Kapp Notes

MARCH 17, 2014

This year, I will be very busy at the Learning Solutions Conference March 17-21 #LSCon. I am even bringing some students with me to experience the conference. Discover how research-based game thinking and design can be leveraged to create effective, engaging instruction. Not at the conference? Always a great deal of fun!

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Conference Solution Business eLearning Guild 143

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MAY 18, 2015

Great time presenting at ATD ICE Conference, so many wonderful people and experiences. 8 Types of Stories to Effect Change. Five Gaming Elements for Effective eLearning. Here are the slides and other information from my presentation. Storytelling and Instructional Design. Eight Game Elements to Make Learning More Intriguing.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

8 Types of Stories to Effect Change. Had a great time presenting on 10 Things We Know about Designing Games for Learning From Research. Here are the slides and some related notes. Articles and Blog Entries of Interest. Storytelling and Instructional Design. Eight Game Elements to Make Learning More Intriguing.

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Conference Online Learning Poll Gamification 179

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

Virtual self-modeling: the effects of vicarious reinforcement and identification on exercise behaviors. The Proteus Effect: Implications of transformed digital self-representation on online and offline behavior. 2011) A meta-analytic examination of the instructional effectiveness of computer-based simulation games.

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Simulations Resources Conference Comparison 200

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Virtual self-modeling: the effects of vicarious reinforcement and identification on exercise behaviors. The Proteus Effect: Implications of transformed digital self-representation on online and offline behavior. 2011) A meta-analytic examination of the instructional effectiveness of computer-based simulation games.

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Simulations Resources Conference Comparison 209

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MARCH 5, 2015

Five Gaming Elements for Effective eLearning. Here is some information on thinking like a game designer. Improve Training: Thinking Like a Game Designer. Here are some elements you can add to your training to elevate the level of engagement. 10 Best Practices for Implementing Gamification. 8 Game Elements to Make Learning More Intriguing.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

It’s effective from a learning perspective and really engages students. If you are thinking about being more adventurous in your teaching, think about gamifying some of your instruction. Start small and then add more and more game elements. If you are not sure where to start, check out “The Gamification of Learning.”

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MAY 14, 2015

8 Types of Stories to Effect Change. Five Gaming Elements for Effective eLearning. Here are my slides from my Keynote at RECAP, really enjoyed the event and meeting such wonderful and dedicated faculty! So impressed with the dedication and creativity of the folks I’ve met. Storytelling and Instructional Design.

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MAY 14, 2010

Kaplan EduNeering’s expertise in delivering solutions that help companies meet regulatory and compliance requirements will augment ProtonMedia’s ability to effectively foster product life cycle collaboration within research, development, production, marketing, and customer engagement phases.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Just got this in an email: Regrettably, we have some unfortunate news to share with you: The Nielsen Company has made the decision to cease operation of Training magazine and Training magazine Events effective February 26. This will also be our last day with the company. They're just people who make you feel less alone.and really loved.

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Conference Training Train Director 145

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JUNE 21, 2010

Results measured after the poster session demonstrated that the virtual environment was effective for scientific meetings and was well accepted by the current generation of scientists, suggesting that these environments can be used to deliver immediate value. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Healthcare industry provided 14.3

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Conference Virtual World Virtual Classroom Microsoft 146

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JANUARY 7, 2017

.” These are principles that are required for VR learning experiences and are fundamental to creating effective learning with VR technologies. It is essential that the learning being designed address a vetted business need and that a learning solution is the best and most cost effective way to address the deficiency. Conclusion.

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Create Learning Objects Gamification Virtual World 209

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

The second was presented at a conference by Kyle Findlay and Kirsty Aberts. Gamification: How Effective Is It? Karl Kapp talks about the gamification of learning and what the research has to say about the effectiveness of game elements for learning. Gamification: Future or Fail? from Social Physicist. from Social Physicist.

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Gamification Simulations Slides Games 252

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

It is so much fun to bring people new to the field to the DevLearn Conference. 1) Play to Learn: Designing Effective Games Workshop. 4) They will meet luminaries in the field as we explore the conference and take the time to stop by and chat with experts, book authors and people making ground breaking advancements in the field.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Had a great time in Nashville speaking with NASBA at the conference, great times and good fun with games and gamification for learning. 8 Types of Stories to Effect Change. Here is some additional information. Games References. Zombies Run! Articles and Blog Entries of Interest. Storytelling and Instructional Design.

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Gamification Resources Poll iPad 177

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MARCH 15, 2010

Terrence Linden discussing the new Second Life browser at VWBPE conference. If you missed the Virtual Worlds' Best Practices in Education Conference , you missed not only a great conference with really good content and presentations, you missed a glimpse into the future of conferences.

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Linden Second Life Virtual Classroom Social Networks 236

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NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Wearing two hats, one from La Salle University and one from her own consulting firm, Advantage Learning Technologies Bobbe Baggio provided a lively and engaging presentation discussing the creation of visually effective instruction.

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

One thing I try to do in my conference presentations is to model what I think is effective and innovative learning designs. To innovate we need to take what is effective from presentations that we see at conferences and adapt from those presentations into our own presentations–and do it even better.

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Innovation Lecture Quiz Learning Objects 278

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

To be most effective, the competitive environment created with structural gamification needs to have the follow elements. It has been found that serious games are more effective when played in groups for learning. July 2010) Effects of Competition in Education: A Case Study in an E-Learning Environment. Crawford, C. Garcia, S.

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Gamification Case Study Cognitive Games 229

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JUNE 12, 2014

Great time at the Life Sciences Trainers & Educators Network conference, it was a great time seeing lots of old friends, making new friends. 8 Types of Stories to Effect Change. It is always a great time. Here are my slides from the keynote. Defining Gamification. Articles and Blog Entries of Interest.

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Gamification Slides Poll iPad 162

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APRIL 1, 2017

Here are some slides and information covered in my presentation at the Texas Distance Learning Association conference. It’s effective from a learning perspective and really engages students. I’ve included the slides from the presentation and slide on using PollEverywhere and writing directly in PowerPoint in slideshow mode.

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Distance Learning Slides Tools Poll 186

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MAY 6, 2013

Also, live and in-person I will be at the ASTD ICE conference from May 15-May 22nd. ” I am doing a workshop with Sharon Boller called Play to Learn: Designing Effective Learning Games. Register, there are over 1,000 people signed up. If you are there, please stop by and say “hello.”

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Gamification ASTD Player Games 197

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JULY 20, 2010

The hall is large and looks just like a conference exhibit hall. Jim admitted that many virtual world participants he's dealt with are not yet ready for the virtual conference hall and that it is not as popular as first anticipated. It can also make some of the small spaces which are inaccessible to handicapped individuals accessible.

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Classes Virtual World Conference Environment 182

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

And informally, I got some great ideas to improve my presentation for the next conference, great insights. I caught up with Judy Unrein, Tom Kuhlmann, Koreen Olbrish, Anders Gronstedt who created a bit of stir at the end of the conference with some provocative and entertaining insights, Terrence Wing, Nanette Miner.

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TechKnowledge ASTD Conference Write Blog 157

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The other day I had a chance to catch up with Cammy Bean, she is passionate about the field of L&D and is founder of the popular Learning Visions blog and a staple among presenters at various elearning and learning conferences. See you at an upcoming conference. Bean: The hardest lesson? Less is more. Less is more.

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Conversation Instructional Design Write Blog Corporate eLearning 187

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MAY 8, 2014

8 Types of Stories to Effect Change. ASTD Conference Design' Sneak Peak of ASTD ICE Presentation. Continuing my Work on ASTD ICE Presentation. Articles and Blog Entries of Interest. Playing with the Definition of Game-Thinking. Storytelling and Instructional Design. Instructional Games and Narrative. Polling Software.

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ASTD Slides Gamification Poll 212

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

So here is a recap and a story of the hyper-realistic simulation we got o experience while at the conference. After the conference was over, we took a tour of Strategic Operations Training Center which was, as advertised, hyper-realistic. The hyper-realistic training is effective. The event was, as usual, a lot of fun.

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Simulations Compliance Training Internationalization Suite 178

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JANUARY 5, 2012

If you happen to be at one of the events, please say “hi” I always like to meet blog readers and people at conferences. This decidedly unacademic presentation provides a broad scientific overview of what we know from research about the effectiveness of today’s technology for changing learner behaviors.

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Predictions Simulations Case Study Conference 159

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Is a 2D environment as effective for serious games as a 3D environment? It promises to be an interesting conference with lots of good information on "serious games" and game design and development in general. Here is a description of my presentation: Why 3D Matters for Learning and Collaboration?

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Virtual World Conference Games Behavior 150

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Here are the slides and some links related to my presentation at the conference. 2] When combined with Spaced Retrieval the effect is multiplied. Ideally, the time between the learning events is greater than 24 hours, but shorter times have also been found to be effective. Retrieval practice (testing) effect. Pashler (Ed.),Encyclopedia

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Slides Informal Resources Diversity Training 175

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

Louis ASTD Conference. Five Gaming Elements for Effective eLearning. Louis (one day after my San Fran presentation) to a wonderful group of learning and development professionals, here are some notes, links and resources from that presentation. It was for the Learn St. Here are the slides. 4 Key Strategies for Increasing Transference.

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ASTD Resources Gamification Games 145

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

There is a fee but it is for the entire conference with dozens of great speakers. Additionally, I am speaking at ASTD’s 2012 TechKnowledge Conference in Las Vegas. The conference is being held from January 25-27, 2012. Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:15 AM (Pacific Time). I hope to see everyone there. The hashtag is #TK12.

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eLearning Guild Simulations TechKnowledge Gamification 124

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JUNE 9, 2011

John and the group for a wonderful conference at George Mason University. The Innovations in E-Learning Symposium is really a top notch conference, small, intimate but with great attendees and speakers and I really like how both industry old timers (like me) and Ph.D. Once again, hats of to Chris St. A study by Ersner-Hershfield et al.

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Simulations Resources Innovation Virtual World 204

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MARCH 31, 2011

PPD will showcase ProtonMedia’s ProtoSphere at the 20 th Annual Partnerships in Clinical Trials Conference on March 30-April 1. PPD will showcase ProtoSphere to its client base at the 20 th Annual Partnerships in Clinical Trials conference being held March 30 to April 1 in Phoenix, Ariz. “A LANSDALE, Pa., and WILMINGTON, N.C.

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Virtual World News Microsoft Training 150

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

To provide effective instruction, it needs to be as authentic to the actual experience as possible. ” Practicing skills and concepts in an environment or setting as closely approximating the actual setting as possible minimizes cognitive overload and allows for a more effective transfer of knowledge to application.

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Games Providers Cognitive Simulations 202

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

The idea is to glean the most effective game elements from a learning perspective and use them for motivation and engagement of the learners. The 9th International Scientific Conference eLearning and Software for Education. Proceedings at the Level Up: Digital Games Research Conference, November 4-6 (pp. References. Apostol, S.,

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Gamification Instructional Instruction Player 232

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JANUARY 22, 2014

So disappointed not to be at the conference. Five Gaming Elements for Effective eLearning. Virtual self-modeling: the effects of vicarious reinforcement and identification on exercise behaviors. The Proteus Effect: Implications of transformed digital self-representation on online and offline behavior. Media Psychology.

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