Kapp Notes

JANUARY 24, 2017

Each school, under orders from the central office, created a “data room” where teachers had to transcribe test scores onto index cars, draw graphs on butcher paper taped to the walls and run impromptu experiments, like “Do test scores improve if kids are placed in smaller reading groups?”

Information Overload 100

Information Overload Learning Objects Score Games 100

Kapp Notes

APRIL 2, 2012

To coincide with SAP’s standard processes, the simulation fixes the timeline and resources, leaving three measures of a successful project: Quality, Feature set, and Morale of your team—your “QFM” score. Each course of action comes with different costs and benefits, in terms of QFM scores and the time available on the timeline.

Simulations 145

Simulations Games Enspire SAP 145

Kapp Notes

MARCH 11, 2011

There are rules indicating the maximum number of players who can play a game, rules describing how to score points, rules indicating what is allowed in the game and, in the case of digital games, rules that apply to writing the code that makes the video game character jump. At its simplest form, a game is just a set of defined rules.

Games 162

Games Instructional Instruction Player 162

Kapp Notes

MAY 17, 2011

A score is related to behaviors and activities which, in turn, are related strategy or movement of pieces. Scores are linked to actions and actions are limited by rules. There is a score, level or winning state (checkmate) that defines a clear outcome. Players— Games involve a person interacting with game content.

Games 160

Games Player Score Interactive 160

Kapp Notes

JUNE 23, 2009

The opposing coach denies running up the score (which is up for debate) and in a letter to the editor, he wrote "We experienced a blowout almost 4 years ago [not 100 to 0] and it was painful, but it made us who we are today. The difference between the number of goals your team scores and the number of goals scored against you.

Games 172

Games Teach Video Coaching 172

Kapp Notes

MARCH 18, 2010

When observing the learner role-playing in an authentic situation, the instructor assigns a skill level to the behavior and the skill level is associated with a score. If they included the minimum, they would receive a low score. and the learner would receive 25 points.

Virtual World 184

Virtual World Ideas Simulations Score 184

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

He or she simply uses the simulation and then the simulation evaluates the learner’s performance and, possibly, even provides a score of some sort. In this level, the learner is not given any hints or assistance. This provides clear objectives and instructional goals.

Simulations 160

Simulations Create Score Games 160

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Unfortunately, players who gravitate toward this type of orientation take fewer in-game risks and spend less time exploring, because they are afraid that doing so might affect their score [1].

Gamification 199

Gamification Player Ratio Performance Support 199

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

To add even more technology to the mix we are using iPod Touches to keep score of student presentations. The forms are built with iFormBuilder.

iPod 124

iPod Webcast Camera Score 124

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

In the first study, the research article reported evidence that average test scores (e.g., The N-effect states “increasing the number of competitors (N) can decrease competitive motivation.” ” Here are some interesting highlights from the article.

Gamification 172

Gamification KM Comparison Ratio 172

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 29, 2011

A player wins by achieving the highest-scoring civilization. Players allocate limited resources, plan movements in advance, improve land, maintain roads, develop culture, determine what technologies to research, engage in diplomatic exchanges, and determine the cost and trade offs with waging war.

Strategy 164

Strategy Teach Player Diversity Training 164

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Perhaps they are given an 80% score on the exam but how do they know that is valuable, how do they know they are closer to their goal. E-learning should provide the same level of incentives for doing the right thing. When a learner is in the middle of a lesson, rarely are they given any rewards for learning knowledge.

Games 192

Games Providers Player Develop 192

Kapp Notes

JUNE 4, 2013

That’s right, if you create an instructional game or gamification that is based on competition, some of the learners will feel great that they’ve won and some will feel lousy that their name isn’t on the leaderboard or that they scored few points or gathered few resources.

Games 243

Games Instructional Instruction Cognitive 243

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2013

He or she simply enters into the instruction and is scored at the end with no instruction along the way. Another could be a “Guide Me” mode where the e-learning allows the learner to interact with the content but corrects the learner if she or he gets something wrong. These three modes can appeal to different levels of learners.

Learner 174

Learner Education Theory Player 174

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.

Games 269

Games Player Gamification Flash 269

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In football video game Madden NFL 12 when a player scores a touchdown, the team earns six points. Games provide players with instant reward in the form of points. Sometimes those points are directly related to the activity.

Games 154

Games Social Networks Player Social Network 154

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Sure, you may get a slightly lower score on your “final” but, really? Most people do not work in a classroom (except teachers or trainers) so learning how to perform a task or negotiate an outcome in a classroom setting doesn’t always translate well to the work environment because of the disconnect between the environments.

Games 202

Games Providers Cognitive Simulations 202

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The catch is that the foundation believes in paying teachers based on student test scores, among other measures of achievement; charter schools that operate independently of local school boards; and a set of common academic standards adopted by every state. (To Read the article Bill Gates makes big push on education reform to learn more.

Score 100

Score Microsoft Player Internationalization 100

Kapp Notes

JULY 29, 2014

Through push notifications, an easy-to-use interface and the application of scoring and leaderboards, we see regular engagement levels of 94% or higher. Sales reps use our solution to respond to fun, scenario-based challenges in just minutes a day on their smartphone.

Conversation 198

Conversation Analytics Sales Blended Learning 198

Kapp Notes

MARCH 3, 2017

Even sample scoring tables. We’ve put these “lessons learned” into one place so your development of a learning game can be much easier than our trials and tribulations. This is the book we wish we had when we first started developing learning games decades ago–complete with worksheets, tips and tricks and sound advice.

Write Blog 0

Write Blog Examples Games Conference 0

Kapp Notes

AUGUST 22, 2008

You receive an IQ score and you are either intelligent or "not so much." The result was that the longer the subjects trained, the higher their scores were. For a long time people have thought of intelligence as a static item. You are either "gifted" or not. So, why did the training work?

Research 100

Research Brain Score Exercise 100

Kapp Notes

MAY 30, 2008

Point Assessment -Did the player score enough points to be considered successful? Did they score them in the right area? What was the motivation behind the choice? Was it congruent with other decisions or did it appear to be a guess?

Assessment 100

Assessment Games Learner Player 100

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Finally, you are rewarded with points and allowed to play a game where you can send the high score to a friend or anyone on the high score list. The application has built in repetition designed to teach facts which is an effective learning strategy.

Games 100

Games Blended Learning Compliance Training Score 100

Kapp Notes

MARCH 2, 2011

“Hey, I scored 21,001 in that game, that’s one better than you.&# In fact, that visual cue determines who wins. Visually understanding how far you are from a goal provides incentive, feedback and an indication of progress as well as a measurement against others.

Games 209

Games Video Player Learning Objects 209

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 1, 2009

'Your attention span is being reduced and you're not engaging your brain and improving nerve connections.''

Social Networks 110

Social Networks Facebook Twitter YouTube 110

Kapp Notes

MAY 20, 2009

The only exception was a small minority of players who scored high on scales of aggression.)“Violent In fact, for some players rated violent content as “weakly negatively” related to enjoyment: The more gory the game, the less they liked it.

Games 100

Games Video Player Predictions 100

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The article explains that student writing scores have improved on standardized tests since laptop computers were distributed and that the students' writing skills improved even when they were using pen and paper (how quaint), not just a computer keyboard.

PENS 100

PENS Write Blog Open Source Games 100

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Learning and development professionals need to help people realize personnel goals and to understand that goals can involve far more than scores. So success is not just about statistics and measures, it is about personnel achievement and goals as well. Use both metrics and personnel goals to motivate and help learners.

Metrics 154

Metrics Statistics Develop Simulations 154

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Players get a score at the end and have the option to replay if they think they can do better. Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust employs nurses, clinicians and other care staff who work out in the community rather than in hospitals.

Director 100

Director Conversation Compliance Training Management 100

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Their immediate or non-immediate actions toward guests—since guest interaction will be the primary focus of the game— will directly affect the mood of the guest as well as the hotel's Satisfaction and Loyalty Tracking (SALT) scores Check out the article and see for yourself how the hotel chain is attempting to make the name Hilton famous for something (..)

Second Life 100

Second Life Simulations Virtual World TechKnowledge 100

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

For example, games are played over and over again for a higher score, to beat someone or to reach the next level. Other times, students are forced to do rote memorization which can be boring. Games can disguise rote memorization and make it more palatable for the learner.

Simulations 113

Simulations Games Lecture Exercise 113

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Usually, nonsense backronyms will score low and the most humorous sounding backronym which effectively makes a sentence from the initials will win. Bonus points for voting for the winner helps discourage players from intentionally voting for poor answers to avoid giving votes to answers that might beat their own.

Player 100

Player Social Networks Games Simulations 100

Kapp Notes

JUNE 29, 2007

There, third and fourth graders are assigned laptops, and not only have test scores increased, but student motivation as well. Not everyone thinks of Internet research as a third-grade skill. It is at East Rock Magnet School in New Haven, Connecticut, however.

Internationalization 100

Internationalization Informal Journal Apple 100

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 1, 2006

What level commitment will the IT department provide to you when course scores are not being properly reported? As an individual in a training or compliance department, what kind of resources do you have at your disposal or within your department to keep your training servers up and running?

Hosting 100

Hosting vendor LMS Server 100

Kapp Notes

MAY 18, 2012

Most instruction doesn’t have continual feedback—only a score on a multiple choice test at the end. Most instruction is not interactive—it’s lists of bullets. Most instruction doesn’t start with a challenge—it starts with a list of learning objectives. It fosters thoughts of engagement.

Teach 270

Teach Games Simulations Cognitive 270

Kapp Notes

MAY 18, 2012

Most instruction doesn’t have continual feedback—only a score on a multiple choice test at the end. Most instruction is not interactive—it’s lists of bullets. Most instruction doesn’t start with a challenge—it starts with a list of learning objectives. It fosters thoughts of engagement.

Teach 239

Teach Games Simulations Cognitive 239

Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 16, 2014

4) learners who were more attracted to virtual agent were more likely to score lower in learning achievement. Consistent with similarity-attraction hypothesis, expert hypothesis, and interference hypothesis, it was found that: (1) learners assigned higher ratings on lesson enjoyment with peer-like agent than with expert-like agent. (2)

Study 227

Study Journal Cognitive Voice 227