Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

However, the results provide strong evidence of publication bias in simulation games research. However, trainees learned less from simulation games than comparison instructional methods when the instruction the comparison group received as a substitute for the simulation game actively engaged them in the learning experience.

Analysis 263

Analysis Cognitive Simulations Study 263

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 9, 2014

People do not play games just for the rewards but rewards can help with motivation, provide feedback to learners about progress and rewards are a way of being judged favorably by the game. The player does something she was supposed to do and is provided with points for the effort. Rewards are an important part of game play. Expression.

Games 205

Games Player Score Music 205

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Situated cognition is a theory of instruction that suggests learning is naturally tied to authentic activity, context, and culture. To grasp subjects, learners need much more than abstract concepts and self-contained examples, they need to be exposed to the use of the information and cognitive tools in an authentic activity.

Cognitive 167

Cognitive Theory Behavior Coaching 167

Kapp Notes

MAY 3, 2017

What we missed on the mission is provide in the information below (and in the slides above). Do a hands-on activity. It draws in the learner and provides motivation. Curiosity is evoked by providing an optimal level of informational complexity and a novel and exciting game space. Pick a team. Confront a challenge.

Resources 114

Resources Cognitive Games Learning Objects 114

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

A successful learner is typically active, goal-directed, self-regulating and assumes personal responsibility for contributing to their own learning. Intrinsic motivation is stimulated by tasks of optimal novelty and difficulty, relevant to personal interests, and providing for personal choice and control.”(

Gamification 221

Gamification Learner Instructional Instruction 221

Kapp Notes

JUNE 4, 2013

7) Provide a list of strategies that will help the learner win next time. 8) Within the curriculum, follow the game activity with an activity where everyone can feel positive. Online, provide chat opportunities. Acknowledge winning and move right to the instructional lesson. After the game.).

Games 243

Games Instructional Instruction Cognitive 243

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Games provide players with instant reward in the form of points. Sometimes those points are directly related to the activity. In the social networking game Mafia Wars points are earned by completing jobs or winning fights which are both activities directly related to the narrative of game which is running a criminal empire.

Games 154

Games Social Networks Player Social Network 154

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

One advantage of serious games is they provide two things most traditional instruction does not. Research can only provide evidence to support hypothesis or ideas but can’t prove something. Most game designers think of action and activity first, content second. Here are the questions and my answers.

Games 229

Games Lecture Instructional Instruction 229

Kapp Notes

APRIL 29, 2013

Influence Behavior—Game elements when properly placed into a curriculum or everyday employee activities can positively influence behavior. Drive Innovation—Gamification can drive innovative thinking and activities. If you want to motivate learners to move through instruction and to accomplish goals, gamification is a great solution.

Gamification 235

Gamification Compliance Training Player Open Source 235

Kapp Notes

JULY 5, 2016

In fact, research indicates that fantasy provides cognitive emotional and motivational advantages for learning (Malone, 1981). In terms of the cognitive benefits, the issues confronted and successfully resolved in the fantasy world provide the learners with natural constructive feedback in an uninhibited interaction.

Games 136

Games Cognitive Case Study Simulations 136

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Motivate Others to Action —These types of stories are designed to ignite action and to spur implementation of new ideas or activities within an organization. Share Knowledge —Much like the expressive type of story above, knowledge sharing stories provide knowledge that can help a person accomplish a task or work through a problem.

Change 200

Change Effectiveness Trust Attention 200

Kapp Notes

MARCH 25, 2013

It simply provides context or activities which are used within games and adds them to the content being taught. For example, adding story elements to a compliance course or starting a course with a challenge instead of a list of objectives are both methods of content gamification.

Gamification 278

Gamification Games Compliance Training Methods 278

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Here is a course titled How to Increase Learner Engagement which provides ten great ideas for breaking away from the lecture and working toward engaging students on a meaningful level. Action) Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics Scott Freemana,1, Sarah L. White, R.W. Reynolds, J.

Resources 159

Resources Cognitive Journal Poll 159

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 31, 2015

He also provided some examples of how they are implementing Hooptap solutions in various organizations. Mas: Hooptap conceptualizes and develops technological solutions based on our gamification platform with the goal of engaging, activating and retaining users, fans, customers, employees, students and TV or mass media audiences.

Conversation 100

Conversation Gamification Skype Integrate 100

Kapp Notes

JULY 20, 2011

Many successful games provide a simple method of slowly getting into the game. A player can remain at this level for an extended period of time because well designed games continue to provide fresh activities, content or challenges to keep the expert players coming back to experience more of the game.

Player 170

Player Games Education Video 170

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 10, 2013

In gamification, the student does not play an entire game from start to finish; rather they participate in activities that include elements from games such as earning points, overcoming a challenge or receiving badges for accomplishing tasks. Team activities for learning and performance. Another Confounding Element. and Neustaedter, C.

Gamification 232

Gamification Instructional Instruction Player 232

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Every learner goes through the instruction in the same manner, doing the same activities. To increase engagement and the effectiveness of e-learning, provide learners with a great amount of choice and control over the learning activity. Often there is one difficulty level and everyone progresses through that level.

Learner 174

Learner Education Theory Player 174

Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2011

In another article, Research: Active Video Games Can Enhance Learning. “As Active Video Game can increase motivation and interest, they represent an effective resource for enhancing students’ understanding of new and complex ideas.&#. This article quotes many studies and provides a nice balance of the impact of video games.

Games 150

Games Education Simulations Player 150

Kapp Notes

MARCH 28, 2011

In addition to leaderboards, games also provide players with instant reward in the form of points. Sometimes those points are directly related to the activity. For example a kill streak (killing eleven opponents without being killed yourself) enables you to “call in the dogs” which provides dogs who sniff out enemies.

Social Networks 172

Social Networks Organization Score Player 172

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 8, 2013

On the other hand, most learning experiences begin with learning objectives which provide the learner no mystery or intrigue or suspense. Leverage a learner’s natural sense of curiosity by not providing all the information or answers upfront. Games start with questions “Can you rescue the lost astronaut?” or “Can you solve this puzzle?”

Learner 211

Learner Learning Objects Player Movie 211

Kapp Notes

MARCH 25, 2013

It simply provides context or activities which are used within games and adds them to the content being taught. For example, adding story elements to a compliance course or starting a course with a challenge instead of a list of objectives are both methods of content gamification.

Gamification 244

Gamification Games Compliance Training Methods 244

Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2011

Humans are great at adding story narrative to a variety of situations because stories add meaning, provide context and guide action. The combination of a video game and storytelling provides an interactive story which engages and moves the player forward. Games can provide a visual and narrative context for player performance.

Games 269

Games Instructional Instruction Player 269

Kapp Notes

JULY 24, 2013

When designing a learning intervention, you need to design both high levels of activity as well as quiet times for reflection. You can not have true learning success without both of these activities within a learning design. Learning is about action, activity and engagement. Interactivity. Reflection. Peter Drucker.

Simulations 114

Simulations Activities Learning Games 114

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 13, 2011

As well as identifying in-game activities that most effectively teach the identified educational standards using a format indicated in the table below. In-Game Activity. The goal is to place the entire sequence of activities that will take place in the game on paper. Concept to be Taught. Assessment of Learning.

Games 138

Games Instructional Instruction Storyboard 138

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 30, 2011

Two: Games can allow people to think the “unthinkable&# games provide the freedom to explore actions, thoughts and ideas that are not acceptable in other realities and allow the player to consider variables he or she may not have previously considered. Three: Repetition, games are great for encouraging repeat activities.

Cognitive 172

Cognitive Games Benefits Player 172

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Sometimes when someone says “gamification” they mean creating some type of experience involving assigning points for activities partaken over a time period with a leaderboard keeping track of who is accumulating the most points and then providing some type of reward. Don’t rely on age. Does this happen in the field?

Analysis 175

Analysis Gamification Organization Instructional Design 175

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

1) Provides the doctor with an opportunity to give you more details. 2) Establishes that you are listening actively to her issues. It helps ensure that they know the model behind the activities. I will just leave these samples & go. Self-Explanation Question.

Examples 133

Examples Journal Sample Sales 133

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Automaticity can be defined as “the status of any knowledge or skill that has been used so many times that it can be activated from long-term memory and applied using minimal working memory resources.” Skills become automatic after repeated rehearsals of the activity. Clark, Nguyen & Sweller, 2006).

Cognitive 165

Cognitive Learner Develop Diversity Training 165

Kapp Notes

JUNE 23, 2015

You should always be able to tie your gamification activities directly to learning outcomes. Before launching wide-scale gamification efforts, provide information to stakeholders on emerging gamification implementations in organizations that have show business results. Experience.

Gamification 100

Gamification Tips Games vendor 100

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 17, 2011

It was a great group with wonderful activity in the chat. Lots of great resources provided by participants in the chat, great discussion. Given as part of the Training 3.0 pre-conference workshops. Gadgets, Games and Google for Learning. View more presentations from Karl Kapp.

Resources 173

Resources Games Google Training 173

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 22, 2014

So, I am going to try to provide information and ideas here. Watching an avatar that looks like you performing an activity influences you to perform a similar or same activity in the future. These findings suggest that simulation games are more effective when they actively engage trainees in learning the course material.

Slides 203

Slides Simulations Resources Comparison 203

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Games use a combination of entertainment and active learning principles to immerse players in learning environment (Bruner, 1962; Piaget, 1951; Malone, 1981; Csikszentmihalyi, 1990). Learning content not organized around the work context causes unnecessary overhead for the learner, simulation games can be organized to provide proper context.

Simulations 219

Simulations Games Player Theory 219

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

To balance out player predisposition towards performance orientation designers must actively try to instill mastery orientation in the goals and feedback they create. Players who have this mindset will accept errors and seek challenging tasks that provide them the opportunity to develop their competencies.

Gamification 199

Gamification Player Ratio Performance Support 199

Kapp Notes

MARCH 17, 2011

The first is to indicate the degree of “rightness” or “wrongness” of a response, action or activity. The second is to provide information to the leaner to help guide them toward learning the content. If you did the wrong thing, you should be prompted, guided or pointed toward a more appropriate action or activity.

Games 224

Games Video Player Delicious 224

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 9, 2017

If the LMS is a system of record, then elearning gamification is both an engagement layer and an “intelligence” layer, since it automatically makes decisions about what to serve learners, based on their activities in the system (and any other pertinent data in any enterprise system, including performance results).

Conversation 87

Conversation Micro-Learning Gamification microlearning 87

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The game provides immediate feedback; instantly, the quarterback can see the results of a decision, an interception, or a touchdown or something in between. Army not only understands, but actively develops and plays on a regular basis. The geographies are accurate and, more importantly, the activity is accurate.

Games 169

Games Help Virtual World Player 169

Kapp Notes

JULY 28, 2011

As Tony Bingham, president and CEO of ASTD states, “Today, we actively pursue content based on search terms and our preferences [while in the future]…content will find you – rather than actively seeking it, your activities and interests will determine what finds you, be delivered how you want it, and to your preferred channel.

Industry 183

Industry Social Networks ASTD eLearning 183