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Six Ways Innovation is Stifled in the Learning Field

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Content, content, quiz question, content, content, quiz question. Many people unconsciously cling to the old classroom model of lecturing and questioning, it is so inherent in the design of all types of learning, even elearning modules. Final exam at end. Imprecise Language.

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Games, Gamification in a Virtual Classroom Environment

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One exception that I am aware of is EduGame Cloud which is for Adobe Connect and has a number of game features such as Crossword Puzzles and Trivia/Quizing. Check it out at EduGame Cloud.

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A Text-Book App for Facebook well…mostly for iPad

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Quiz Me turns any diagram in a book into a multiple choice quiz. Organize all your textbooks, PDFs and content in one spot (iPad only). Other iPad only features include: Journal lets you create a digital notebook by clipping images and text from your textbook. Share with classmates and study buddies right from within your book.

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Analysis Elements to Introduce Gamification to an Organization

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It is difficult to teach problem solving using multiple choice questions while it makes perfect sense to help people remember product features and safety rules with multiple choice, quiz type applications. So know what content you are going to be teaching and the right gamification strategy to present to the learners.

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In Gamification More Competitors Equal Less Competition

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In the second study, they found that individuals trying to finish an easy quiz among the top 20% in terms of speed finished significantly faster if they believed they were competing in a pool of 10 rather than 100 other people. In the first study, the research article reported evidence that average test scores (e.g.,

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Ideal Learning Event

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The training and development team at Novartis creates modules of no more than seven or eight screens complete with a quiz to provide instruction and assessment of the 10 minute module. Often the graphs are rich with information but difficult to explain and understand with out some training assistance.

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#DevLearn 2013 Resources: Thinking Like a Game Designer

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Spaced Retrieval involves providing students with quiz or course content spaced over time and it too is among the most robust findings in educational psychology research.[4] 4] It turns out that the greater the amount of spacing between retrieval events, the greater the potential benefit to retention.

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