’s a look at how he did it and what we can learn from his experience. I thought you and your readership might be interested in the infographic. Please take a look and […]
Continue Reading →In a learning game, the user interface needs to do three things for learning games. First it needs to establish the context/environment in which the game takes place. Is it an office? A warehouse, a far away planet? The interface should provide the feeling of immersion of the learner into the environment of the game. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Had a great deal of fun presenting with Koreen Olbrish at TK 2013 Here are the slides, the game design document and the workshop handout all in one convenient location. Astdtk2013 workshopmaterials from Karl Kapp And, if you go to this blog entry, you’ll get links to materials and information that was covered in the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →ASTD TK 2013 has been a great time. I’ve enjoyed spending time with old friends and making new ones Here are the slides from my presentation, my workshop on “Games and Gamification” with Koreen Olbrish will be in another post. The “Immernet”: Immersive Learning through Games, Gamification and Virtual Worlds from Karl Kapp Here are […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →There is an important difference between games that teach a learner how to do something and games that test what a learner already knows. Too often those two types of games are confused and an instructional designer or other person places the wrong type of game into the curriculum. Testing Games are games where the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I am often asked if an instructional or training game should be “realistic” or can the game have “fantasy” elements and still be an effective learning tool. It turns out that there are several valid and research-based reasons for including fantasy as a key element in the design of games to help people learn. In […]
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