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MARCH 3, 2017

Creating a Learning Game with “Play to Learn” So excited to be able to say that PLAY TO LEAN, the book Sharon Boller and I have been crafting, writing and assembling is finally available. It’s got examples, worksheets and even a link to a game you can play to reinforce knowledge from the book.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The blog book tour for The Gamification of Learning and Instruction has come to an end. To date, the tour has led to over 2000 books being sold with 200 of them being ebooks and Pfeiffer indicated that the book is the best-selling new title from Pfeiffer this year. In terms of not liking the book, over at Amazon, a P.

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MAY 6, 2012

The Gamification of Learning and Instruction blog book tour has been a lot of fun, with interesting comments and exciting dialogues and some in-person stops. During the week, there was a review of the book published at Learning Solutions Magazine. Here are some images from my in-person book signing. Recap of Week Three.

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JUNE 30, 2010

By all accounts, the Learning in 3D Blog Book Tour was a resounding success. Books were sold, buzz was created, consulting and speaking engagements obtained and the collective conscious of the learning community was raised in the area of 3D virtual worlds for learning. Click here to learn the details of that book club.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

In the book tour we had some interesting stops but a few stops were missed as well. His post is called Learning in 3D: a stop on the world blog book tour. Recaps: Blog Book Tour Recap Week One: Awesome! Blog Book Tour Recap Week Two: Fabulous!! Tags: 3D Book 3D Book Tour.

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JUNE 1, 2012

TODAY’s BLOG BOOK TOUR STOP: June 1: Think Brownstone writes the post Games are Serious Business. This week was the tail end of a vacation week and the tour got a little behind but here is the stop for this week. A recap and other highlights of last week will follow later today.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

We did, however, have an innovative post Mark Copeman at Being Smarter who created a mash up of Skype and his video program for an interesting discussion about the book tour itself. Take a few moments to view the video at A Blog Book Tour, Thinking Outside the Box. Her entry Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d.

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JUNE 30, 2011

For a while I have been stealthy working on a book titled “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction&#. Here is some leaked info about the book…look for it in Spring 2012. The first chapter introduces terminology. What is a game?

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

It is official, the Learning in 3D book tour will start on January 11, 2010. We've got over 30 bloggers on the tour with a special Twitter hashtag of #lrn3d, a Twitter book give away, a 20% discount from the publisher and even a "prize" for folks that follow the entire tour and leave a comment on every blog. What is a blog book tour?

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APRIL 7, 2010

During the webinar Enid suggested that a book club be formed to discuss "Learning in 3D" and to really dig into the contents. If you've read the book or are thinking of reading the book, this is a great place to get started. If you've read the book or are thinking of reading the book, this is a great place to get started.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

This week, the final week of the blog book tour, we had some impressive comments and thoughts about the book and the meaning of 3D in terms of learning and development. In the post Chris states that the book is in shifting the discourse forward from the ‘what is 3D’ to the ‘why, ‘when’ and ‘how’ to use it.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Today is the beginning of a 30+ stop blog book tour. During the Blog Book tour, I will be not be posting on Kapp Notes, instead, I will be posting on the blogs which are listed below. Enjoy all the postings and you can even read the some of the book for yourself. Below are the tour dates and "stop" locations. Check it out.

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MAY 22, 2012

TODAY’S BLOG BOOK TOUR STOP:May 22: Bruce Walsh Can video games help us learn? May 23: Jeanne Meister Gamification: Three Ways To Use Gaming For Recruiting, Training, and Health & Wellness Great examples and a quote from the book in Forbes.com. Week Five was a great week with some interesting postings about the book.

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APRIL 16, 2012

TODAY”S TOUR STOP: April 17: Gamification Facebook Page The stop includes a link to the first chapter of the book. The book is available at the ASTD Book Store. The blog book tour is a virtual tour so you can just follow along stop by stop. And while you are there, give it a LIKE! Or check it out on Amazon.

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APRIL 30, 2012

The blog book tour has been a lot of fun, with interesting comments and exciting dialogues and some in-person stops. Complete with book signing. He provided a balanced and well described critique of the book. Next Karl Grieb of the ASTD Philadelphia eLearning SIG provides a description of the content of the book.

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JANUARY 10, 2010

Well, tomorrow is the big blog book tour start. Check out my co-author's excellent summary of the activities over at his blog in an entry called Learning in 3D Book Blog Tour Starts Monday! Tags: 3D Book.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Here are the great stops for week 5 of the blog book tour. Day Twenty-Five 02/12/10 eLearn Magazine will have a review of the book. Tags: 3D Book 3D Book Tour. Also, follow the tour on Twitter with hashtag #lrn3d. And, join us on Facebook at the Learning in 3D page. We are trying to hit 200 fans by the end of the week.

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MAY 14, 2012

TODAY’S BLOG BOOK TOUR STOP:May 14: Andrew Hughes Designing Digitally. ” She also commented on the chapter she contributed to the book. We also had two book reviews one by Connie Malamed at eLearn Magazine and another book review by Jennifer Neibert of Learning Solutions Magazine. Stops for Week Five.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Here are the great stops for week 4 of the blog book tour. Day Nineteen 02/04/10 Clive Shepherd(already posted due to a vacation) Learning in 3D: a stop on the world blog book tour Day Twenty 02/05/10 Tom Werner who has a Brandon Hall Research blog. They invite book tour followers to attend the complimentary Webinar.

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MARCH 5, 2010

Week Seven was not an official week in the blog book tour but we still had a good amount of buzz concerning the book. Tags: 3D Book 3D Book Tour. Here are some of the links to tour-related activities. You can register for this free event here.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

Kno (pronounced “Know&# ) is a company that produces an application to for digital text books for downloading onto iPads, eReaders, the web and now for Facebook. Preview any page from an entire book (iPad only.) Quiz Me turns any diagram in a book into a multiple choice quiz. Create stickies for a highlight or any page.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Completed, printed book sits on the floor after copy edit and review for content. So the writing is done, the copy editing is done, the artwork collected, now the biggest challenge is getting permissions for the book, Learning in 3D. Tags: book. It is always a challenging part of the process.

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JUNE 1, 2012

TODAY’s BLOG BOOK TOUR STOP: June 1: Think Brownstone writes the post Games are Serious Business. This week was the tail end of a vacation week and the tour got a little behind but here is the stop for this week. A recap and other highlights of last week will follow later today.

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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 book is available at the ASTD Book Store. Or check it out on Amazon.

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JULY 15, 2009

This book also offers an ideal resource for those responsible for teaching the next generation of learning on the Internet. Tags: book. Via a comprehensive set of early-adopter case-studies, the authors describe how 3D environments will shape the future of learning and work within the Enterprise.

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JANUARY 24, 2010

Week two of the blog book tour was hectic. If you missed last week's blog book tour recap, here it is. As a writer, himself, Mark thought that rather than writing about the book, he asked us about the writing process. One of the first questions he asked was "What parts of the book did you best like writing?"

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Here are the stops for week three of the Blog Book Tour. Also on this day of the tour we will have a special guest blog post by Mark Copeman at Being Smarter discussing the book tour itself, how the idea came about and how it is progressing and advice for authors who want to do a similar tour. Tags: 3D Book Tour.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Tony and Karl talk about "Learning in 3D" The second live stop this week was at Metanomics where Tony and I appeared to discuss the book. Recap of Blog Stops Day Twenty-One John Rice at the Educational Games Research blog wrote a post titled New 3D Learning Book by Karl Kapp. Blog Book Tour Recap Week Two: Fabulous!!

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APRIL 21, 2012

The first week of the blog book tour has ended and it has been a fantastic week with informative blog posts, information and opinions about gamification and even a bit of controversy. Her test preparation books are some of the best selling on the topic. Kathy has brought the perspective that gamification is not good–at all.

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JANUARY 16, 2010

The first week of the Learning in 3D Blog Book Tour is over and it qualifies as a smashing success. During the tour, the book, in Kindle form, reached all the way to #15,329 out of 400,000 books available on Kindle. Pretty good for a non-fiction book about learning in 3D! Here is a review of the stops on the tour.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Here we are for week six, the final week of the blog book tour. The tour has been such a wonderful experience with many great comments and enlightening discussions about the book. Here is a tiny URL for this post [link] __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide.

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MAY 22, 2012

TODAY’S BLOG BOOK TOUR STOP: May 24: Webinar event with Dan Bliton who challenges attendees to the game “Are you smarter than Karl Kapp” Dan Bliton will be hosting the game and conducting an interview with me on the 24th of May during BAH open webinar at 1:00 ET. Also, don’t for get the Facebook page for the book.

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APRIL 23, 2010

Here is a great video showing a vision of the future of books created by a 12th Grade class. Tags: Technology book. If you want to see the future.look to the kids! If they can imagine it, it is going to happen.book publishers should take note. Found it on Wired.com.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

If you would like to purchase the book, you can receive a 20% discount directly from the publisher. Want to check out part of the book in 3D? Tags: 3D Book Tour. Go to the publisher's web site for Learning in 3D and then go to the Shopping Cart and type in the code L3D1.

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MAY 6, 2012

TODAY’S BLOG BOOK TOUR STOP: May 11: Zaid Ali Alsagoff Zaid Learn. The Gamification of Learning and Instruction blog book tour has been a lot of fun, with interesting comments and exciting dialogues and some in-person stops. During the week, there was a review of the book published at Learning Solutions Magazine.

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MAY 14, 2012

TODAY’S BLOG BOOK TOUR STOP:May 17: Slight alternation in the schedule. It is the Pinterest page for the book and all things gamification. Stop by and see the post at Designing Digitally about the book. ” She also commented on the chapter she contributed to the book. It’s a start.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

In his recap, he included the slides of his presentation which discuss how the book was conceptualized and created. Check them out, they do a great job of outlining the framework of the book. Tags: 3D Book. I included the slides below. 3DTLC San Jose Presentation View more presentations from tonyodriscoll.

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