Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 17, 2020

Since the TLDC community has several D&D players, this version of the presentation has some references and examples related to D&D. For those of you who don’t play D&D, that means he’s running a campaign for a role playing game, a collaborative storytelling game. His players aren’t engaged.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

A Meta-Analysis of the Cognitive and Motivational Effects of Serious Games. It is assumed that serious games influences learning in 2 ways, by changing cognitive processes and. We used meta-analytic techniques to investigate whether serious games are more effective in. players worked in groups. Wouters, P.,

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Organizations of all sizes are turning to game-based learning , serious games , and gamification to solve a range of learning and development challenges. Serious games can be a part of the solution to increasing engagement and retention. A growing body of research has been published supporting the use of games for learning.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Here are the top ten best practices for instructional game design. Plus a bonus) Practice #1 – Design the learning game to meet specific instructional objectives. Complicated games confuse and frustrate learners. Practice #4 – Get learners comfortable with the rules and game play before they start. What am I missing? ?.

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Magic EdTech

JANUARY 24, 2023

There is a common conception that playing video games can lead to extreme behavior or game addiction. This is because games have a tendency to raise a child’s engagement levels, causing them to become absorbed in the game mechanics. What exactly are game-based learning solutions, one might wonder?

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Matrix

MAY 8, 2018

Video games have evolved a lot since they first started and are today among the most popular pastimes of the modern man. If at first these games were terribly simple, they quickly became very complex immersive worlds that not only entertain and engage but do a lot for the player’s cognitive development.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

These ideas originated in work done by Mark Lepper, a researcher from Stanford University and Thomas Malone also a researcher from Stanford who’s work includes extensive investigations into why games are fun and motivational. Curiosity in terms of sensory and cognitive inquisitiveness. A taxonomy of motivation and game design.

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Hurix Digital

MARCH 14, 2024

Summary: This blog has provided an overview of serious games, including their definition, application, and benefits. It also provided a brief overview of the differences between serious games and gamification, and highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of serious games in the healthcare industry.

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Hurix Digital

MARCH 27, 2024

Game-based learning has emerged as an efficient educational tool across numerous sectors, including healthcare, aviation, city planning, and beyond. To enhance the learning experience for staff, many medical colleges and hospitals are embracing serious games. Table of Contents: What are Serious Games?

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Axonify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

To make things more frustrating, games like Pokémon Go have captured the imagination and energy of millions of individuals. One route is to let employees play games. Not multi-hour role-playing games, for instance, but casual, quick games that take place over a few moments. Think Candy Crush, Breakout or Angry Birds.

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 14, 2013

The Knowledge Guru team is obviously very interested in the future of game based learning, and right now that future is bright. We’re on a mission to educate the Instructional Design community and the decision makers in Training and Development about game based learning and its true potential. We are setting out to change that.

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 4, 2024

Summary: This blog has provided an overview of serious games, including their definition, application, and benefits. It also provided a brief overview of the differences between serious games and gamification, and highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of serious games in the healthcare industry.

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Hurix Digital

JUNE 12, 2023

One of the leading reasons that educators champion game-based learning in education is because it promotes the creativity and critical thinking skills necessary for problem-solving. But just how does game-based learning in education help students develop critical thinking skills? Read on to learn more.

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Hurix Digital

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Today, game-based learning in a classroom is a game-changer with the myriad ways it helps students learn and apply different concepts in various contexts across generations. Let’s dig deeper and answer questions like: What is online game-based learning? What is an example of game-based learning in education?

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

But I want this to be really exciting for learners, like a game! Many games use time as a way to keep players engaged and excited. Time may actually decrease learners’ motivation to be truly cognitively engaged with the learning experience. Let’s add a timer for each decision. What do you think?

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Kids, for example, might love to play soccer or love to play video games like Minecraft. These types of games and activities keep children engaged, often for hours at a time. LearningWorks for Kids even created a new term for the combination of engagement and games: engamement. The bottom-line: kids love to play games.

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 18, 2023

Serious games are one of the most effective learning methods for corporate training. This game-based learning method is innovative and can make the training sessions more engaging. What are serious games? Serious games are designed to teach employees industry-specific problem-solving skills in an engaging manner.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 11, 2011

The lucky group was asked to play the real-time strategy game, Rise of Nations Gold Edition (RON). RON combines the speed of real-time gaming and the complexity of turnbased strategy games. In the game, the players had to build new cities, improve city infrastructure, and expand their national borders.

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Hurix Digital

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Studies show that game-based learning solutions accelerate the pace at which we understand new concepts. As children, we loved playing games. After all, games challenged us to be creative, build skills, and collaborate with peers. Moreover, the engagement factor in games enabled us to learn and develop diverse cognitive skills.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2014

Games = organized play (Prensky (2001) Serious games = games with purpose Gamification = use of game design elemnts in non-game contexts (Deterding, 2011) Beyond complexity…a methodology (HEXA-GameBasedLearning GBL): 1. Inter-group competition and cooperation – one of the most fundamental of game mechanics.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 7, 2014

When it comes to game-based learning, 2014 is the year of theory moving into practice. An increasing number of organizations are planning initiatives to include games in their learning solutions. But if you’ve never designed a game before, or tried to include a game in your training, where do you begin?

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Knowledge Guru

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

I recently had a conversation with a game developer who was interested in becoming a subcontractor for us. This developer shared several examples of games he had developed. The trouble was that, while these game elements can be very addicting and engaging in a commercial game, they can get overdone and distracting in a learning game.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 4, 2013

Games are emotional, in a game there are typically winners and losers. As someone creating or commissioning an instructional game, are you prepared to deal with the losers of that instructional game? You may even decide that a cooperative game is better than placing someone in a losing situation. After the game.).

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Magic EdTech

JANUARY 24, 2023

There is a common conception that playing video games can lead to extreme behavior or game addiction. This is because games have a tendency to raise a child’s engagement levels, causing them to become absorbed in the game mechanics. What exactly are game-based learning solutions, one might wonder?

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Games Solution Cognitive Brain 52

Making Change

MAY 8, 2018

In training-land, a stakeholder could argue that this sort of control is necessary to make sure players have the information they need later to make a good decision. In most Twine games, when you click a link for more information, you go to another screen. Display the backstory in the margins.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 21, 2014

Last month, I shared a game evaluation worksheet I use when playing games. but also part of my idea generation process for the games I design. I’ve said it many times: “you can’t design a great game unless you play lots of games.” ” What does it mean to evaluate a game? .”

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Clark Quinn

JULY 11, 2012

I just reviewed a paper submitted to a journal (one way to stay in touch with the latest developments), and all along they were doing research on the cognitive and motivational relationships in the game. They claimed it was a game, and proceeded on that assumption. Or it’s not a game, whether you say so or not.

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The Game Agency

JUNE 18, 2019

Stamford, CT June 18, 2019: The Game Agency (TGA) wins 3 International Serious Play Awards for a series of K-12 Educational games recently released across North America. TGA won 1 Gold award and 2 Silver in the categories of Cognitive Skills, K-12 Education and Social and Emotional Learning.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

James Paul Gee, who writes prolifically about video games for learning, has a paper out titled Good Video Games and Good Learning. You should check it out yourself but here are a few points from the 14 he lists in the article related to the learning principles good games incorporate. In fact, in a game, failure is a good thing.

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Axonify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

To make things more frustrating, games like Pokémon Go have captured the imagination and energy of millions of individuals. One route is to let employees play games. Not multi-hour role-playing games, for instance, but casual, quick games for employees that take place over a few moments.

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Games Cognitive Journal Poll 100

Hurix Digital

JUNE 12, 2023

Educators rightly recognize this and are leveraging all tools at their disposal, including K12 learning games. Game-based learning is one of the most promising tools, as it combines educational instruction with playful entertainment. So, why have games been used as an educational tool for so long?

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

She thinks training completion is low because the content isn’t engaging and wanted to know if a learning game could fix it. I told her that there is no “easy button,” and games are not a cure-all for for boring content or bad learning design. How do you implement a true game-based learning strategy that will actually work?

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

.” Practicing skills and concepts in an environment or setting as closely approximating the actual setting as possible minimizes cognitive overload and allows for a more effective transfer of knowledge to application. Every major life and death training involves authentic rehearsal (flight simulators, war games, etc.)

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Kapp Notes

MAY 3, 2017

Challenge : As the game-based learning expert James Paul Gee has said, good games give players a set of challenging problems and let them solve those problems until they can do it automatically. Then those same games throw a new class of problem at the players requiring them to re-think, their now—taken for granted—mastery.

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Thinkdom

APRIL 7, 2024

Understanding Bloom's Taxonomy Bloom's taxonomy is a classification system that categorizes learning goals into six hierarchical levels, each representing a different cognitive skill. Role-playing games can be developed to help learners practice problem-solving skills in a safe and interactive environment.

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Magic EdTech

APRIL 27, 2021

While there are several options available to work around this issue, game-based learning has become one of the most interactive ways to accelerate the ed-tech industry. What is Game-Based Learning? Game-based learning is related to the cognitive field of the product, its presentation, and its visual attractiveness.

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The Game Agency

JULY 29, 2018

Game-based training transforms traditional learning from a passive experience into an active experience. Furthermore, a survey of 101 individuals, with the majority of participants between the ages of 25 to 54, found that 79% thought they would be more productive if their work was more game-like. Memorization Games: Prove Knowledge.

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