Knowledge Guru

MAY 15, 2017

You will lose content if you proceed without saving it. The same requirement for your content applies here: the content you include must be unique to the category for which you are creating it. When you finish adding content, preview what your game by clicking PREVIEW GAME at the bottom left of your screen. Click SAVE.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 15, 2014

The content, researched and written by Knowledge Guru creator (and BLP president) Sharon Boller , takes the mystery out of using serious games in the enterprise. We’ve created a new guide to help you accomplish this. Are your game mechanics and game elements actually mapped to the cognitive tasks learners need to perform on the job?

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 21, 2013

It’s easy to put your content, facts and information you want learners to know “cold” into the game and create a highly engaging experience for players. The learning objectives associated with each topic and the question sets/content you plan to create for each objective. A sample design document is located here.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 5, 2013

His credentials alone land him on this list of recommended blogs, but the content is great too. Despite the website’s overall focus on K-12, this blog frequently posts great content and research that applies to games in every environment, not just the classroom. A great example is this recent post by Matthew Farber.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Send your game out to learners after they have completed an eLearning course or instructor-led session to help them remember content covered in the training. Most organizations position Guru games as either a reinforcement tool or a first exposure to content that will be covered in greater detail later.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 2, 2014

Each time we develop a new theme pack for Knowledge Guru, we try carefully to develop a story that is simple yet fun… and does not distract from whatever content users put into the game. For a game teaching foundational knowledge and simple skills, a complex story might be unnecessary.

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Knowledge Guru

JUNE 27, 2017

When content is updated, learners instantly have the latest version. The key is to focus performance support tools on important – but not frequently performed – content, knowledge, and skills. If learners are constantly returning to reference a particular piece of content, they may need to learn some of it “cold.”

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 28, 2015

The challenge you face is even more difficult when your content does not exactly jump off the page. And while learning solutions must include instructional design that purposely leads to retention of this type of content, retention cannot happen if learners are not motivated to learn. Make it Last.

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Knowledge Guru

JUNE 11, 2014

When job titles, tools and policies change, we are easily able to update the game content (or change to a new game entirely) in the admin dashboard. Rewards and achievements make otherwise dry content motivating. When the policies and procedures inevitably change, the game content is easy to update.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Send your game out to learners after they have completed an eLearning course or instructor-led session to help them remember content covered in the training. Most organizations position Legend or Quest games as either a reinforcement tool or a first exposure to content that will be covered in greater detail later.

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Knowledge Guru

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

It’s not a generational thing: most people are absolutely addicted to their phones and spend lots of time consuming content on these devices. Your learners are probably busy people and need consistent reminders and encouragement to re-engage with training content. Have learners play in short bursts.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 2, 2017

The authoring tool is in English, but content can be input in the language of choice. No problem. Drive games can be created in seven languages besides English: Chinese. Portuguese. All player-facing game text will appear in the language you select when you preview or publish your game.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Steven has written over 100 educational articles and blogs, appeared on numerous content aggregators and industry websites, and developed content for several Knowledge Guru games. He is the editor of the popular Lessons on Learning and Learning Game Design blogs.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 5, 2015

These SMEs want to review the game content after you create it. Knowledge Guru gives you an easy way to facilitate this review by letting you export the game questions after you create them so SMEs can edit question content, response choices, or the feedback players receive when they make mistakes. The new content will appear.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 2, 2017

The authoring tool is in English, but content can be input in the language of choice. No problem. Drive games can be created in seven languages besides English: Chinese. Portuguese. All player-facing game text will appear in the language you select when you preview or publish your game.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 9, 2014

Sometimes, the best corporate learning games focus on just a few game mechanics and game elements so mastery of the content can be brought front and center. Each game is really a template of sorts for whatever content you put into it. The other mistake is to include strategy or chance in a game when the real answer is to use neither.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 12, 2017

You’re already on staff and it’s your job to create training content… so it seems natural that you would have the skills to design a serious game or gamification system as well. According to Karl Kapp , “Instructional designers tend to think content first and then action. But do you know where to start?

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Knowledge Guru

DECEMBER 4, 2013

These principles are at work in every Knowledge Guru game, no matter what content you put into the tool (as long as you write your question sets correctly!). This is how Knowledge Guru helps people learn content, rather than simply evaluating them on how much they already know. Here’s a brief overview: Repetition.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Resources allow you to add content that your learners can access and review anytime, anywhere. Knowledge Guru is specifically designed to provide you with a lot of flexibility to achieve your learning objectives. One way we offer this flexibility is through “Resources” support.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Quest is an all-new game type that uses the same game content as the original Knowledge Guru games, but in a new way. It’s still simple to create a game; just add your content. We’ll show off Quest at DevLearn 2014, October 29-31 in Las Vegas. What is Quest? Journey-Focused. Improved Support Resources.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 15, 2017

Minimum and Maximum Content: Each game must include two scenarios. To fully assess a player’s mastery of the content associated with a Forest Flight game, we encourage authors to create three scenarios. By choosing Scenario Two from the drop-down menu on the main game creation screen, you can begin a new scenario. Three is recommended.

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Knowledge Guru

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

The problem with product knowledge training is that we need to take lots of it to really know the facts… but memorizing content is not fun to do. It’s a separate mode of play with all of the content from the regular game scrambled together. Reinforce the learning and encourage extended practice.

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Knowledge Guru

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Others simply said they had too much content to deliver. Many others also cited lack of learner motivation and engagement… or a lack of managerial buy-in for effective learning approaches. How Knowledge Guru Helps With Remembering. Knowledge Guru customers already know how the platform can help learners remember.

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

What’s in the guide: The five corporate learning content areas (accounting for 55% of total training) that benefit the most from spaced repetition approaches. Any business professional looking for one of the following outcomes through a corporate learning program: Less accidents. More sales. Better customer service. Fewer mistakes.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 19, 2017

A game shell is a game that does not yet have content in it and hasn’t been made “live.” As a System Admin, you have the power to add, edit, or remove game shells. Every game starts out as an empty shell. Once a Game Author populates the shell and converts it to online status, it becomes a game.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 17, 2014

This fact can be a plus in learning games where content might be a bit dry but a great theme and aesthetics can help create an enjoyable experience. If the game doesn’t LOOK appealing, then players won’t want to play even if the game has a great game goal and rules. Compare these two game boards.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 17, 2014

” For every topic objective, you need at least one “question set,” which includes 3 iterations of your content. We made the content generic, but it draws on concepts we have seen in client games. ” Learners want content that feels personal to THEM and their jobs. 12 Tips for Writing Good Questions.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 19, 2017

A Game Author is the individual who creates the game content, customizes the game, and implements the game (e.g. If you are not a system administrator, you cannot perform either of these tasks. Every Knowledge Guru game must have a Game Author associated with it. makes it go live).

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Takeaway: Allow learners to try, and possibly fail, before learning your content. Players return to the game to play the new game mode, with repeat content, after they complete the regular game. Learning Principles at Work in Knowledge Guru. “Practice Tests”, accomplished via multiple repetitions.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

She thinks training completion is low because the content isn’t engaging and wanted to know if a learning game could fix it. I told her that there is no “easy button,” and games are not a cure-all for for boring content or bad learning design.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 19, 2014

Spaced Retrieval involves providing students with quiz or course content spaced over time and it, too, is among the most robust findings in educational psychology research. [4] 4] It turns out that the greater the amount of spacing between retrieval events, the greater the potential benefit to retention.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 16, 2017

By the end of the session you will have a checklist of action items and a toolkit of relevant content for turning your superstar employees into the bosses everyone wants to work for. While their presentations are content rich, they are often boring. Learn more. Not “When Learning Games?” ” Presented by: Sharon Boller.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

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. I found it easier to conceptualize these after just playing two games, noting mechanics I liked and disliked.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 5, 2015

A Game Author is the individual who creates the game content, customizes the game, and implements the game (e.g. Every Knowledge Guru game must have a Game Author associated with it. makes it go live). The game author can also access and export game reports that detail player progress, player performance, etc.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 18, 2016

At its best, microlearning leverages learning science to space out content and build long term memory. With time available for training and learners’ patience for cumbersome learning experiences decreasing, there is more pressure than ever before for L&D professionals to deliver bite-sized training that is highly effective.

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 22, 2013

If your incorrect answer choices are too obvious, players will be able to guess the correct answer without really learning or knowing the content. The key to creating a challenging game that actually helps people learn is as much about the incorrect answers as the correct ones. We call these choices “distractors.”.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 26, 2017

If you want to verify that people are staying engaged and mastering the content , access the Drive Overview report. Instead, we will focus on the types of information you might want to gather – and which report is the right one to use. Reports Available for Drive .

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