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Game Based Learning: Is It Appropriate For My Association?

Association eLearning

Why are games so popular, and how can we leverage gamification for association learning? Like any effective learning project, it’s critical to define your audience and determine if gamification is a good fit. Badging works well here, allowing male players to achieve the highest levels. Demographics – Men are from Mars….

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Gamification Mechanics – What Are They and Why Are They Important?

Adobe Captivate

Gamification is one of the most popular trends in eLearning. Gamification increases learner engagement, makes eLearning fun and interactive, improves learner’s knowledge absorption and retention and enhances the learning experience for learners from all age groups. Let us discuss these gamification mechanics in detail: Points.

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What Your eLearning Provider Wants You To Know About Gamification

Roundtable Learning

Enter gamification! Its addictive nature stems from the repetitive yet strategic decisions players make to beat the puzzle game. Because everyone likes to win, gamification adds a competitive edge to training that drives intrinsic motivation. But there’s more that your eLearning provider wants you to know about gamification.

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The Gamification of Corporate Training

Association eLearning

Although gamification and game-based learning have been around for a few years, only recently are training departments beginning to take these learning and engagement methods seriously. However, convincing the CEO that gamification works is a tougher challenge. Gamification, Game-Based Learning, and Simulations. Gamification.

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Learning Game Design Series, Part 6: Rewards and Scoring

Knowledge Guru

Continuing with game elements, this post focuses on rewards and scoring. Rewards can be anything players earn via game play. The new wave in learning games—and in gamification of learning—is to give players achievements for accomplishing certain tasks or hitting certain milestones. Let’s look at rewards first.

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Gamification in Education: 5 ways Gamification improves Students’ Education 

QuoDeck

Gamification is a Meta approach to boost education & keep students sharp & engaged like nothing else. Gamification is a buzzword that’s ringing doorbells in all the industries revolutionizing the way learning resources are created and distributed. Here are five ways gamification improves students’ education.

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Ready Player None: The Pitfalls of Gamification

eLearning Alchemy

It’s hard to have missed the rise of gamification in the learning industry over the past few years. Self-proclaimed gamification “experts” have seemingly dropped from the sky to fill our conferences and social media channels. Avoid these gamification pitfalls, or you could end up losing at your own game. Reading Time: ~3.5