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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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. Here is what you need to know how interactive learning games support self-centered learning and the various benefits they offer learners.

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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. Indeed, educational video games are designed to support, rather than replace traditional teaching methods.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 15, 2013

Here are some ideas I’ve had lately about trying to separate games and gamification as concepts. A game is a self-contained unit. There is a defined “game-space” in which the players agree to engage in game activities. There is a clear beginning, middle and end to a game. o Piece is to Puzzle.

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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. Although top education tech companies may dream of a day when game-based learning in education reigns supreme, it is unlikely that it will replace traditional educational methods.

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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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Kitaboo

APRIL 28, 2023

With the advent of artificial intelligence, learning has become more personalized and interactive. Player In addition to this exciting new feature, we are also proud to announce the launch of Kitaboo 6.0 This new player has several features that will enhance the reading experience for users. Player appeared first on Kitaboo.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

It kinda made me sick…especially since fill-in-the-blank testing only really has value when measuring a person’s ability to be successful at fill-in-the-blank tests, no real-world application. Games would be so much better at teaching application. In-Process Assessment – How did the player choose his or her actions?

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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. Gamification.

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Knowledge Guru

MAY 23, 2017

You built a wonderful learning game. Did you have “complete an eLearning course,” or “play (insert name) learning game that my boss recommended to me” on your list? Perhaps you do – and perhaps you fully intend to do that course or play that game. So why aren’t you reaping results from it?

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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. But how do you become the Milton Bradley of learning games?

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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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Kapp Notes

APRIL 25, 2011

What is a game? Famous game board. There have been many different definitions and attempts at defining the term “game” but I think one of the most appropriate definitions for application in an instructional setting was put forth by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman in their book Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals.

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Hurix Digital

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

In recent years, using educational games in the classroom has soared in popularity. Though game-based learning has been in use for generations, gamification in learning has become one of the leading digital learning tools that educators employ in K-12 education.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 18, 2015

The concept of “balance” in a game experience encompasses many ideas. Everyone wants to create a balanced game…it’s just…what is a balanced game? Is it creating an experience that is completely fair with each person having an opportunity to win every time they play.

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HexaLearn

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Changing Dynamics Of Education: eLearning For Personal Development Historically, education has been synonymous with classrooms, textbooks, and face-to-face interactions. This evolution is particularly impactful in the realm of personal development where adaptability is key. The Impact Of eLearning In Personal Development 1.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 5, 2013

No, games and gamification are tools for learning, they are not magic. Learning games or serious games work well when they are built from the ground up focused on teaching underlying concepts models or ideas, helping a player learn the trade-offs required to make important business or sales decisions.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2014

I was interviewed a while ago about the use of games and gamification within the employee selection process, here are some of the questions and responses. The reason that a game-type approach was used was for three reasons. For personality/skills assessment, training, testing or screening? but skills are the low hanging fruit.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 19, 2017

of Knowledge Guru Drive includes four different mini-games: Balloon Burst, #Happy, Knowledge Knight and Safecracker. Depending on the content of the questions you create, each mini-game can target certain levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The table below summarizes each mini-game. Game Rules. Version 1.0 Balloon Burst.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2011

While not all games have a story narrative behind them, storytelling is an essential part of the gamificaiton of learning and instruction. Simple games like tic-tac-toe are not guided by a story. Neither are games like hide and seek, freeze tag or word searches. But remember, good story design in a game requires good writing.

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KnowledgeOne

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The Game Creators’ Odyssey is the gateway to an epic quest where learners acquire valuable knowledge on game creation. The first one, Rational Game Design, explores the ways games are made, from player skills to game mechanics and atomic parameters and their signs and feedback. Challenges.

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Dynamic Pixel

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Well, it’s time to level up your classroom experience with game-based learning! In this blog post, we dive deep into the world of game-based learning and explore its numerous benefits for both educators and learners. But why is game-based learning important for students?

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Hurix Digital

JUNE 12, 2023

In recent years, using educational games in the classroom has soared in popularity. Though game-based learning has been in use for generations, gamification in learning has become one of the leading digital learning tools that educators employ in K-12 education.

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Knowledge Guru

JULY 9, 2014

If you are creating a serious game to help your employees improve their performance, the type of game you create depends greatly on the type of job your employees have. Depending on your situation, you should include an appropriate amount of chance or strategy in your serious game that reflects the work environment.

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Adobe Captivate

MAY 14, 2019

Gamification mechanics, also called game mechanics or verbs of gamification are actually the elements that are used in an eLearning course to gamify it. The term “mechanics” refers to how anything (in this case a game or gamified eLearning course) operates. Well, it wouldn’t be a game without a scoring system, would it?

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Paradiso Solutions

AUGUST 18, 2023

In today’s digital era, where technology has become an integral part of our lives, game-based learning emerges as a captivating and effective educational approach. Combining the allure of interactive games with the quest for knowledge, game-based learning has gained momentum as a promising solution to engage learners in a digital world.

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Axonify

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I interpret it to mean that a person actually has to work to be disengaged; they have to try to be disengaged. 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. Either way, disengaged employees can be an issue.

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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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Ed App

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

We’ve listed down the most fun training games for employees to enjoy and learn from and for you to include in your next training program. Fun Training Games for Employees # 1 – Trivia Quizzes. Workplace trivia quizzes are one of the most popular forms of fun training games for employees.

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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Since the release of Knowledge Guru in 2012, our team has spent thousands of hours researching the science of learning and serious games. We’ve play tested dozens of games to see what mechanics work for learning. Next week, we are unveiling the all-new Quest game type. More Personal Than Ever. What is Quest?

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Wizcabin

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In this article, we’ll be looking at a few challenges in serious game development for corporate training. Serious games help employees/learners to put knowledge and skills into practice. Serious games help to deliver engaging and inspiring training for employees.

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Infopro Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

So, an organization wants to become a key player in innovation. Micro content can be delivered in various formats, from videos and simulations to PDFs, quizzes, games, and more. In that case, it must train its workforce about different use cases of sustainability and empower them to execute it in their daily activities.

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QuoDeck

AUGUST 30, 2018

Having spent a large part of my career in the financial services space driving traditional business growth, using gaming to achieve business goals was not a cause I expected to be championing. Given the planet anyway spends 3 billion hours a week playing games, the challenge was really to figure out how learning could fit in that construct.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 17, 2011

“A game is a system in which players engage in an abstract challenge, defined by rules, interactivity and feedback that results in a quantifiable outcome often eliciting an emotional reaction.” Missile Command classic game. Players— Games involve a person interacting with game content.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 3, 2011

It might not seem like it but aesthetics–art, beauty and visual elements—are part of every game from the symmetry of the tic-tac-toe game space to the clever little Monopoly pieces and all the way to the cinematic detail of a video game like Red Dead Redemption with its panoramic views of the American Wild West.

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Matrix

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Learning paths have the advantage of making it easy to deliver personalized content to learners and outlining a sequence towards mastering certain concepts. How to create highly personalized learning paths for your employees. You can also split learners into groups and create team games for an added competitive element.

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eLearning Alchemy

JANUARY 11, 2017

It’s hard to ignore gamification when the global revenue in the learning games market is expected to reach nearly $9 Billion in 2017. Avoid these gamification pitfalls, or you could end up losing at your own game. PITFALL #1: NOT DISTIGUISHING BETWEEN GAMIFICATION OF GAME-BASED LEARNING. Or, am I using game elements?

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