Kapp Notes

JANUARY 9, 2012

Instructional or serious games should be driven, in part, by the types of interactions you wish to illicit from learner. A common mistake among novice instructional game developers it that they focus too much on the topic or instructional goals and not enough time on the interactions that will drive the learner toward those goals.

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Hurix Digital

MARCH 14, 2024

Summary: This blog has provided an overview of serious games, including their definition, application, and benefits. It also provided a brief overview of the differences between serious games and gamification, and highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of serious games in the healthcare industry.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

There’s a maxim among pub pool players that the consumption of beer will improve your game, until you reach a tipping point whereby the alcohol flooding your bloodstream diminishes your mastery of the cue. Funnily enough, it’s not just an urban myth. I recognise a similar pattern in the field of corporate innovation.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 22, 2013

There is an important difference between games that teach a learner how to do something and games that test what a learner already knows. Too often those two types of games are confused and an instructional designer or other person places the wrong type of game into the curriculum.

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Raptivity

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Research indicates that worldwide revenues for game-based learning will climb from $2.6 This dramatic rise is proof enough that games are an exceptional learning aid. Players seek risks, challenges, rewards, and recognition when they play a game. Feud game show is another interesting game format that incorporates points.

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Hurix Digital

MARCH 27, 2024

This surge in recruitment has underscored the importance of training and educating healthcare professionals effectively and efficiently. Game-based learning has emerged as an efficient educational tool across numerous sectors, including healthcare, aviation, city planning, and beyond. Table of Contents: What are Serious Games?

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 11, 2014

One feature video games, board games and gamification have over traditional learning environments is the frequency and intensity of feedback. Feedback in games and in gamification is almost constant. In fact, often a screen or a player will flash to indicate the players are in danger of being eliminated with the next wrong move.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Rewards are an important part of game play. 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. They are from his great book The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses. Types of Rewards.

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 4, 2024

Summary: This blog has provided an overview of serious games, including their definition, application, and benefits. It also provided a brief overview of the differences between serious games and gamification, and highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of serious games in the healthcare industry.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 24, 2013

Welcome to Part 4 of my multi-part Learning Game Design series. In my last post , I talked about game mechanics. These are are the rules and procedures that guide the player and the game response to the player’s moves or actions. Now we’ll move on to game elements. Cooperation and/or competition.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 14, 2023

The effect may seem small, but it’s in the range of lots of education effects. Branching scenarios Designing game-inspired narratives for learning Conference paper by Miranda Verswijvelen, Ricardo Sosa, and Nataly Martini on what we can learn from how game designers write narratives and apply that to scenario-based learning.

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Magic EdTech

JANUARY 24, 2023

There is a common conception that playing video games can lead to extreme behavior or game addiction. This is because games have a tendency to raise a child’s engagement levels, causing them to become absorbed in the game mechanics. What exactly are game-based learning solutions, one might wonder?

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Coreaxis

APRIL 20, 2022

Corporate training gamification and game-based learning are becoming the gold standard for training. Whether they take part in immersive learning or simple games, learners have fun experiences and can learn from mistakes while receiving coaching and feedback in real time. Why Is Gaming So Effective? .

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Hurix Digital

JULY 14, 2023

Game-based learning is a teaching strategy that invokes games to achieve specific learning outcomes. As such, game-based learning is a supplemental tool that K12 educators use in classrooms across the globe. Indeed, educational video games are designed to support, rather than replace traditional teaching methods.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Here are some thoughts on what needs to be done to develop an instructional game that meets the objective of actually teaching something to the player. One can’t bolt game elements onto traditional learning or social education and expect that to be an effective, interesting or even instructional game.

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Hurix Digital

JULY 26, 2023

Educational video games have emerged as a powerful and effective tool to support self-centered learning, fostering independent and personalized learning experiences for K12 students of all ages. Here is what you need to know how interactive learning games support self-centered learning and the various benefits they offer learners.

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Kids, for example, might love to play soccer or love to play video games like Minecraft. These types of games and activities keep children engaged, often for hours at a time. LearningWorks for Kids even created a new term for the combination of engagement and games: engamement. The bottom-line: kids love to play games.

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 18, 2023

Enterprises are always looking for more efficient and effective ways to train their employees. Serious games are one of the most effective learning methods for corporate training. Serious games are one of the most effective learning methods for corporate training. What are serious games?

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

It is obvious that games are immensely popular, what is less obvious is that they are also powerful teachers who have been “schooling” a generation for the past 30 years. Learning is most effective when the learner has an achievable, well-defined goal. Games are filled with goals. There is no contest, gaming wins.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 23, 2017

You built a wonderful learning game. Did you have “complete an eLearning course,” or “play (insert name) learning game that my boss recommended to me” on your list? Perhaps you do – and perhaps you fully intend to do that course or play that game. So why aren’t you reaping results from it?

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Origin Learning

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Games that are designed to improve the productivity and skills of learners are a good investment of organizational resources. However, adding games for games’ sake is definitely a no-no. A gamification strategy must be clear; every game should serve its own purpose of learning. Image Credits – Freepik.com.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 2, 2014

In serious games, story is a narrative that either weaves through an entire game or sets up the reason you are playing the game and elaborates on the theme. Will a story that is too detailed exclude certain learners or make them feel the game does not apply to them? Smallworld board game, ® Days of Wonder.

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Infopro Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Gamification: Games and game-like elements can make training more engaging and fun. In a metaverse gaming environment, Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) can serve as incentives for players to strive for higher levels of achievement. This highlights the increasing necessity for metaverse training.

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Hurix Digital

JUNE 8, 2023

Although game-based learning in education is not new, the use of game-based learning solutions is exploding in popularity. Although top education tech companies may dream of a day when game-based learning in education reigns supreme, it is unlikely that it will replace traditional educational methods.

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Hurix Digital

JULY 14, 2023

The terms gamification and game-based learning are occasionally used interchangeably. Here is a deep dive into the differences between game-based learning and gamification. Here is a deep dive into the differences between game-based learning and gamification. What is Game-Based Learning?

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 21, 2017

In 2015, the American Gaming Association and GfK Custom Research of North America estimated that almost 40 million Americans filled out more than 70 million March Madness brackets. The game of basketball is, obviously, a game. And games that also have a learning goal are called learning games. Gamification.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Designing a game is no easy task, but do you know what’s even more difficult? Designing a game that helps people actually learn something. The BLP team (creators of Knowledge Guru) is no stranger to the challenges that come with learning game creation. But how do you become the Milton Bradley of learning games?

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 9, 2017

At the recent Realities 360 conference, I saw some confusion about the difference between a simulation and a game. For that matter, they can represent worlds that aren’t real, certainly the case in games.). However, we can’t always assume motivated and self-effective learners. Sorry, then it’s not a game!

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Clark Quinn

JUNE 13, 2018

The game we designed (as I talked about yesterday), Quest for Independence , was actually a fair bit of a hit. Sometime after the game launched, I became aware of the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) standard for the web. So the project was to take the game graphics, and the programming, and make the game web-playable.

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Knowledge Guru

JUNE 10, 2016

With that in mind, we’ve made it easier for learners’ managers to see what their employees are accomplishing within a Guru game so they can easily have coaching conversations. When game authors create a new game, they can quickly set up automated delivery of any standard report, as shown below. Still to Come in 2016.

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eLearning Industry

JUNE 12, 2018

Good games have strong, avatar-based play and compelling storylines that keep players on tenterhooks throughout the experience. In my experience, I have found avatars and immersive stories work very well in eLearning games. In this article, I will share my understanding of this gamification solution.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 12, 2017

Your manager decides to include games and gamification as part of this year’s training strategy. As the instructional designer, she expects you to create the learning game. Many instructional designers are now asked to investigate serious games and gamification for use in their training. What is Learning Game Design?

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Dynamic Pixel

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Well, it’s time to level up your classroom experience with game-based learning! In this blog post, we dive deep into the world of game-based learning and explore its numerous benefits for both educators and learners. But why is game-based learning important for students?

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Like any good instructional method, they have to be used intelligently and in conjunction with other instructional elements to be effective for learning. A Meta-Analysis of the Cognitive and Motivational Effects of Serious Games. It is assumed that serious games influences learning in 2 ways, by changing cognitive processes and.

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Hurix Digital

JULY 19, 2023

Educational video games often excel in offering these student-centered learning opportunities. Personal Learning Paths Still Offer Opportunities for Collaboration and Social Interaction Customized learning can still incorporate collaboration and social interaction , particularly via online game-based learning in the classroom.

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eLearning Brothers

MAY 19, 2016

But one of the more underutilized features in Storyline is the ability to fully edit the Articulate Storyline player. Once individuals and companies make a template or game, they are so eager to get it exported and share it with the eLearning World. Then you will want to click on Colors and Effects. It is nigh unfathomable!

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Here are the top ten best practices for instructional game design. Plus a bonus) Practice #1 – Design the learning game to meet specific instructional objectives. Complicated games confuse and frustrate learners. Practice #4 – Get learners comfortable with the rules and game play before they start. What am I missing? ?.

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