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Instructional Design vs. Learning Game Design: What’s the Difference?

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As the instructional designer, she expects you to create the learning game. 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. What is Instructional Design? The problem?

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Learning Game Design Series, Part 8: Dump ADDIE; Iterate Instead

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The post Learning Game Design Series, Part 8: Dump ADDIE; Iterate Instead appeared first on. Game Based Learning Learning Game Design agile instructional design learning game design learning game design series'

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Getting Started in Learning Game Design

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Steps 1 and 2 work together—playing games without learning game design terminology makes it difficult to evaluate them well. Steps 4 and 5 also go together because dumping ADDIE means you are play testing a lot as you design and develop. Step 4: Dump ADDIE. ” Step 3: Think about the learning first—and then the game.

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Sharon Boller, Karl Kapp to Deliver Live Online Game Design Course

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We’ve heard it again and again: instructional designers are clamoring to add game design to their skill sets. Managers are perking up too; they need their teams to develop the skills needed to bring game design “in-house.” Karl Kapp’s book, The Gamification and Learning and Instruction Fieldbook.

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Four Strategies for Long-Term Retention in Corporate Learning (White Paper)

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Learning Game Design Learning Research spaced learning spaced repetition white paper instructional design' The post Four Strategies for Long-Term Retention in Corporate Learning (White Paper) appeared first on.

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Training Reinforcement: 7 Things You Need to Know

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We must consider the importance of learning science – the backbone of sound instructional design. But if you design training reinforcement without considering the underlying science of how the human brain retains information, you put your training efforts at risk. So how do we get to an optimal learning experience?

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6 Top-Notch Sessions at ATD TechKnowledge 2017

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Stop Thinking Like an Instructional Designer: Start Thinking Like a Game Designer. Instructional designers tend to think content first and then action. Game designers think action first. Most instruction tends to be boring and perfunctory. Learn more. Presented by: Karl Kapp.