Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

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. Use this option for any games that should be available upon first login.

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Raptivity

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

What Is Game-Based eLearning? The theory behind game-based eLearning is that learners learn best when they have goals or targets to reach while also having fun. Game-based eLearning takes the competitive and scoring elements of video games, like points, levels, badges, and leaderboards, and applies them to an instructional context.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Games would be so much better at teaching application. So here are some articles and ideas about using games for assessment of the application of skills and measuring a level of learning. Here is an interesting article titled Proof of Learning: Assessment in Serious Games. Did they score them in the right area?

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 17, 2020

Since the TLDC community has several D&D players, this version of the presentation has some references and examples related to D&D. For those of you who don’t play D&D, that means he’s running a campaign for a role playing game, a collaborative storytelling game. His players aren’t engaged.

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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? What makes a good learning game?

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Here are the top ten best practices for instructional game design. Plus a bonus) Practice #1 – Design the learning game to meet specific instructional objectives. Practice #3 – Keep rules, scoring and leveling simple. Complicated games confuse and frustrate learners. Practice #5 – Do not focus the game on “winning” only.

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Kitaboo

APRIL 28, 2023

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. The SCORM support feature captures the score, enabling users to track their progress and performance. The Kitaboo 6.0 The Kitaboo 6.0

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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. 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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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

MARCH 27, 2024

This is where game-based learning, a powerful approach to K12 education , comes in. This number balloons to a staggering three billion players worldwide. Games are a fundamental part of childhood, fostering creativity, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking. It harnesses the inherent love for play present in millions.

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Upside Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

We’ve had our fair share of digital learning game development projects; and a recent one threw a spoke in our design wheels like never before. Be absolutely certain about the game objective; what must the player do to win? – Make sure to tie down to a singular objective, and one that is achievable given the game mechanics.

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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

JUNE 10, 2016

With that in mind, we’ve made it easier for learners’ managers to see what their employees are accomplishing within a Guru game so they can easily have coaching conversations. When game authors create a new game, they can quickly set up automated delivery of any standard report, as shown below. Still to Come in 2016.

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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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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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Knowledge Guru

APRIL 23, 2014

A lot of people want to design learning games, aka “serious games.” ” However, many L&D people have gotten very enthusiastic about the gamification and game-based learning trend without actually being game players themselves. It is more than a matter of simply playing a lot of games.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

But I want this to be really exciting for learners, like a game! Each question has a 5 second timer, and you are scored for both accuracy and speed. After you finish the 30 seconds of simulated CPR, you see a percentage score for your accuracy. Many games use time as a way to keep players engaged and excited.

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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. Games are being used to access all types of employment skills, attributes and abilities.

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 11, 2015

At Bottom-Line Performance (owners of the Knowledge Guru platform), we have a “learning game design peer group” that meets a few times per year. I started the group three years ago to help build game design skills and to foster deeper knowledge of the power of games as learning tools.

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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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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 9, 2017

At the recent Realities 360 conference, I saw some confusion about the difference between a simulation and a game. For that matter, they can represent worlds that aren’t real, certainly the case in games.). The problem here is that too often people will build a simulation and call it a game. Simulations.

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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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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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Knowledge Guru

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Sharon Boller, Knowledge Guru® creator and BLP prez, has written a new white paper on Game Mechanics and Game Elements. I gave some of my own general ideas on game mechanics in a previous post , and this one’s all about game elements. Are these the only game elements? Are these the only game elements?

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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

MARCH 11, 2011

At its simplest form, a game is just a set of defined rules. There are rules indicating the maximum number of players who can play a game, rules describing how to score points, rules indicating what is allowed in the game and, in the case of digital games, rules that apply to writing the code that makes the video game character jump.

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Lemonade

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Learners like game-based training because it’s fun and doesn’t disrupt their whole workday. But how exactly does game-based training improve learning? And since learning is tied to a game, users are encouraged to replay the lessons, which improves their score and helps commit new information to memory.

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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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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. A score is related to behaviors and activities which, in turn, are related strategy or movement of pieces.

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Hurix Digital

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Studies show that game-based learning solutions accelerate the pace at which we understand new concepts. As children, we loved playing games. After all, games challenged us to be creative, build skills, and collaborate with peers. Moreover, the engagement factor in games enabled us to learn and develop diverse cognitive skills.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 23, 2018

.   For instance, there's an interactive game on a slide (a credit score game you'll learn to create in my Storyline Essentials book). The learner earns 10 points by clicking on slide objects that help improve a person's credit score; they lose 10 points if they click something that hurts a credit score.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 5, 2020

Growing up, basketball was my game and the Chicago Bulls of the early ’90s were my team. Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and a cast of supporting players dominated the league with a combination of startling athleticism and stifling defense. I didn’t do too badly that first game. Losing the game isn’t.

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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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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 10, 2011

You do something great in a game, you get rewarded. Games provide incentives for doing what they want you to do. The search for gold coins, for example, encourages the player to explore the environment and learn more about the game-space in which they are playing. Within a game, you are given visible signs of success.

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Hurix Digital

JUNE 12, 2023

Educators rightly recognize this and are leveraging all tools at their disposal, including K12 learning games. Game-based learning is one of the most promising tools, as it combines educational instruction with playful entertainment. So, why have games been used as an educational tool for so long?

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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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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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