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Table: Key Advantages of Serious Games/Immersive Learning Simulations

Kapp Notes

candidate about games and simulations to augment his literature review. So here is the answer to the first question which is, “What are the key advantages of Serious Games/Immersive Learning Simulations?&#. Game Element. Learning outcomes presented in a game context with specific missions/goals/tasks.

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Play to Learn! (Book Tour Stop)

Learning Visions

Karl Kapp and Sharon Boller have been banging the drum about learning games for years. In fact, one of my favorite ID-books back in 2007 was Karl Kapp's "Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning." Learning games need to be "fun enough": "Learning games need to be what we call “fun enough.”

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Building Better Learning Games

Learning Visions

Interested in building casual games for your learners? Read on for notes from a webinar today, April 9, 2009: Building Better Learning Games: Leveraging Game Design and User Testing for Results Our hosts today: Enspire Learning (Ben Katz) Doorways to Dreams D2D -- financial entertainment. Income is collected.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Building Better Learning Games

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, April 09, 2009 Building Better Learning Games Interested in building casual games for your learners? Focus on casual video games. Looked at existing games and saw issues.

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TrainingMagazine Network Presentation Resources: Interactivity, Games and Gamification: Creating Engaged Learners

Kapp Notes

We had over 2,000 people register for the webinar to check out the topic and to learn a little more. It is better to have one “expert” avatar and another “motivational” avatar in a learning environment rather than having one combined “mentor” avatar. Gave a presentation today to the fine folks involved with TrainingMagazine Network.

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Alternate Reality Games: a model for engagement?

Growth Engineering

Good golly, have you been building a dull, beige learning programme!? Today, we’re looking at the wonderful world of Alternate Reality Games. We’ll talk about your learning programme later, but for now, just enjoy the ride! What is an Alternate Reality Game? Platformless Narrative.

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Resources from Learning 3.0 Conference Presentation

Kapp Notes

Learning 3.0 Training Magazine Presentation: Gamification of Learning & Instruction from Karl Kapp. Here is a link to the Poll Everywhere software I used to play the Fact or Fishy Game. Enspire Learning. Pedagogical Agents as Learning Companions: The Role of Agent Competency and Type. EduNeering Zombies Run.