Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The paper describes a Professor of Reading’s teachers experience and learning from playing digital games and describes some of the learning principles good games incorporate. Two that he describes I found particularly interesting, the first about Interaction, where he mentions “ Games do talk back.

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Games Player Learning Tagging 230

Upside Learning

APRIL 23, 2010

As games continue to establish themselves into our daily lives, the future as we know it will not be the same. Below are a few interesting talks from TED’s past, focusing on games, which are sure to get you thinking. Jesse Schell: When games invade real life. Jesse Schell: When games invade real life.

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Games Toys Simulations Player 276

Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2011

While not all games have a story narrative behind them, storytelling is an essential part of the gamificaiton of learning and instruction. Simple games like tic-tac-toe are not guided by a story. Neither are games like hide and seek, freeze tag or word searches. Saving the Earth from Aliens.

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Games Instructional Instruction Player 269

Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

We’ve had our fair share of digital learning game development projects; and a recent one threw a spoke in our design wheels like never before. Be absolutely certain about the game objective; what must the player do to win? – Make sure to tie down to a singular objective, and one that is achievable given the game mechanics.

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Games Lesson Develop Player 244

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Here are some educational game trailers that show a combination of video game-type interfaces with educational content. This, I believe, is the tip of the iceberg in terms of what can be made available and how video games can tie to educational standards. Look for an exciting video game trailer in the very near future.

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Games Education Tagging Standards 174

Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. So here they are – a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. What Makes a Learning Game?

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Games Resources Simulations PDF 280

Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. So here they are - a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. Marc Prensky - Digital Game-Based Learning.

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Games Resources Simulations PDF 280

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 6, 2010

There have been a number of interesting development in term of Google and social game purchases and game related initiatives. Google Buys Slide for $182 Million, Getting More Serious about Social Games* Google has invested between $100 million and $200 million in social gaming company Zynga.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 31, 2010

Over so often I get asked what fundamentals of game design apply to the design of learning games – a very difficult question to answer that. In my opinion, every sort of principle ever used in the design of commercial video games applies to the creation of digital learning games as well. more about that here.

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Games Blogging Design Write Blog 229

Upside Learning

APRIL 19, 2010

I’ll be making an online presentation about the fundamental differences between games and simulation at 11:00 AM IST on 24th April, 2010. The presentation is meant for beginners, and will help them draw lines between simulations and games from a learning and learner experience perspective. See you on Saturday.

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Simulations Games Beginner Communities of Practice 188

Kapp Notes

JULY 19, 2010

Here is a list of educational games that can be used to teach kids during the school year or over the summer break. Here are some games based on Nobel Prize winning research. These games cover the topics of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, peace and economics. The Blood Typing Game 2. Moon Base Alpha.

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Games Classroom Education Virtual World 216

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Here is an interesting whitepaper called Moving Learning Games Forward: Obstacles, Opportunities and Openness written by Eric Klopfer, Scot Osterweil, and Katie Salen with contributions by Jason Haas, Jennifer Groff and Dan Roy and right out of the Education Arcade. Here is the list from the report.

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Games Attitudes Performance Support Standards 165

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Here is a collection of several game design documents and information about game design documents. If you are considering creating a "Serious Game" or an instructional game, one of the first place to start is a great game design document. Game Design Document: Play with Fire. Document for Ant Game.

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Examples Sample Games Design 194

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

James Paul Gee, who writes prolifically about video games for learning, has a paper out titled Good Video Games and Good Learning. You should check it out yourself but here are a few points from the 14 he lists in the article related to the learning principles good games incorporate. In fact, in a game, failure is a good thing.

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Games Cognitive Player Newsletter 181

Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 17, 2008

Cynthia Calongne said for game-based rubrics she adds NPCs to disguise the real scores. Cynthia uses Twitter for keeping track of bookmarks–lets her tag it with who shared it with her and when to give her context. Technorati Tags: tcc08 , tcc2008 , wiki , blog , diigo , privacy , education , writing. More social community.

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Wiki Tagging Diigo Blogging 170

Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 20, 2021

The big difference is that you need to tag each passage with “speaker-NAME.” ” In this simulation, I tagged most passages “speaker-Anna” (with a few for “speaker-Chat-Info” and the manager, Tom). The heavy lifting of making this look like a chat is done via the Trialogue story format.

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Simulations Examples Sample Format 503

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Tween's playing a video game. In 2007, when children's marketing research firm KidSay asked boys what virtual worlds or online games they had visited in the past two weeks, 35 percent of boys aged 8 to 11 replied "none." Key Demographic and "Sweet Spot": Online games dominate for boys and girls ages 8-11. That's a big increase.

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Social Networks Games Online Social Network 185

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

It’s been an interesting start of the week, with the tiny Regifting game going viral of sorts within our office. Typically users follow repeat the game a few times to see if the game can actually guess your numbers. Perhaps all games can be regarded as composed of patterns of play. Related posts: What are Serious Games?

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Pattern Games Exercise Instructional Design 210

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

A while back, PBS did a series on video games called The Video Game Revolution and they created a companion web site. One article on the site takes apart some common myths about video games. The availability of video games has led to an epidemic of youth violence. Children are the primary market for video games.

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Games Video Player Examples 195

Upside Learning

AUGUST 25, 2010

You need to take the time to listen to what Seth Priebatsch says about the emergence of the game layer. He also talks about four game dynamics, very interesting. “…we You need to take the time to listen to what Seth Priebatsch says about the emergence of the game layer. He talks about four dynamics, and gives examples.

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Games Emergent Tagging Examples 205

Aptara

APRIL 13, 2016

Semantic tagging can improve digital content publishing. One of the most important, yet frequently overlooked, cornerstones of effectively publishing digital content and media is semantic tagging. Semantic tagging can be used for digital content enrichment.". Semantic tagging for publishers.

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Tagging Digital Authoring Tools Content 40

ProProfs

JANUARY 16, 2013

Quiz Maker › Take Quizzes › Miscellaneous › QUESTION TAGS. Loading Page, Please wait… QUESTION TAGS. Question Excerpt From QUESTION TAGS. QUESTION TAGS. 5 Questions. I I 1 Attempt. I I Created By Subhajaya 13 days ago. Direction : Choose the correct answer for each item.

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Tagging Quiz Upgrade Social Networks 40

Kapp Notes

MARCH 23, 2010

A couple of interesting positive video game stories. An engineering team at Rutgers University have modified a popular home video game system to help people with cerebral palsy improve hand functions. Likewise, motivation of children to play video games should be used as a pedagogical tool in the field of education.

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Games Video Cognitive Exercise 162

CLO Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2018

Gaming has been used in organizational learning for some time, though debate continues about whether it does, in fact, boost learning and garner new skills among learners. According to game designer Jane McGonigal, however, gaming may also be able to help employees build resilience and confidence in the workplace.

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Games Predictions Brain Player 81

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

candidate about games and simulations to augment his literature review. So here is the answer to the first question which is, “What are the key advantages of Serious Games/Immersive Learning Simulations?&#. Game Element. Learning outcomes presented in a game context with specific missions/goals/tasks. Key Advantage.

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Simulations Games Player Theory 219

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Here is a list of online games and related items that I presented at the Fall 2009 Business Teacher Seminar in Grantville, PA. The game is now under the watchful eye of Junior Achievement.) Tags: Games Games video games. JA Titan is a business simulation for high school students.

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Games Ideas Business Teach 180

Upside Learning

MARCH 26, 2009

It’s everywhere – these varied conversations about learning games and the spending of millions of dollars to further the state of art in learning games. It’s evident that they do need to, an audience familiar with game-based metaphors and interfaces are starting to enter the workplace in force. Where do they start?

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Adoption Adopt Games Digital 203

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

(Avatar made $200 million only after 3 days) Check out the full article: Halo: Reach Tops $200 Million on Launch Day, Crushes Avatar So anyone dismissing the impact video games have on society, learning or entertainment is completely missing the big picture. computer and video game publishers. billion generated in 2008.

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Games Video Toys Sales 170

Upside Learning

APRIL 19, 2010

So I had to rely on the session videos put up on Game Based Learning website and my own notes from the sessions. After day 1 at the Game Based Learning conference I was looking forward to another great day. I headed straight to the session titled “Getting Serious about Games”. Check out this video of this game on TruSim website.

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Games PENS Blended Learning Social Media 188

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The Role of Games and Simulations In Learning. Trainees’ gain higher confidence in applying learning from a training session to their job when the training is simulation game based. in press) A meta-analytic examination of the instructional effectiveness of computer-based simulation games. Personnel Psychology and Sitzman, T. &

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Simulations Research Games Comparison 189

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

If you are thinking of creating an educational game but don't want to invest a lot of money, you can try out these free software programs (or free for 30 days in some cases), some are 2D and some are 3D. It allows you to make games with backgrounds, animated graphics, music and sound effects, and even 3D games.

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Authoring Tools Games Software Free 201

Upside Learning

APRIL 1, 2010

I attended the two day conference on Game Based Learning held earlier this week in London. The delegate strength suggests increasing interest in game based learning, which is nice. It will also feature an industry first game based learning awards! I attended a key session about Games for Healthcare.

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Games Simulations Blended Learning Metrics 178

Upside Learning

JUNE 1, 2009

We’ve been trying to inculcate a culture that’ll inculcate innovation in our creations, and in line with the buzz around learning games, we zeroed in on a game design exercise. Started out at 10:00 AM, when I gave the teams a (very) brief talk about five fundamental elements to be found in most board games. Talked about: 1.

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Exercise Games Create Player 169

Upside Learning

JUNE 1, 2009

We’ve been trying to inculcate a culture that’ll inculcate innovation in our creations, and in line with the buzz around learning games, we zeroed in on a game design exercise. Started out at 10:00 AM, when I gave the teams a (very) brief talk about five fundamental elements to be found in most board games. Talked about: 1.

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Exercise Games Create Player 169

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 22, 2009

If you have any interest in video game-based learning, you need to check out the post over at Upside Learning. The post titled Top 100 Learning Game Resources is a list of wonderful links to all kinds of insightful resources. Tags: Games video games.

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Games Resources Tagging Video 113

Upside Learning

JUNE 4, 2010

Craig opines that the SCORM Cloud is a potential game-changer in the eLearning industry. I don’t think it’s going to change the game. Tags: Learning Technology eLearning LMS SCORM SCORM Cloud SCORM Courses. Read this news about SCORM Cloud going live on Monday 7 th June. IMO, after all, it’s another LMS with a new name!

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SCORM Games Change Compliance Training 234

Kapp Notes

JULY 7, 2010

Cover of board game that outlined possible disaster scenarios. In the 1970's a board game called Offshore Oil Strike was created by BP and it has a number of elements related to the current spill situation. Too bad no BP executives ever played that game. Tags: Games video games.

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Games Simulations Off-shore Help 145