Hurix Digital

MAY 20, 2020

The use of digital tools in education has been on the rise and this has made educators and students fall in love with game-based education. What is Game-Based Education? Game-based education is a type of innovative teaching methodology that defines learning outcomes. Key Benefits of Game-Based Education.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 17, 2013

Welcome to Part 3 of my multi-part Learning Game Design series. In my last post , I talked about Step 2 in my 5-step process for getting started in game design: getting familiar with game elements. Specifically, I focused on game goals and game dynamics. When players pass Go, they collect $200.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 24, 2013

Welcome to Part 4 of my multi-part Learning Game Design series. In my last post , I talked about game mechanics. These are are the rules and procedures that guide the player and the game response to the player’s moves or actions. Now we’ll move on to game elements.

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eLearning Industry

JANUARY 12, 2023

As the video game industry expands, game designers are already aware that the concentration of strategy and culture on the player will generate a positive User Experience that will raise user engagement. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 28, 2014

Strategy games are a popular type of games that require players to outwit and outmaneuver fellow players through careful decision making, planning several moves ahead and attempting to predict outcomes and consequences of both their moves and their opponent’s moves. Perhaps one of the best known strategy games is Chess.

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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. Learning and the education sector have seen significant changes over time.

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Association eLearning

OCTOBER 4, 2017

People often just look at video games as fun, but they can also be played to aid learning. Listed below are examples of when gaming and learning are combined to give learners an optimal, innovative experience. The player is graded based on how many actions they take to make the optimal experience for the passengers.

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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

JULY 26, 2023

Educational video games have emerged as a powerful and effective tool to support self-centered learning, fostering independent and personalized learning experiences for K12 students of all ages. In this approach, students actively set their learning goals, plan their study, and evaluate their progress.

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QuoDeck

JULY 28, 2021

You must have heard the phrase: learn by playing. This is not just a saying, but it actually works, as games help in the production of dopamine in the brain that stimulates attention and induces learning. But before dwelling on that subject, one must understand the elements that create effective learning games.

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Hurix Digital

JULY 14, 2023

The terms gamification and game-based learning are occasionally used interchangeably. Here is a deep dive into the differences between game-based learning and gamification. Here is a deep dive into the differences between game-based learning and gamification. What is Game-Based Learning?

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Hurix Digital

JULY 14, 2023

Game-based learning is a teaching strategy that invokes games to achieve specific learning outcomes. As such, game-based learning is a supplemental tool that K12 educators use in classrooms across the globe. The four Cs of game-based learning are vital components of effective game-based education.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 22, 2013

There is an important difference between games that teach a learner how to do something and games that test what a learner already knows. Too often those two types of games are confused and an instructional designer or other person places the wrong type of game into the curriculum.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 31, 2014

Many games involve creating, identifying or predicting a pattern. This is a common element in many basic and electronic games. A simple example of a pattern recognition game is tic-tac-toe. In the game the player attempts to align 3 X’s or 3 O’s before an opponent can do the same.

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Raptivity

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Research indicates that worldwide revenues for game-based learning will climb from $2.6 This dramatic rise is proof enough that games are an exceptional learning aid. Players seek risks, challenges, rewards, and recognition when they play a game. A game like Classdojo also makes good use of this mechanic.

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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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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 21, 2017

In 2015, the American Gaming Association and GfK Custom Research of North America estimated that almost 40 million Americans filled out more than 70 million March Madness brackets. The game of basketball is, obviously, a game. And games that also have a learning goal are called learning games.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 23, 2017

You built a wonderful learning game. Before we dive in and diagnose why your learners didn’t learn, grab a piece of real or digital paper. Did you have “complete an eLearning course,” or “play (insert name) learning game that my boss recommended to me” on your list?

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This wasn’t just gratuitous fun, however, but was explicitly run to connect to Learning & Development folks (LnD). Organized by the Training, Learning, and Development Community (a competitor to LDA ? Then, I’ve been into games for learning since my first job out of college, programming educational computer games.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 11, 2014

One feature video games, board games and gamification have over traditional learning environments is the frequency and intensity of feedback. Feedback in games and in gamification is almost constant. One type of feedback often in games and gamification that helps with learning is conformational feedback.

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Hurix Digital

MARCH 27, 2024

However, traditional teaching methods often make learning to code seem dry and complex, leading to discouragement and low engagement. This is where game-based learning, a powerful approach to K12 education , comes in. This number balloons to a staggering three billion players worldwide. Also Read: Gamification 2.0:

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Hurix Digital

JUNE 8, 2023

Although game-based learning in education is not new, the use of game-based learning solutions is exploding in popularity. But will e-learning in education replace traditional schooling? While game-based solutions offer many benefits, traditional learning in classrooms also offers unique benefits.

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Kitaboo

APRIL 28, 2023

About K.AI: Our intelligent learning assistant In today’s digital age, technology has transformed the way we learn and access information. With the advent of artificial intelligence, learning has become more personalized and interactive. player also supports WCAG Compliance Online Reader 2.1 The Kitaboo 6.0

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Designing a game is no easy task, but do you know what’s even more difficult? Designing a game that helps people actually learn something. The BLP team (creators of Knowledge Guru) is no stranger to the challenges that come with learning game creation. Play to Learn is here to help. By Yu-Kai Chou.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

One great element of learning games is the amount of feedback that you can provide is usually more consistent and more evident than feedback given in more traditional learning venues. Immediate feedback is also important when the player is getting information about a changing game state that they must rapidly respond to.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 31, 2013

The game elements you choose to include in your game should be carefully selected, with a focus on making the play experience fun and facilitating/enhancing the learning experience. Aesthetics, or visuals, are one means of engaging players and helping to immerse them into the game experience. Aesthetics.

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Hurix Digital

JULY 19, 2023

Customized learning is also known by the terms personalized learning or individualized learning. Customized learning is an approach to K12 education that tailors instruction and learning experiences to meet the unique needs, interests, and abilities of each student through personalized learning paths.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Rewards are an important part of game play. People do not play games just for the rewards but rewards can help with motivation, provide feedback to learners about progress and rewards are a way of being judged favorably by the game. They are from his great book The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses. Types of Rewards.

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Knowledge Guru

AUGUST 7, 2013

In preceding posts on learning game design, I’ve focused on game goals, game mechanics, and a variety of game elements. Continuing with game elements, this post focuses on rewards and scoring. Rewards can be anything players earn via game play. Some games have them. Many games don’t.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

There’s a maxim among pub pool players that the consumption of beer will improve your game, until you reach a tipping point whereby the alcohol flooding your bloodstream diminishes your mastery of the cue. Funnily enough, it’s not just an urban myth. I recognise a similar pattern in the field of corporate innovation.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Sharon Boller , creator of Knowledge Guru® and President of Bottom-Line Performance, has authored a new white paper on using game mechanics and game elements in learning games. When a game’s mechanics, or set of rules that the game itself and players follow, are too complicated, it detracts from the learning.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 20, 2011

I spent close to a year laboring under the delusion that game based learning was all about incorporating course material into a game. If I incorporate all the course learning objectives into a game setting and keep score – it qualifies as game based learning doesn’t it? It doesn’t!

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Read this article to learn about how to choose a delivery method. Custom allows game authors to choose how players complete their Drive experience. To customize game order: Navigate to Customize > Minigame Delivery. Choose how and when games become available. Choose how and when games become available.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 8, 2010

As our services in game design and development advance, we’re often asked how ‘social gaming’ paradigms can be used in learning games. I’ve been doing some thinking about social games; what makes them tick. Greed is an exceptional instance, game players are greedy, they want more.

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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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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. Problem-solving and creativity in facilitating learning are invaluable for both academic success and life beyond the classroom.

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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 12, 2017

Your manager decides to include games and gamification as part of this year’s training strategy. As the instructional designer, she expects you to create the learning game. Many instructional designers are now asked to investigate serious games and gamification for use in their training. The problem?

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