Aptara

MARCH 7, 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore the profound influence of interactive content in the context of corporate learning and why it’s a game-changer in the world of employee development. This interactivity revolutionizes the learning experience, making it more immersive and effective.

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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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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 29, 2013

Doing a presentation for an online conference called GAME ON: Exploring innovative pedagogies: Using game design to enhance online learning being conducted by Charles Darwin University in Australia. In that presentation I am going to discuss game-based learning in a 30 minute talk called “Where is the learning in games?”

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 15, 2024

It refers to a set of practices by healthcare workers to reduce or avoid avoidable harm to patients during treatment. Game-based training and interactive scenarios leverage a learner’s innate competitiveness to find more engaging ways to elevate the training program. It requires an exceptional degree of precision and concentration.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 5, 2022

This post includes workshop pricing, useful tools and resources for L&D professionals, volunteering and internship guidelines, scenarios, games, and diverse stock images. A tool for creating online communities that feel more like a game. Scenarios and games. Video Game Secrets – BIANCA WOODS. Workshop pricing.

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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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Upside Learning

JULY 11, 2012

As our forays into game-based learning continue, so does the research. Learning From Game Design: 11 Gambits For Influencing User Behaviour. Learning From Game Design: 11 Gambits For Influencing User Behaviour. Katie Salen on Game Design and Learning. An older but still relevant article about learning curves in games.

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 14, 2023

Branching scenarios Designing game-inspired narratives for learning Conference paper by Miranda Verswijvelen, Ricardo Sosa, and Nataly Martini on what we can learn from how game designers write narratives and apply that to scenario-based learning. For example, how would you make a version of the game UNO usable to DeafBlind players?

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

It is obvious that games are immensely popular, what is less obvious is that they are also powerful teachers who have been “schooling” a generation for the past 30 years. Games are filled with goals. Contrast that gaming environment with a typical classroom environment that dominates the current educational landscape.

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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

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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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. ” Here is a brief summary and some related references. A taxonomy of motivation and game design.

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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. What is Learning Game Design?

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Kapp Notes

JULY 5, 2016

Why include a fantasy element in the design of learning games for adults. In a game with Zombies teaching a sales model, the exact sales model that is used in the field can be used in the game. Finally, fantasy in games can be highly motivational. References: Lepper, M. General Look at Fantasy. 5(4), 289-309.

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MobileTrain

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Game-based learning is not really a new thing. Think about it, what is more natural than learning by playing a game? As children we played games to copy and practice what our elders showed us. GBL is often combined with gamification, which means the whole process is converted into a game. between now and 2027*.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 17, 2013

I am often asked if an instructional or training game should be “realistic” or can the game have “fantasy” elements and still be an effective learning tool. It turns out that there are several valid and research-based reasons for including fantasy as a key element in the design of games to help people learn.

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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. References: Cahill, L., & McGaugh, J.

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Hurix Digital

JULY 19, 2023

Elders and educators have long known that incorporating game-like features for knowledge instruction is an effective teaching style. Games are engaging and fun, which can motivate students of virtually all ages. Today, gamification in learning is more popular than ever thanks to the continuous evolution of game-based learning.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

After the game was over, participants waited as the researcher then “accidently” spilled a cup of pens a few feet away. This is interesting by itself but when you combine it with the results of other similar studies, it becomes clear that pro-social games can and do influence behavior positively. The results were interesting.

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Origin Learning

AUGUST 7, 2018

The focus is now shifting on creating learning experiences that integrate games organically into the eLearning course content rather than a forced inclusion. In today’s blog post, we will learn about ‘Game Thinking’, how it differs from gamification, and the application of game thinking in modern workplace eLearning.

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LearnDash

MAY 29, 2013

For many years now the benefits of gaming in educational settings has been seen as an effective way to further education in K-12 settings. Generally, schools and teachers alike seem to be bringing games into the classroom. I have always thought that the game has to be engaging if it is to be effective. gamification'

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Knowledge Guru

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Many of our customers are first drawn to Knowledge Guru because they are looking for a serious game. They want their training to be more game-like and fun for learners. Any game becomes useless for learning unless learning is carefully built into the game mechanics and game elements. It’s intuitive, really.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

A trend referred to as “gamification” has swept industries as diverse as marketing, travel, and even education. While turning everything into a game sure seems like fun, it’s not as easy as it sounds. The GameiT Handbook illustrates how games or elements of games can be included in educational practice, and to what end.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Table of Contents: What Do Open Access Textbooks Refer To? 6 Game-Changing Ways Open Access Textbooks Transform Learning Initiatives Open Access Textbooks promote research, transformation in pedagogical methodologies, and advanced learning for students. A broader community of learners and educators has free access to these resources.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2010

As I mentioned in my previous post , we’re continuing to explore game mechanics that are apt for learning. While I mentioned three that are a ‘must-include’ in a learning game, the ones I’m about to mention two that aren’t quite at that level. Levels – Yes, the ones we’ve seen in pretty much all games.

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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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Kapp Notes

JULY 26, 2013

Simulations and Serious Games have both differences and similarities. While there are many definitions of games and simulations, here is a synthesis of decades of work from Aldrich, Alessi & Trollip, Clark & Mayer, Kapp and Shank to identify defining characteristics of games and simulations. References. [R]

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Beyond some tweaks to the overall look and feel of the interface, this update finally removes references to SWF output in the Publish dialog box ( File > Publish ). but Adobe needs to up its game here and include more varied assets seen with competitors like Articulate and TechSmith. And there are some additional assets, too.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 26, 2014

The word “game” is a big one… and it really refers to a category of activities that can look many ways. There is some natural confusion that arises around this topic, particularly on the difference between games, simulations, and gamification. I’ll focus on games and simulations in this post.

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Magic EdTech

AUGUST 20, 2019

Have you ever observed a person playing a video game and witnessed the intense range of emotions, extreme task commitment, engagement, and focus they experience? You must have as a lot of people play digital games. Games have the potential to engage students in deep learning. As gaming evolves, its purpose is changing.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 23, 2013

And then presenting on Five Things that Instructional Designers can Learn from Game Designers. Five Things Game Designers Can Teach eLearning Designers from Karl Kapp. Here are the five elements of thinking like a game designer. References. [1] Here is some information on thinking like a game designer.

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Hurix Digital

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Closed captioning refers to the written depiction of what you hear in a video or live stream. Evaluation stage : In this stage, the generated closed captions are assessed for quality and accuracy in comparison to reference captions. Also Read: What is Closed Captioning? Contact us for more info!

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2022

L&D and D&D: Learning and Role Playing Games. L&D and D&D: Learning and Role Playing Games. On TLDC, we had a conversation about role playing games like D&D and instructional design with Matthew Pierce, Jonathan Rock, & Luis Malbas. Branching Scenario Podcast with Mark Parry.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 7, 2012

Here are some resources I reference and some additional resources as well. Here is some content and references. Reference: Yee, N., & Bailenson, J.N. Reference: Baylor, A. Reference : Fox, J. & Reference: Sitzmann, T. Here are the slides. Checkout Course Hero. & Kim, Y. & Bailenson, J.

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learnWorlds

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We are thrilled to introduce a game-changing enhancement to LearnWorlds Site Builder – the brand-new Import & Export Site Template feature. For more detailed instructions on using the Import & Export Site Template feature, please refer to our Help Article. Exciting News! appeared first on LearnWorlds.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The Role of Games and Simulations In Learning. Reference: Yee, N., & Bailenson, J.N. Reference: Baylor, A. Reference : Fox, J. & Trainees’ gain higher confidence in applying learning from a training session to their job when the training is simulation game based. Reference: Sitzmann, T. (in

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