Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here’s where interactive quizzes and games can act as great tools to ensure student involvement and facilitate learning effectively. This article explores the intricacies of designing dynamic quizzes and games characterized by interactivity to make learning all the more fun. Table of Contents I.

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Games Interactive Classroom Design 52

Web Courseworks

JUNE 11, 2015

I have been exposed to Dr. Kurt Squire’s video games and learning curriculum since 2006, when I was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin. These guys are on the extreme end of the games-for-learning continuum and want to use a video game with a unique control apparatus to speed recovery of motor ability in stroke victims.

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Games Change Collaboration Innovation 100

Web Courseworks

JUNE 11, 2015

I have been exposed to Dr. Kurt Squire’s video games and learning curriculum since 2006, when I was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin. These guys are on the extreme end of the games-for-learning continuum and want to use a video game with a unique control apparatus to speed recovery of motor ability in stroke victims.

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Games Change Collaboration Innovation 100

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Lately I've posted a number of entries related to statistics for video games, Web 2.0 Learning Statistics Video Games, Education and Entertainment Statistics Learning Statistics from ASTD 2009 State of the Industry Report Random Web 2.0 and the learning industry. Here are a list of the entries.

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Statistics Web Games ASTD 145

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Many people ask me for some good resources or supplies for creating their own instruction or learning oriented board game or card game. If you want to create your own prototype board game with some cards and a board, try the DIY: Do It Yourself kit. The Game Crafter, LLC. There are several resources you can use.

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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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Cognitive Games Instructional Instruction 234

Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Serious games are worth a look when you want to improve performance in an organization, but one size does not fit all. In a recent blog post on GamaSutra, Andrzej Marcewski points out that “serious games” is too broad of a term to actually be useful. For employees, it’s usually not fun to do this.

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Games Simulations HIPAA Training Business 229

Web Courseworks

APRIL 25, 2011

This past week our gaming department at Web Courseworks has posted a new blog entry on Games Can Teach , about an intriguing experimental game that the University of Michigan Institute of Museum and Library Studies has been using to tackle a trending problem in today’s academic world: bad research habits.

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Research Teach Games Skills 210

Kapp Notes

JULY 19, 2010

Here is a list of educational games that can be used to teach kids during the school year or over the summer break. Here are some games based on Nobel Prize winning research. These games cover the topics of physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature, peace and economics. The Blood Typing Game 2.

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Games Classroom Education Virtual World 216

Upside Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2009

A simple search of the web using a search engine like Google reveals a fantastic array of information. This sort of rudimentary search and pray approach isn’t effective, and grows more ineffective by the day with the growing size of the web. It can – Web 3.0 or the Semantic Web holds that promise. Users of web 3.0

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Web HTML Google Search 224

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The other day I received an email message asking if my upcoming book “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction” gives instructions on how to build games. But if you want to program games, these are not the books. However, here are some recommendations to help start programming games. 3D Software.

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Games Program Simulations Create 253

Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

6 Game-Changing Ways Open Access Textbooks Transform Learning Initiatives Open Access Textbooks promote research, transformation in pedagogical methodologies, and advanced learning for students. Table of Contents: What Do Open Access Textbooks Refer To?

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Open Games Benefits Simulations 52

Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Currently, virtual classroom instructors often use workarounds to apply gamification techniques since many virtual classroom software packages don’t have game or gamification elements. Students who have the highest number of #1 ranking responses win the game. Check it out at EduGame Cloud.

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Virtual Classroom Gamification Classroom Games 195

Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Here are some interesting Web 2.0 same source as above) Web 2.0 Alexa, the Web Information Company) At LinkedIn, the average age is 41 with an average household income of $109,703 with over 50% having an income of $100k plus. Statistics gathered from a number of different sources. About 64% are male and 34% own a Smartphone/PDA.

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Statistics Web Social Networks Technorati 198

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. Web-Based Access.

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Simulations Games Pedagogy Guidelines 168

Kapp Notes

APRIL 8, 2014

We have also created a video game for learning that accompanies the physical modeling curriculum or can stand alone as it’s own instructional module. Here is the developer and co-designer of the game, Jim Kiggens talking to some enthusiastic teachers about the Survival Master game and how it can be used effectively in the classroom.

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Module Conference Games Simulations 186

Clark Quinn

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

A recent report of theirs, Better, Smarter, Faster: How Web 3.0 will Transform Learning in High-Performing Organizations , makes a mistake in it’s extension of a definition of Web 3.0, Their definition: Web 3.0 I’ve presented before my interpretation of Web 3.0, Sims and games are designed and built a priori.

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Web ASTD Augmented Reality Virtual World 172

Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

You could also try itch.io , a site for free hosting for games. You can embed a Twine file directly into Storyline as a web object, and the story functions fine. Unfortunately, Articulate Review only takes one screenshot of the web object with the first comment. works well with Twine interactive stories.

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Articulate Website Hosting Format 323

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 14, 2013

Hays, of the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division published the results of an extensive literature review on games for instruction. It is an expansive look at the literature on the effectiveness of games for learning up until the year 2005. instructional information rather than the requirements of the game.

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Summary Games Instructional Instruction 278

Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. So here they are – a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. What Makes a Learning Game?

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Games Resources Simulations PDF 280

Upside Learning

JUNE 24, 2009

When writing the whitepaper about Casual games , I did a fair bit of research and looked at several hundred web links. So here they are - a Top 100 Learning Game Resource list. If you are already developing learning games, these links will broaden your horizons, as they did mine. What Makes a Learning Game?

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Games Resources Simulations PDF 280

Ed App

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Game based learning platforms are designed to increase learner engagement and productivity by incorporating gaming elements into the training strategy. We’ve curated a list of game based learning platforms below that highlights their key features such as game elements and templates. Multiple game templates.

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Games Platform Authoring Tools Blended Learning 52

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Also, the Preview options no longer include SWF in Web Browser. 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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Adobe Captivate Flash Adobe Flash to HTML5 Conversion 246

The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2013

When it comes to measuring customer satisfaction, managers are gaming the system. Times, writes: In the auto industry, which tries to measure customer satisfaction at every possible stage, from the first tentative Web search to the last service visit, the assessment ritual can become a kind of performance. Customer Service Run Amok.

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Custom Games System Customer Service 185

Kapp Notes

MARCH 26, 2012

Here are some interesting facts about the video game industry in terms of the impact on society from The Entertainment Software Association web site. A study, “Video Games in the 21st Century: The 2010 Report,” detailed the impact that computer and video game companies have on America’s economy.

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Games Software Association Site 216

Hurix Digital

JULY 15, 2020

It was the go-to choice for web designers seeking to incorporate multimedia elements such as animation, video, and games into a website interface. However, owing to glaring security gaps, performance, and stability issues that Flash games presented on mobile devices, a need for change became more pressing. Download Now!

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Flash to HTML5 Conversion Flash Convert Games 52

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 7, 2013

Blendoku is a mobile puzzle game that is free for Android and iOS. Note: This game isn't color blind friendly (yet), but according to this Mashable article , creators Rod Green and Yeong-Hao Han say they're working on a way to shift the colors so that everyone can play. We've talked about color.

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Games Design Gamification eLearning 205

LifterLMS

JANUARY 12, 2022

Learn how Josh Hall helps web designers create agencies and make digital products to accelerate freedom in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett from LifterLMS. He worked as a web designer and built up his agency as a freelancer and solopreneur. He scaled it up and sold it to a larger web design agency in 2020.

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Web Productivity Product Digital 87

Web Courseworks

OCTOBER 28, 2011

I will continue this discussion on assembling teams by addressing the team needs of serious educational game and simulation projects. At Web Courseworks, we partner with strong independent game and simulation designers like Clark Aldrich and his [.].

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Simulations Games Design Web 164

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 14, 2012

I am especially excited for this tenth anniversary, because I will be co-presenting “Next Generation Learning: GAME ON! The Power of Online Games and Why Associations are Playing Along” [.].

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Games Online Conference Association 140

Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2014

When Sir Tim Berners-Lee originally proposed the World Wide Web that year, nobody really knew just how influential it would be. In just 25 short years, the Web has transformed the lives of billions of people across the planet. The development of the Web has been more rapid and pervasive than anyone could have predicted.

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Web License Wikipedia Creative Commons 95

Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 26, 2017

The default setting in Knowledge Guru is to allow anyone to play your game if they have the game URL. The game URL does not show up in search engines, so only individuals who have been sent the link will be able to access it. Email Verification Required – Players register from the main login page of this Knowledge Guru game.

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Security Games Knowledge Player 100

Hurix Digital

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Improve Website Accessibility Alt text is an integral component of web accessibility today as it provides a textual description of images for users who are either visually impaired or rely on screen readers to access online content. Contact us to know more.

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Market Games Content Engineering 40

Dashe & Thomson

JUNE 6, 2011

Those of you who visit the Social Learning Blog frequently will know by now that I’ve been on something of a “games-in-learning” kick for a while. One major reason, of course, is that games represent one of the cutting-edge aspects of our industry, and our blog seeks to explore anything that’s new and exciting.

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Social Networks Games Social Network Write Blog 185

Origin Learning

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Learning Analytics, just as with analytics in business, web or healthcare, has the power to empower the people in the training department of your organization with the information they need. With Analytics and Reporting APIs further augmenting the ambit of Learning Analytics, it certainly is set to be a game changer for enterprise LMSs.

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Analytics Enterprise Games LMS 140

eLearning Industry

JUNE 11, 2020

The Game Agency announces The Training Arcade®’s JEOPARDY!® game, this functionality grabs & keeps the attention of web conference participants. ® Online Group Play™ for virtual training and conference calls. With the officially Sony licensed JEOPARDY! This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

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Conference Games Online License 70

Web Courseworks

APRIL 15, 2013

May 17th On-line Panel to Discuss the Role of Games in Education This coming May, Excelsior College will be hosting a webinar on games in education. I am extremely honored to have been chosen to be part of the panel that will get to discuss this topic and will hopefully be part of a team [.].

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Games Hosting Education Discussion 190