Kapp Notes

APRIL 13, 2015

Provide professional development for trainers and instructional designers to successfully integrate games, gamification and game-based thinking into their instruction. Integrate the game play and gamification experience into the larger learning environment. They are not magic. Games Gamification'

Guidelines 100

Guidelines Gamification Games Organization 100

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Kapp: You tackle a big concept in your book which is “how to integrate formal, informal, social, developmental, and experiential learning in a comprehensive strategy for building knowledge and skills.” ” Can you give us some ideas of the challenge of integrating these elements?

Conversation 100

Conversation Authoring Social Networks PENS 100

Kapp Notes

MARCH 7, 2013

Include everyone to discover what can be done and to most effective integrate the serious outcomes into the ILE design process. .” Once you have adequately answered those questions, get a group together and brainstorm ideas with subject matter experts, programming team members, artists, game designers and instructional designers.

Interactive 206

Interactive Design Player Simulations 206

Kapp Notes

JUNE 20, 2011

ProtonMedia will use the funds to extend its leadership position within life sciences by further integrating its ProtoSphere virtual collaboration environment with ComplianceWire®, Kaplan EduNeering’s validated cloud-based learning management system. ProtonMedia announced the successful completion of a $4.5

Kaplan 228

Kaplan Virtual World Compliance Training Microsoft 228

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The engine is enhanced with custom hair, skin, and cloth shaders along with multi-threaded performance optimizations and MMO server integration. Venguegen is an on-demand enterprise web 3D conferencing solution that can be integrated into web-based offerings. The Blue Mars platform supports thousands of simultaneous users per region.

Second Life 172

Second Life Alternatives Virtual World Flash 172

Kapp Notes

MARCH 31, 2011

The solution will integrate ProtonMedia’s ProtoSphere virtual collaboration environment with PPD ® Adaptive Solutions, PPD’s innovative suite of data and information technology solutions. executive vice president and chief information officer for PPD. technologies, which are pervasive across life sciences companies today.”.

Virtual World 150

Virtual World News Microsoft Training 150

Kapp Notes

APRIL 1, 2017

Here is a course called Core Strategies for Teaching in Higher Ed which covers everything from time management for professors to integrating alumni into your course to balancing the service, teaching and research commitments. And since, most academic institutions have access to Lynda.com , the courses are (usually) free.

Distance Learning 186

Distance Learning Slides Tools Poll 186

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 5, 2011

What is the timeframe for integration of the two companies? As of January 5, 2011, SumTotal and GeoLearning are now one integrated company with a unified strategy and vision. Out-of-box integration between SumTotal and GeoLearning will provide additional flexibility to easily implement both solutions.

GeoLearning 150

GeoLearning SumTotal LMS Enterprise 150

Kapp Notes

JULY 21, 2010

Aggressive and Targeted Integration with enterprisewide applications: Teleplace just announced that it is now fully integrated with MS SharePoint and now joins ProtoSphere as players looking to meld enterprise applications with virtual immersive environments.

Virtual World 172

Virtual World VOIP Kaplan Compliance Training 172

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 16, 2014

The presentation both models the elements discussed within the presentation and serves as an example of how to integrate interactivity and immersion in a typical classroom setting. The presentation is primarily based on the content in this article. It’s not quite ready but getting close.

DevLearn 198

DevLearn eLearning Strategy Instructional Instruction 198

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Logistics: Educators often find it difficult to integrate the play of game into the time structure of school day, which is often ruled by 45-minute classes. Support for Teachers: Most teachers have little experience in integrating games into the classroom, and professional development programs most often do not include support in this area.

Games 165

Games Attitudes Performance Support Standards 165

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Game maps are an integral part of a learning game and need to be considered carefully. When designing a learning game, consider how a map can help the learner to identify and approach learning goals and how it can help the player have a sense of autonomy by allowing her to move through the game space at her own discretion and order.

Games 145

Games Player Integrate Strategy 145

Kapp Notes

JULY 17, 2013

ProtoSphere offers some great new features such as: Microsoft Lync 2013 integration. Here is a video showing some of the highlights of ProtoSphere and showing some of what it can do in terms of collaboration: Here is a video about ProtoSphere for Windows 8. Ability to view web-based content on Media Boards.

Collaboration 160

Collaboration SharePoint iPad Microsoft 160

Kapp Notes

MARCH 7, 2013

Include everyone to discover what can be done and to most effective integrate the serious outcomes into the ILE design process. .” Once you have adequately answered those questions, get a group together and brainstorm ideas with subject matter experts, programming team members, artists, game designers and instructional designers.

Interactive 132

Interactive Design Player Simulations 132

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The team at Lynda.com carefully integrated game elements and B-roll video into the course to make it entertaining as well as educational to watch. He did a wonderful job even contacting some folks at Lynda.com to get both sides of the story. Here is a link to the article Spending Time with Lynda.

Gamification 195

Gamification Course Write Blog Journal 195

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Wondering how to integrate new technologies to break out of the traditional classroom paradigm? Can’t imagine how anyone would integrate video games and Twitter to teach, recruit and enroll students?

Forum 140

Forum Community Technology Virtual World 140

Kapp Notes

APRIL 19, 2010

include the ability to integrate files created in Adobe’s Flash effortlessly into 3d environments and publish them directly to the internet. ProtoSphere integrates with Microsoft SharePoint to produce a live, "humanized," avatar-driven portal experience around self-service enterprise resource planning transactions. This is version 3.3.

Industry 157

Industry Simulations Authoring Tools Gartner 157

Kapp Notes

JULY 22, 2015

Three Guidelines for Effectively Integrating Games in the Classroom. They include the citations to the research I mentioned in the presentation. Here is a link to the 2KLearning web site. Articles of Interest. Summary of #Games Research Qualitative Literature Review Conducted by Fengfeng Ke.

Conference 100

Conference Resources Gamification Summary 100

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Savvy professors have been using blogs, wiki’s and even Facebook to manager courses outside of the LMS but there are limitations, lack of integration, difficulty with grade issues and keeping things private, CourseKit hopes to change all that.

Wiki 169

Wiki Open LMS Blackboard 169

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 30, 2011

Games then throw a new class of problem at the players requiring them to rethink their now, taken-for-granted mastery, learn something new, and integrate this new learning into their old mastery. James Paul Gee, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Cognitive 172

Cognitive Games Benefits Player 172

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Do you see 2D integrated to 3D or do you see 3D integrated in 2D? So in some cases it makes sense to have 2D integrated in a 3D environment but other times its better to have 3D in a 2D space, it really depends on the application. They can conduct basic level conversations. They can act as tour guides. I see both.

Virtual World 169

Virtual World Case Study Metrics Simulations 169

Kapp Notes

JUNE 21, 2016

I’ll be keynoting and looking to talk to everyone I can about how to integrate gamification into the classroom. Also, if you are going to be in the Wisconsin area in August stop by the The Distance Teaching & Learning Conference held at UW-Madison. Hope you see you there, check out details here.

Podcasts 100

Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting Resources 100

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The primary concepts covered include layering animation, integrating audio, drawing, tweening, and exporting.” The description does a nice job of summing it up “Not necessarily a software book, Flash Animation for Teens takes readers through the basic concepts of animation while using Flash.

Flash 168

Flash Games Instructional Instruction 168

Kapp Notes

JULY 31, 2012

Dom provides an explanation of how ProtoSphere is deeply integrated with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and SharePoint 2010. Here are some videos of what we were able to experience. Here are some images from our exploration. Gathering in ProtoSphere for our tour.

Classes 133

Classes SharePoint Virtual World Server 133

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

ProtonMedia Having a chat in the world of ProtoSphere which now integrates with SharePoint. ProtonMedia announced the integration of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with the company’s ProtoSphere virtual teaming and collaboration platform. At the 3DTLC a couple of vendors announced some new, really cool features.

SharePoint 113

SharePoint Virtual World Server Microsoft 113

Kapp Notes

JULY 24, 2013

ProtoSphere offers some great new features such as: Microsoft Lync 2013 integration. Here is a video showing some of the highlights of ProtoSphere and showing some of what it can do in terms of collaboration: Here is a video about ProtoSphere for Windows 8. Ability to view web-based content on Media Boards.

Collaboration 105

Collaboration SharePoint iPad Microsoft 105

Kapp Notes

JULY 28, 2011

Here is an article on the software: VirtualU integrates 2D, 3D conferences. Well done Mark and Jim! Intersting use of virutal world to immerse the learners in the concepts they need to learn as it relates to negotations. So the questions for this blog posting are: How can virtual worlds be used for non-traditional training?

Classes 178

Classes Virtual World Streaming Environment 178

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

” While the book provides content related to the design of games, the development of games and integration of game elements into e-learning, it is not a programming book and neither is Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning. The short answer is “no.”

Games 253

Games Program Simulations Create 253

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 13, 2010

Discover ways to integrate these tools into your teaching process to engage, excite, and connect with students. Extend student learning beyond the traditional classroom by leveraging the creative power of social media tools to foster student success, learning, and engagement.

Social Media 169

Social Media Wiki Media Slides 169

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

How should games be integrated into the curriculum? But, what elements make games appropriate for learning and how can those elements be integrated into the classroom. While the use of games for learning seems like a good match, questions arise. Can attitudes and behavior change result from playing a game?

eLearning Guild 124

eLearning Guild Simulations TechKnowledge Gamification 124

Kapp Notes

JUNE 14, 2011

A well designed story places the learner into a case study which they are not passively reading, they are an integral part. As the leaner journeys through the story, the decisions that are made, the objects chosen the questions asked or unasked are moments of opportunity for learning.

Case Study 191

Case Study Cognitive Games Alternatives 191

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The more exciting possibilities, such as interactive textbooks, social network integration, and field data collection, will likely become a reality in the very near future. Ultimately, Reed’s stamp of approval simply demonstrates that tablets do not leave students worse off.

iPad 150

iPad Social Networks Social Network Apple 150

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 13, 2011

The brainstorming process should result in the integration of the right amount of content and process knowledge integrated into the game along with identification of the flow of the prototype, the “teachable” moments in the game and an understanding of what is technically possible from a programming perspective.

Games 138

Games Instructional Instruction Storyboard 138

Kapp Notes

MARCH 24, 2015

Three Guidelines for Effectively Integrating Games in the Classroom. Here is Chapter One of “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction.” ” Chapter One of the Gamification of Learning and Instruction. Blog Posts of Interest. Three Abstracts: Does Your Instruction have Too Much “Certainty”?

Resources 100

Resources Solution Gamification Games 100

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 16, 2016

Here is a course called Core Strategies for Teaching in Higher Ed which covers everything from time management for professors to integrating alumni into your course to balancing the service, teaching and research commitments. The good news is that most academic institutions have access to Lynda.com so the courses are free.

Teach 100

Teach Gamification Lecture Classes 100

Kapp Notes

APRIL 25, 2011

So the idea that each part of a game impacts and is integrated with other parts of the game. Let’s look at each element in the definition: System -A set of interconnected elements occur within the “space&# of the game. A score is related to behaviors and activities which are, in turn, related strategy or movement of pieces.

Games 243

Games Player Score Gamification 243

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

What the Program Covers Platform selection and use World design and creation Human interactivity and metrics Integration with business systems or databases Effective evaluation of virtual worlds. Your education will be hands-on and practical; you will learn exclusively in a simulated environment. Program Outcomes.

Virtual World 165

Virtual World Program Simulations Cognitive 165