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Include learning games as part of a larger learning strategy for the organization, not as simply a “bolt-on” to existing learning or as something “extra.” In creating a strategy of learning with game-based interventions, it’s important to consider a game or certain type of game as just one piece of the learning puzzle. For example, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Today I had the privilege of traveling to one of my sister universities West Chester and talking about the use of games and within the context of a college classroom. Also thanks to Melissa Milloway an alum with whom I did not get a picture:(. Here I am with the session organizers. As part of […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In Gamification and other learning situations, encourage the learner to make meaningful and consequential choices within clearly defined rules and a safe environment. Gamification that provides the learnerwith the opportunity to decide whether to bypass some lesson elements and control the sequence at which they receive content is considered high in learner control. In contrast, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here are the slides and some links related to my presentation at the conference. Games, Gamification and Interactivity for Learning from Karl Kapp Here are the five elements of thinking like a game designer. Begin with Activity:Add Action and Adventure Put Your Learner at “Mock” Risk Create Curiosity, Mystery, Intrigue Give Learners Choices Also related […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Some thoughts on competition and cooperation for learning within the context of gamification. For more information on content and structural gamification, click HERE. Competition Competition is often associated with structural gamification. Competition is when students are “constrained from impeding each other and instead devote the entirety of their attentions to optimizing their own performance.” (Crawford, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →So far the blog book tour for The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook: Ideas into Practice is off to a good start. Not as consistent as some past tours but I’ve been crazy busy with all kinds of great gamification happenings. Here is a recap of the tour so far (more great tour stops […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →One of the strengths of gamification is that it provides visible milestones of the student’s mastery of content in real time (when it is well designed). Too often in an instructional setting, the learner doesn’t know whether or not he or she really understands or can apply the knowledge they are learning. There is often […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Unfortunately, the weather here in Pennsylvania did not cooperate with my desire to head to Las Vegas to talk about game design. So, I am going to try to provide information and ideas here. So disappointed not to be at the conference. Here are the slides I would have presented. Articles Here is some information […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →As the live part of my latest intermittent blog book tour…I am going to be speaking several times at the ASTD TechKnowledge Conference in Las Vegas next week. The 22nd to the 24th!! Visit the link the ASTD TechKnowledge 2014 Conference Web site to find out about the entire event. Here are my list of […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I recently had the opportunity to speak to a group of representatives from the American Institute of CPAs in sunny San Francisco. It was great to visit some place warm and sunny after all the snow in the eastern United States (in fact, getting to the West Coast of the US was a challenge with […]
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