Kapp Notes

JANUARY 17, 2013

I am often asked if an instructional or training game should be “realistic” or can the game have “fantasy” elements and still be an effective learning tool. He wrote that fantasy was key element to making an instructional game motivational. 1981) Toward a theory of intrinsically motivating instruction.

Cognitive 234

Cognitive Games Instructional Instruction 234

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 14, 2013

Hays, of the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division published the results of an extensive literature review on games for instruction. Here are some of his conclusions, findings and recommendations: The conclusions are: The empirical research on the effectiveness of instructional games is fragmented. situations. objectives.

Summary 278

Summary Games Instructional Instruction 278

Kapp Notes

MAY 21, 2013

Recently Sharon Boller of Bottom Line Performanc e and I did a presentation at ASTD2013 on Instructional Game Design. I think this video provides some insightful information on brainstorming—I think good ideas come from conflicting views and the video does a good job of describing the use of criticism for generating ideas.

Games 243

Games Instructional Instruction Video 243

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Gamification is an emergent approach to instruction which facilitates learning and encourages motivation through the use of game elements, mechanics and game-based thinking. The idea is to integrate game-based elements more commonly seen in video, entertainment focused or mobile games into instructional environments. Origin of Term.

Gamification 232

Gamification Instructional Instruction Player 232

Kapp Notes

JUNE 27, 2011

Games can provide knowledge increases in learners. Games tend to be more motivating than traditional instructional design. Instructional games should be embedded in instructional programs that include debriefing and feedback so the learners understand what happened in the game and how these events support the instructional objectives.

Games 184

Games Instructional Instruction Simulations 184

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 31, 2017

This report provides a status of the current self-paced eLearning industry and it doesn’t look healthy. So let’s dig into the report because it’s not quite a death spiral and the need for good instructional design is bigger than ever. Instruction is delivered in one of three methods. billion in 2015.

Instructional Design 130

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Cognitive 130

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 15, 2013

We are starting it today as ASTD and I kick-off a 10+ stop blog book tour for the ASTD co-published book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Fieldbook: Theory into Practice. The goal of this book is to provide a practical, hands-on approach to creating games, gamification and simulations for learning.

Theory 268

Theory Gamification Blogging Case Study 268

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 1, 2011

As a way of improving instruction and creating more effective learning tools, let’s recast classroom and online instructional methods using game-based thinking. The same needs to be done in an instructional setting. Instead, the player starts with a problem.

Games 175

Games Instructional Instruction Case Study 175

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. Humans are great at adding story narrative to a variety of situations because stories add meaning, provide context and guide action. Simple games like tic-tac-toe are not guided by a story.

Games 269

Games Instructional Instruction Player 269

Kapp Notes

JUNE 15, 2011

Lepper at Stanford University is a leading theorist in social psychology and has written numerous academic papers, one I came across the other day is titled “Motivational Considerations in the Study of Instruction&# that was published in the journal Cognition and Instruction (1988), 5(4) 289-309.

Study 186

Study Instructional Instruction Cognitive 186

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The blog book tour for The Gamification of Learning and Instruction has come to an end. The tour has really brought the subject of gamification to light and provided both pros of gamification and highlighted the cons of gamification. The Gamification of Learning and Instruction spotted on Dr. Werbach’s bookshelf.

Gamification 192

Gamification Instructional Instruction Blogging 192

Kapp Notes

JUNE 30, 2011

For a while I have been stealthy working on a book titled “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction&#. What is gamification and what does that mean to faculty members, college instructors, instructional designers and other learning and development practitioners. He provides living proof of the impact. What is a game?

Gamification 252

Gamification Instructional Instruction Instructional Design 252

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 22, 2011

My friend and colleague, Connie Malamed (aka The eLearning Coach ) has developed a handy iPhone application that will help you become a better instructional designer making tips, definitions and ideas available right at your finger tips. How is it of value to instructional designers and other learning professionals?

Instructional Design 253

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction iPhone 253

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Enter instructional design. Designers of instruction can create “learning experiences&# using case studies, simulations, etc. So, next time you develop instruction, provide examples, not one or two but dozens. In fact, Watson was given thousands of old clues from the game to help it work on answers for new clues.

Instructional Design 186

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 186

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Sounds like some of the things instructional designers do, we use case studies and examples to wrap experiences, we add rules and we create challenges to engage the learning. We set goals and provide feedback on progress and we create a safe environment to practice skills. 2) Setting goals and having feedback.

Instructional Design 179

Instructional Design Sound Gamification Instructional 179

Kapp Notes

MARCH 3, 2011

Time is an element that has many dimensions as it relates to instructional game design and game play. As soon as that timer appears in the upper corner of an instructional video game screen and starts to count down (or in some cases up), it raises the stress level and motivates action. I never knew.&#.

Games 150

Games Instructional Instruction Video 150

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 13, 2011

The first step in the prototype development process is to brainstorm ideas with subject matter experts programming team members and instructional game designers. Based on the Game Design Document, the next step will be for an artist and an instructional game designer to create storyboards and concept art.

Games 138

Games Instructional Instruction Storyboard 138

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Instead, we have had solid interactive instructional pieces created by companies like Knowledge Adventure who have the much loved game Math Blaster but no educational game has really broken the surface in the past few years. We haven’t had a block buster learning game in quite some while.

Games 160

Games Instructional Instruction Simulations 160

Kapp Notes

APRIL 15, 2009

How do we mix instructional design and sports education? He is teaming with a group to provide an interesting and exciting method of teaching high school students about the right methods of playing certain sports. Looking at how to teach sports with online learning elements. Brian Seely is working on that answer.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

Kapp Notes

APRIL 16, 2012

We have just started an exciting blog book tour as ASTD and I venture on a 25 stop blog book tour for the ASTD co-published book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education. The author provides reflections and lessons learned from the tour. Or check it out on Amazon.

Gamification 133

Gamification Blogging ASTD Instructional 133

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 16, 2008

Story telling and instructional design have a lot in common and perhaps they are not thought of as having any overlap but they do. In e-learning we have instructional strategies, in a story we have a plot. Design: Compliance Complaints So the question might be asked, how do we help instructional designers become storytellers.

Instructional Design 110

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 110

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A while back I wrote an entry called Why an Instructional Design Degree from Bloomsburg University ROCKS! where I discussed all the neat things our students do in the program for the Department of Instructional Technology while earning a Master of Science in Instructional Technology in our program. It is a great calling.

Instructional Design 105

Instructional Design Community Instructional Instruction 105

Kapp Notes

JULY 24, 2009

What are the Results of Good ID While informal learning is all the rage and provides a number of benefits like speed and peer-to-peer interaction and exchanges of information, good, sound instructional systems design is still necessary. Many benefits can be obtain by following an instructional design model.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Social Networks Instructional Instruction 100

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Perhaps this is the annual right of passage in the field when Cammy Bean and I get into a "degree vs non-degree" in instructional design discussion. Degrees provide common language, common research base, common practices and validation of practitioner ideas and thoughts through empirical research.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

Kapp Notes

APRIL 16, 2012

We have just started an exciting blog book tour as ASTD and I venture on a 25 stop blog book tour for the ASTD co-published book The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education. The author provides reflections and lessons learned from the tour. Or check it out on Amazon.

Gamification 113

Gamification Blogging ASTD Instructional 113

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 7, 2009

So, let me describe why getting a graduate degree from Bloomsburg University's Department of Instructional Technology ROCKS and why our ID graduates can easily hold their own against non-degreed folks (and then some). Every student must go through this process and deliver a WORKING product (not just design it).

Instructional Design 113

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Authoring Tools 113

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 7, 2017

In a recent article 3 Instructional Design Strategies For Virtual Reality Learning , I discussed three (among many) instructional design strategies for VR: Conceptual Orienteering, Critical Incident and Operational Application. This principle is required for any instructional intervention. Introduction.

Create 209

Create Learning Objects Gamification Virtual World 209

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 27, 2012

First, Gamification forces designers of instruction within organizations or supporting organizations to think through how to make learning more engaging. It provides a new lens for the creation of all types of instruction, the lens of game-designer. Most instruction contains bullet lists of items.

Gamification 277

Gamification Simulations Training Train 277

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 29, 2014

One of the strengths of gamification is that it provides visible milestones of the student’s mastery of content in real time (when it is well designed). Too often in an instructional setting, the learner doesn’t know whether or not he or she really understands or can apply the knowledge they are learning.

Bloom 211

Bloom Learner Gamification Theory 211

Kapp Notes

MARCH 8, 2010

The competition is free to enter and open to all aspiring instructional designers. Caspian Learning will also be providing designers with free trial copies of their proprietary 3d engine and authoring tool, Thinking Worlds , to allow them to take part in the challenge. USD) worth of software to the winner.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Simulations Authoring Tools Instructional 100

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 19, 2007

Lately there has been some talk about what exactly instructional designers do and what value they add to the process. To his question I answered in the comment:The answer for radio, television, video, and computer-based instruction is.that when well designed instruction is created and delivered, the medium doesn't matter.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 11, 2014

In game-based learning, you are provided score to know how well you are doing related to others, you can see how many points youve earned and you are provided information on your progress toward your final goal. The feedback of the alarm is not providing specific instructions, it doesnt indicate: you should do X instead of Y.

Games 269

Games Player Gamification Flash 269

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. terms of learning and more motivating than conventional instruction methods (learning: k = 77, N. Abstract One from. Wouters, P., van Nimwegen, C., players worked in groups.

Analysis 263

Analysis Cognitive Simulations Study 263

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

One advantage of serious games is they provide two things most traditional instruction does not. In most instructional settings, any kind of failure is demeaned wrong or “bad” and learners quickly discover that only one answer is appropriate. Here are the questions and my answers. Design Games'

Games 229

Games Lecture Instructional Instruction 229

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 16, 2014

This year for DevLearn I was asked to do a feature presentation on Matching the Right Content to the Right Instructional strategy. What is the best way to design instruction for today’s technology tools, for stand-up instruction, and for eLearning? There will be a surprise twist ending which should be fun as well.

DevLearn 198

DevLearn eLearning Strategy Instructional Instruction 198

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Here is a course titled How to Increase Learner Engagement which provides ten great ideas for breaking away from the lecture and working toward engaging students on a meaningful level. If you are thinking about being more adventurous in your teaching, think about gamifying some of your instruction. Here is a sneak peak. White, R.W.

Resources 159

Resources Cognitive Journal Poll 159

Kapp Notes

JULY 23, 2014

Yet we tell, we lecture, we provide bulleted lists. Because in the end either they know it will save our lives, provide a safer environment for ourselves or others or keep us from harm. Be a professional stand by your instruction and your methodology!! That’s a problem. ” Few architects would say.”well

Compliance Training 269

Compliance Training Lecture Games Gamification 269