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How Sharon Boller and Karl Kapp’s Learning Game Design Process Works

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Karl Kapp’s new book on learning game design on the BLP blog. Naturally, the Knowledge Guru blog had to be the first stop on our tour! Some of the most ‘fun’ mini-game ideas don’t make it off the shop floor. Paper prototypes become digital prototypes which become… you get the idea. Link learning design and game design.

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Getting Started in Learning Game Design

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But because not everyone is going to be able to come to our workshops—or wait for one—I’ve decided to do a blog series to help folks get started. This is a blog series about creating learning games. You need to be okay doing this and not feel like you failed if you dump a design idea after you are three iterations into it.

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4 Must-Have Books for Learning Game Designers

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Last week we did a post on 5 Great Serious Games and Gamification Blogs to Follow. So without further ado, below are 4 must-have books for learning game designers: The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook: Ideas into Practice. The first book on our list is absolutely the most relevant.

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So you want to create a learning game?

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Finally, These were posted by the Rapid eLearning Blog several months ago. They may spark other ideas or they may inspire you to explore a game creation tool such as Construct2 , whose output can be embedded INTO an eLearning authoring tool such as Storyline or Lectora. Grading Game – This is a personal favorite of mine.

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4 Ways to Supercharge Your Sales Managers

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With all that said, lets set the sales reps aside for at least one blog post. Sometimes, trainers launch a new big idea that sounds good in theory but just creates a lot of work for managers in practice. They can also be the difference between an average performer moving forward, backward or walking out the door entirely.

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August Learning Game Design Workshop Recap

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Sharon took all of the content on game mechanics, elements and dynamics (lots of this can be found in the Learning Game Design blog series) and use it to create a guru game called Game Design Guru. After lunch, we were split into teams for a fun review exercise… using Knowledge Guru®!

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Legend or Quest Part 2: When to Use Legend game type

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Y ou like the idea of two rounds of play – normal mode and grab bag mode. Again – if you want to compare/contrast against Quest game type, check out the Part 1 blog post on Quest. We have lots of clients who will invite learners to play to “Knowledge Guru Mastery” before coming to an event. Quick Tip'

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