Understanding Games and Gamification

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By Karl M. KappBloomsburg UniversityGamification of Learning &Instruction

Understanding Games and Gamification:

Game‐Thinking, Game‐Elements, and Gamification

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Lynda.com Course: Gamification of LearningYouTube Video

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Let’s Get Started

What game elements and tools of engagement are

used?

Karl M. KappPresents:

The Case of the

t was a quiet Monday morning, very quiet, really quiet… almost too…

Then, out of nowhere, she flew into my office, like a boss who had a problem that needed solved …

Hi Boss.

I have a problem that needs to be solved.

We need more engagement.

She wanted to increase learner engagement and have more interactive learning in our company.

You came to the right L&D guy…that’s what I do…

Yeah, I know…that’s why I hired you. Ugh..

Now take the new person here and go ask Clyde, he went to a

conference on the subject.

For some reason, she didn’t seem bothered by the fact that she was breaking our organization’s no smoking policy…

Here’s where you come in. Help me figure out the clues …and fast.

Open a separate window on a web browser,

Go to:PollEv.com/karlkapp

When the poll is active, click on the answer you

believe is correct.

New questions will appear when the slides change. Stay on:

www.polleverywhere.com/karlkapp.

Ok, first assignment/question….

Choose your disguise…

Stakes are high and time is short.

Learners are not Engaged? Why?

LEARNING EAGLEOctober 30, 2014See Section F for Coupons

Investigation Opened

By Harry James

Las Vegas, NV– It started out as just another normal day. Larry the Learner had just sat at his desk to embark on a learning journey. A journey that turned horrific within only a few moments.

The result is unnecessary incident that could and should have been avoided by having the right instructional strategy coupled with the right content.

The news of disengagement was spreading…

We need to find Ivan…the Informant...

I knew one of his old haunts…

He was about as friendly as a fly at a fly strip convention.

Hello, Clueless…

Look I am going to ask you some questions, the right answer gives you

a clue to interactive learning.

He was about as friendly as a fly at a fly strip convention.

What do you and your detectives here have to say about this?

Games and Gamification are the same thing?

Tell me is this Fact or Fishy?

Enter Question TextNext clue, how many types of gamification are there?

There are two types of gamification.

He grabbed his typewriter and made some notes to explain to me the difference between the two types of gamification.

Structural Gamification is use of game-elements to propel a learner through content with no alteration or changes to the content. 

Structural: Points Badges Leaderboard

Content Gamification use of game thinking to alter content to make it more game-like but doesn’t turn the content into a game. 

Content: Challenge Story Characters Missions

Ivan then grabbed his laptop to show me a demonstration of the two types.

First Structural Gamification….

Then he demonstrated content gamification....

It was a little like déjá vu ….this content gamification…..

It has elements of story, characters and content that was altered to be more game-like…

Ivan had another question for me…I was the one who was supposed to be ask’n questions….

Learners remember facts better when presented in a bulleted list or

when presented in a story?

Fact or Fishy?

Thanks, Ivan.Get out of here….

This mystery of interactive learning was starting to take shape…

Let’s brief the boss on what we know so far…

So what have we learned, tell me in the

chat?

So far, so good. Follow the next clue on the matchbook I found in my desk drawer….

I arrived at the place on the matchbook, as shady as a clump of oaks caught in an eclipse…

Enter Question TextHmm… What could this location and clue mean??? Tell me. Does engaging instruction start with:

Action draws in the learner and encourages further engagement.

Too often instruction is about the content and not about interacting or engaging with

the content.

Make the learner do something

Answer a questionIdentify a procedure.

Make a decision.

Solve a mystery.

Confront a challenge.

Pick a team.

Create Open Loops. Ask Questions.Law &

Order

You can also add elements such as …Novelty

Inconsistency

Complexity

SurpriseIncomplete information

Unpredictable Future

Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematicsScott Freemana,1, Sarah L. Eddya, Miles McDonougha, Michelle K. Smithb, Nnadozie Okoroafora, Hannah Jordta,and Mary Pat Wenderotha. PNAS Early Edition (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Time for a recap with the boss…she looked a little frantic…she wanted to know one more thing.

I want to know one more thing.

What game elements can engage learners?

What game elements did we encounter today that can

engage learners?

Any Others?

Great stuff, you folks really seemed to have cracked the case as to what makes engaging

learning.

I thought my work was done but then….I found another pack of matches on my way home…

But we’ll have to leave that mystery for another presentation….

What game elements and tools of engagement are used

in this presentation?

1) Story/Genre2) Polling/Audience Input3) Teams4) Mystery/Curiosity5) Characters6) Competition7) Group Particpation8) Action

QUESTIONS?

The End

Credits:

Detective Artwork Courtesy of Vanessa Bailey

Typewriter is MS Clip Art

Audience Response Devices by PollEverywhere

Demo of Gamification Software by MindTickle