Upside Learning

AUGUST 17, 2009

Soon after I posted These are Not Serious Games on the blog and as a discussion on Linked-In , there was a flurry of comments over a couple of days that quickly covered some thoughts about Serious Games. It’s a very common to confuse the seriousness of the topic being taught with the seriousness of the delivery mechanism.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I’d recommended that all IDs play the game for a few hours to understand how different ‘gamey’ elements are from the conventional ‘interaction’ we use in conventional courseware. When they did manage to quit playing the game, what most of them did first was to compare notes on how we dealt with the challenges in the environment.

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Challenge to Learn

APRIL 26, 2016

It is about applying game thinking and game techniques to e-Learning. It sounds cool and people really want to ride the wave of success of online games, but I have to say that I’m quite critical about applying this successfully into e-Learning. Serious games. The big but is the price tag.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Is and 3DLE the most efficient and effective mechanism for transferring the learning? How are team after-action reviews accommodated in the design? __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide. Tags: virtual immersive environment 3D worlds.

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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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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. Marc Prensky - Digital Game-Based Learning.

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Web Courseworks

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I like to think that I was placed in this “closing” position because conference organizers felt that the topic of “Using eLearning Games to Recruit, Engage, and Educate Members” would keep attendees energized until the very end of the conference. magazine invited me to author an article on “Five Ways Associations Can Use Online Games”.

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Web Courseworks

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Over 12,000 students participated in CHEC’s teacher-facilitated game-based learning curriculum last semester alone. Regardless, this game-based learning program and the research on its efficacy for young learners is an extremely promising step in preventative healthcare education.

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Attitudes Behavior Games Simulations 124

Kapp Notes

MAY 29, 2013

She and I teamed up to deliver 8 hours of game creation activities, information and ideas for creating a learning game to 30 enthusiastic and smart attendees. Attendees work on game activities to learn about game mechanics and dynamics. The Leaderboard for The Knowledge Guru Game we played in the workshop.

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Challenge to Learn

APRIL 26, 2016

It is about applying game thinking and game techniques to e-Learning. It sounds cool and people really want to ride the wave of success of online games, but I have to say that I’m quite critical about applying this successfully into e-Learning. Serious games. The big but is the price tag.

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Trends Easygenerator xapi Authoring Tools 100

Upside Learning

JUNE 1, 2009

We’ve been trying to inculcate a culture that’ll inculcate innovation in our creations, and in line with the buzz around learning games, we zeroed in on a game design exercise. Started out at 10:00 AM, when I gave the teams a (very) brief talk about five fundamental elements to be found in most board games. Talked about: 1.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 1, 2009

We’ve been trying to inculcate a culture that’ll inculcate innovation in our creations, and in line with the buzz around learning games, we zeroed in on a game design exercise. Started out at 10:00 AM, when I gave the teams a (very) brief talk about five fundamental elements to be found in most board games. Talked about: 1.

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Exercise Games Create Player 169

Hurix Digital

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This is where the concept of QTI, or Question and Test Interoperability, emerges as a game changer. Enable Version Control Implement version control mechanisms to track changes and maintain a history of question revisions. Let’s start!

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Upside Learning

APRIL 3, 2009

We’ve been following GDC’s Serious Games Summit, and the Serious Game portal has just posted about emerging trends in the serious games market as evident from the summit presentations and discussions. Hybrids Studios and Hybrid Games. Either way, the serious games market stands to gain much from this trend.

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Hurix Digital

JULY 28, 2023

These include data analytics and reporting, automated pattern identification, content recommendation, predictive analytics, content tagging, group profiling, etc. Learning Management Systems (LMS) Learning management systems play a crucial role in enhancing the delivery mechanisms of adaptive learning technologies.

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Mindflash

OCTOBER 5, 2010

While much of the training world seems stuck in a rut of game show quizzes, the rest of the world is actively integrating games into our everyday lives. SCVNGR founder Seth Priebatsch even has a term for the growing influence of games on society. He calls it “the game layer.”

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 28, 2010

This is the most important trend in video game design. In the business of making video games. At EA - people make games and they like to play games. Cartels and Cutthroats – an economic simulation game – at their company retreat they had a tournament. Audio costs are %10 of cost of game! Since 1983.

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ASTD Metrics Simulations Google Docs 133

learnWorlds

JANUARY 25, 2024

On the admin side, LearnWorlds allows you to build multiple schools and offers features like user groups , custom user roles , tagging , automations , and bulk actions. Learners enjoy social learning experiences with a personalized dashboard, discussion boards, easy content sharing, and game mechanics like leaderboards and badges.

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Instancy

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Mobile learning gives people in rural regions more agency over their education by making it possible for them to study whenever and wherever they like. Cost-Effectiveness Mobile education’s low-price tag is a major plus in remote places. In conclusion, mobile education has several advantages for underserved communities.

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Instancy

AUGUST 9, 2023

Overview of eLearning and Its Potential Impact eLearning has become a game-changer in the field of employee development since it provides numerous advantages over more conventional forms of training. Cost-Effectiveness There’s no denying that eLearning’s low-price tag is a major perk.

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Instancy

AUGUST 4, 2023

Overview of eLearning and Its Potential Impact eLearning has become a game-changer in the field of employee development since it provides numerous advantages over more conventional forms of training. Cost-Effectiveness There’s no denying that eLearning’s low-price tag is a major perk.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

site containing information on mechanisms of action, employee and project profiles and Pfizer products and other information useful to researchers and sales personnel within Pfizer. Bookmarks of interesting information from Pfizerpedia and other sources can be tagged at tags.pfizer.com by individual employees. tags: web_2.0

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Litmos

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Several mechanisms can come into play. Like Amazon and Netflix, one mechanism is to leverage what other people are visiting. Material can be auto-tagged for categorization. Technically, they don’t truly understand what they’re processing, they’re playing relationship games. There are two underlying models: push and pull.

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Content Corporate eLearning Diversity Training Wiki 69

Cloudshare

AUGUST 3, 2020

“When you are not working from home, before the demo, you can meet up with your sales rep in person and talk about the game plan. You may have a text and Slack, but there’s very limited queuing mechanism so you have to plan in advance. We always chat and directly tag people. Owen McClave. Reach out to them.

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Usable Learning

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Now, I’ve been interested in the application of games in learning environments for years — specifically the fundamentals of game design (points, leveling, challenge, achievements, collecting, etc.), and lately I’ve been seeing game thinking everywhere I look, particularly how games overlap with life (or vice versa).

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CLO Magazine

JULY 17, 2017

In addition to facilitating professional development, the lab is a mechanism to promote NBCUniversal’s strategy of fostering a “symphony” — or strategic business synergies — across its various businesses and brands. Tags: executive education , leadership development , NBC , NBCUniversal , talent development , Talent Lab.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

It also takes time to program the various mechanisms such as fire hoses and other instruments to deal with the disaster. Tags: virtual immersive environment 3D worlds. Disadvantages Include the time it takes to program and develop explosions, spills, and similar disasters.

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This is especially effective when paired with the mobile-game-like appeal of EdApp’s gamification features, resulting in higher completion rates in comparison to traditional online courses. Interactive tools like videos, games, and quizzes. Features: Authoring tool. Editable course library. Features: iOS and Android compatibility.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

They truly want to deliver games because that’s the way to engage a 16-year-old student,” Rangnekar said. For them, actual games matter less but they want to create an incentive management tool so they can give specific goals to their candidates so every learner has something that they can achieve every day,” Rangnekar said. “For

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 6, 2010

You can conduct virtual scavenger hunts with new employees from all over the world providing an engaging mechanism to learn facts and information about the company while simultaneously encouraging them to learn more about their fellow employees. Tags: 3D Book 3D worlds 3D Book Tour.

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Ed App

JULY 13, 2022

Being hosted on a gamified LMS , your workers can experience fun, game-like training, motivating them to get the training done quickly. . You also need to make sure that the tags used in your procedures are legible and understandable and made with materials that can withstand the environmental conditions found in the workplace.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

It’s not understanding the brain for the sake of understanding the brain, it’s understanding it as a fundamental mechanism to learning to make learning happen in a much more effective way.”. Staying current is not what most organizations want, they want that competitive advantage of being ahead of the game,” she said.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 9, 2009

Interested in building casual games for your learners? Read on for notes from a webinar today, April 9, 2009: Building Better Learning Games: Leveraging Game Design and User Testing for Results Our hosts today: Enspire Learning (Ben Katz) Doorways to Dreams D2D -- financial entertainment. Focus on casual video games.

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Rob Hubbard

MARCH 31, 2016

These might be in the form of videos, blogs, games quizzes or even simulations. Resources can be tagged and organised into learning tracks which allow the learner to gradually build up skills. So what does microlearning look like in our world? More often than not, they’ll be delivered to a mobile phone. Gamification.

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Paradiso Solutions

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Gamified LMS: Game elements are included into training with this Paradiso LMS feature. Users can enhance the teaching strategy and include a fun element in the training by using interactive game mechanics. It assists users in developing a variety of training modules and exercises that will help instruct students. LearnUpon LMS.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

15 years in game industry. Book: Rules of Play – Game Design Fundamentals (Eric wrote the textbook on that!) Meaningful Play Opening with the a rousing game of rock, paper, scissors… Meaning A closed fist: in rock, paper scissors it means a certain thing. The game gives the gesture meaning. Game designer.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 1, 2016

Recently, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, Development Dimensions International developed a conceptual model to understand the plight of the modern learner and the mechanisms to successfully create impact (Editor’s note: One of the authors works for DDI). Let’s examine five valuable approaches. Integrate social and search.

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