The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 3, 2013

Case in point: version 7 of the Captivate software was released today. Top features to be found in Adobe Captivate 7: Drag-and-drop Components Make eLearning fun with drag-and-drop games, quizzes, and lessons that can run on desktops and mobile devices (such as the iPad). so stay tuned.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 31, 2014

Many games involve creating, identifying or predicting a pattern. This is a common element in many basic and electronic games. A simple example of a pattern recognition game is tic-tac-toe. In the game the player attempts to align 3 X’s or 3 O’s before an opponent can do the same. Once the top overflows the player loses.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2022

This post includes workshop pricing, useful tools and resources for L&D professionals, volunteering and internship guidelines, scenarios, games, and diverse stock images. A tool for creating online communities that feel more like a game. Scenarios and games. Video Game Secrets – BIANCA WOODS. Workshop pricing.

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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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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Learning game design is a VERY iterative process. This post describes (and shows) the iterative design process required to create an effective learning game. I define “effective” as a game that 1) achieves the learning goal set for the game and 2) players describe as engaging or fun to play. Version 1.1.

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 10, 2017

It has been a few months since the release of Adobe Captivate 2017 and most people, by now, have had a chance to play with it and start looking at how the thousands of free assets provided by eLearning Brothers work with the new release – specifically Captivate Game Templates. Let’s look at the non-responsive version, first.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 14, 2023

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. For example, how would you make a version of the game UNO usable to DeafBlind players?

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Folio3

APRIL 10, 2023

Gamification In Moodle And Games Using game mechanics and games, gamification in Moodle is one of the best methods to engage and inspire students. Game mechanics are popular gameplay strategies used to stoke rivalry and learners’ desire to “win.” Here is a link to the most current version.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 23, 2014

A lot of people want to design learning games, aka “serious games.” ” However, many L&D people have gotten very enthusiastic about the gamification and game-based learning trend without actually being game players themselves. It is more than a matter of simply playing a lot of games.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

While the world awaits the all-new Captivate to be released (the new version, currently called Project Charm, is in beta), Adobe continues to support version 2019. but Adobe needs to up its game here and include more varied assets seen with competitors like Articulate and TechSmith. And there are some additional assets, too.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

MAY 23, 2023

Reading Time: 8 minutes Introduction The Training, Learning, and Development Community recently hosted Learning by Doing: Games and Gamification for Instructional Design. It was three days with ten sessions and fourteen speakers that added up to one amazing conference focused on learning 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. Games are filled with goals. Contrast that gaming environment with a typical classroom environment that dominates the current educational landscape.

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KnowledgeAnywhere

AUGUST 16, 2022

When Instructors feel the group’s energy dipping, this is a useful game to refresh the training, keeping everyone actively engaged and on their toes, while reminding them of course material that was just covered. This way, everyone will be able to participate, no matter the type of training program! Explore more when necessary.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 10, 2014

Since that time, a movie has come about but I think the book, Ender’s Game, is much more powerful than the movie. Movie poster from Ender’s Game. Consider checking out the book Ender’s Game which provides a compelling and, sometimes scary look at learning and gaming in the future. Games video games'

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Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

So it’s hard to want to quibble, but she put out what I think is a somewhat irresponsible post on games with the provocative title “ Why Games Don’t Teach “ So it’s only fair that I raise my objections, though the comments do a great job also of pointing out the problem. The evidence is there.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The other day I received an email message asking if my upcoming book “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction” gives instructions on how to build games. But if you want to program games, these are not the books. However, here are some recommendations to help start programming games. 3D Software.

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Origin Learning

AUGUST 28, 2014

There is a plethora of online games out there that promise to make you more intelligent if you signup with them and follow a disciplined brain-training regime. Currently there are about 35 different types of games in Lumosity that focus on separate areas of mental development. Why not try Lumosity and see how it works for you?

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 11, 2015

At Bottom-Line Performance (owners of the Knowledge Guru platform), we have a “learning game design peer group” that meets a few times per year. I started the group three years ago to help build game design skills and to foster deeper knowledge of the power of games as learning tools.

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Knowledge Guru

JUNE 12, 2013

If the sign-ups for our learning game design workshops and Primer on Play workshops are any indicator, learning and development professionals are clamoring for solid guidance on how to get started in learning game design or “game-based learning.” These people will NOT make good game designers.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JANUARY 9, 2020

Teach with a game. We used the paid version of Seppo.io. Not starting on the train but in groups at a different location and then have them walk via assignments to the place of the celebration. turned out to be perfect for this purpose. How does Seppo work? In a fun and easy way." That is the motto of Sepp.io. Free or paid?

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 30, 2012

One questions I am asked frequently is about the idea of building a game for a learning experience or adding Gamification elements to a course or learning program. Because shortly, you need to make a decision do I want to pursue a game or gamification? Also, looking at other games or gamification efforts is helpful.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 6, 2017

Last week we announced Sharon Boller and Dr. Karl Kapp’s new book on learning game design on the BLP blog. It’s called “Play to Learn: Everything You Need to Know About Designing Effective Learning Games.” Here’s the abridged version of how each of the nine steps has shaped Knowledge Guru. Explore learning games.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2022

L&D and D&D: Learning and Role Playing Games. L&D and D&D: Learning and Role Playing Games. On TLDC, we had a conversation about role playing games like D&D and instructional design with Matthew Pierce, Jonathan Rock, & Luis Malbas. Branching Scenario Podcast with Mark Parry.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Here is the audio version of my Training Quarterly article titled Improving Training: Thinking Like a Game Developer.

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 21, 2013

The Knowledge Guru® Game Creation Wizard is a fast, easy-to-use tool you can use to create learning games. 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. Step 1: Conduct a game design meeting.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Another successful Learning Game Design workshop is in the books. Sharon Boller and Karl Kapp gave their first joint session in May of 2013 at ASTD International in Dallas… and the gaming goodness continued in Indianapolis on August 28th. We had a full room, with many participants coming from the Indianapolis area.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Fall 2011 Training Industry Quarterly Article: Improving Training: Thinking Like a Game Developer. July 2012 T&D Article: Games, Gamification and the Quest for Interactive Learning. Fall 2012 Training Industry Quarterly Article 5 Gaming Elements for elearning. Chapter One of the Gamification of Learning and Instruction.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

SMEs sometimes got confused between the multiple versions. Twine hosting: In order for Pastel to show a live version of your scenario, it has to be hosted online. You could also try itch.io , a site for free hosting for games. Once I explained it, everyone was able to leave feedback on multiple pages without an issue.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 11, 2011

On company that has capitalized on this idea is Jellyvision the makers of the popular trivia game You Don’t Know Jack which was first released in 1995. In the game, the announcer interacts with the players of the game as if they were all in the same room or studio. When you play the game, you know they’ve succeeded.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 19, 2017

Version 1.0 of Knowledge Guru Drive includes four different mini-games: Balloon Burst, #Happy, Knowledge Knight and Safecracker. Depending on the content of the questions you create, each mini-game can target certain levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The table below summarizes each mini-game. Game Rules. Balloon Burst.

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eLearning Brothers

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Since we began offering eLearning Game Templates for Adobe Captivate, our international audience from 99 countries (from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe) have been downloading them en masse, saving development time and adding awesome design to their eLearning projects. Here you go: The Top 5 eLearning Game Templates for Adobe Captivate.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Here is a design process you can consider when developing an educational game for use in a school setting. A work plan for the development of an educational game prototype can be divided into three phases. In this phase the prototype game will be developed including in-game artwork and activities. Phase Three.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 7, 2023

If you don't have a project backup and the only version of your project refuses to open, the cached version of the project will come to your rescue. Rod used these steps and was able to get back in the game. Find the project cached folder (for example, C:Usersyour nameDocumentsAdobe Captivate Cached ProjectsCPDxxxxxdb ).

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Integrated Learnings

JUNE 1, 2014

To make it fun, we combined a handful of simulations into a web-based game. Here are some of the elements we designed into the game…. The game starts with a playful, fictional backstory, which provides a reason for needing to complete the selected tasks in the software quickly and accurately. misclicks). Progress bar.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Way back in the 2008 Bowl Championship Series football game, number two ranked Louisiana State University (LSU) defeated (some would say humbled) number one ranked Ohio State in a 38 to 24 victory. Army Turns to Video Games for Training.” Thinking Like Your Opponent. This forces the quarterback to make decisions quickly.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Games and scenarios Inklewriter : This tool for creating interactive stories is like Twine’s little brother. This feels more like a game environment than a webinar, although I think it also depends on what activities you plan within that virtual world.

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eLearning Brothers

OCTOBER 15, 2014

If you are looking to add a little fun competition to your classroom training, check out our GameShow PowerPoint Template (and our eLearning Games ). The GameShow PowerPoint template is one of my favorites because you can buy a “buzz-in” game system that will add a higher level of excitement to any Q&A.

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