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Serious Games & e-learning Gamification #ICELW Concurrent Session Notes

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These are my live blogged notes from the International Conference on eLearning in the Workplace (ICELW) , happing this week in NYC. Game modalitie s: Serious (educational) games = game universe/immersion (cognitive and visual level)/gameplay (Educational) gamification = real life contexts/non-game, secondary task 4.

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Rick Raymer: Applying Game Design Principles to elearning #devlearn

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Gamification = use of game mechanics in non-game applications: points levels challenges virtual goods leaderboards gifting and charity Set Goals & Objectives Games often use a Hub System to structure things (wish I’d taken a picture!): in the center of the hub is the module/game.

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Ian Bogost, #DevLearn “The Real Power of Games for Learning”

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This are my liveblogged notes Ian Bogost afternoon keynote session at the eLearning Guild DevLearn Conference , happening this week in Las Vegas. Author of: Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Games. Using game design in new applications (what Bogost is looking at) vs. gamification…. Game Design vs. Gamification.

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On Games and eLearning

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As eLearning designers, your goal is (hopefully) to make the learning experience engaging. And the best way to make it fun is to make it a game. Clark Quinn in Learning Predictions for 2009 : I continue to see interest in games, and naturally I’m excited. Now go have some fun with this Flow Game ). Tags: games.

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Using Game Design To Create Accomplishment Based Learning, Julie Dirksen #astdtk13 @usablelearning

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There's a lot of cool stuff from game design that we can apply. We can make stuff look like games, but it doesn't have the fundamental elements that make games engaging. Raph Koster -- "in games learning is the drug" in A Theory of Fun. a game that's too hard). When you play a game, the first levels are easy.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: On Games and eLearning

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 05, 2009 On Games and eLearning As eLearning designers, your goal is (hopefully) to make the learning experience engaging. And the best way to make it fun is to make it a game. Yes, yes, yes!

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Building Better Learning Games

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, April 09, 2009 Building Better Learning Games Interested in building casual games for your learners? Focus on casual video games. Looked at existing games and saw issues. Poll: Do you play any of these?

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