Upcoming Webinars, Articles and Events

I am presenting a couple of Webinars in the near future.

Here are the details.

Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:15 AM (Pacific Time)

As part of the eLearning Guild’s Online Forums, I am speaking on the topic of Gamification. There is a fee but it is for the entire conference with dozens of great speakers.

You can learn more and register now at the Online Forum Registration.

Topic: What Research Tells us About Designing and Creating Game-Based Learning.

Description:
In the past few years, the terms games, gamification, and game-based learning have entered the vocabulary of trainers, eLearning developers, and instructional designers. While the use of games for learning seems like a good match, questions arise. How should games be integrated into the curriculum? Can attitudes and behavior change result from playing a game? What elements of games should eLearning designers borrow from game designers and what elements are not appropriate in a learning situation? Is first-person or third-person a better perspective for game development? How complicated does the game need to be to impact learning?

Participants in this session will learn the answer to these questions by examining the research on game-based learning. You’ll see many examples of game-based learning for performance improvement and highlights of how organizations have used games to achieve learning success, and discover how research-based practices fit in with today’s need for quick, effective online instruction.

In this session, you will learn:

• How to apply game-based strategies to the presentation of learning content:
  
• Three principles for adding serious games to learning curriculums
  
• Four motivational aspects of games that improve learning recall and application

FREE Webinar

Instructional Gaming: December 9, 2011

Date: Friday, December 9, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Presenters: Karl Kapp, Professor of Instructional Technology, Author, and Speaker

Length: 90 minutes

Description: Games are fun, exciting and engaging but do they belong in the classroom? Can they actually be educational? There is evidence that students and trainees participating in simulation game learning experiences have higher declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge and retention of training material than those participating in more traditional learning experiences. But, what elements make games appropriate for learning and how can those elements be integrated into the classroom. In this webinar, Karl will share practical examples of how to apply game dynamics, or “gamification”, as part of your instructional tool kit helping you to engage students and create an active learning environment.

Register Now!

 

Additionally, I am speaking at ASTD’s 2012 TechKnowledge Conference in Las Vegas. The conference is being held from January 25-27, 2012. I hope to see everyone there. Please stop by and say hello! The hashtag is #TK12.

You can learn more about my session, see 140 character bio and find out what I like to do in Las Vegas with the 3 questions with Karl Kapp conference page here.

Also, you can read an article gleaned from this blog about Gamification at Learning Circuits. The article is In Defense of the Term “Gamification” as Used by Learning Professionals

PS My friend Connie Malamed also has a great feature article in that issue of Learning Circuits, Six Proven Ways to Use Examples and Non-Examples

And, if you haven’t had a chance to read my article Improving Training: Thinking Like a Game Developer in Training Industry Quarterly, you’ll want to check that out!