Game-Based Learning

March 22, 2014

9 Techniques For Online Educators To Gamify Their Digital Classrooms

Involve and motivate your students into the process of online learning with the help of gamification. Check what gamification is, and what gamification techniques you can use as online educator to make your digital classroom more interesting for your online students. Check the following 9 techniques that will help you gamify your digital classroom.

by Lesley J. Vos

January 28, 2014

Marczewski’s Gamification User Types

Whilst many people are aware of Bartle’s Player Types, they may not be aware that Richard Bartle himself is of the opinion they do not translate well to non MMO games or non game related systems – especially gamified systems. As such, I went back to the drawing board to look closer at motivations that may drive users within gamified systems and how they can be used to design better experiences.

by Andrzej Marczewski

January 17, 2014

Games Or Gamification?

As educators and trainers, what can we learn from the success of video games, and how can we use some of those lessons to make better learning experiences for our learners? With real project examples, Tim Buff looks at some of the key points of games and gamification in learning.

by Tim Buff

December 19, 2013

Hook And Loop: Using An Alternative Material To Help Make Learning Fun

Hook and loop can added much-needed pop and pizazz to children’s art projects, school projects, or even daily responsibilities. This inexpensive tool adds a 3D aspect, and can help make learning a fun activity for you and your child. We highlighted a few ways you can use this material to encourage education.

by Stephen Ira

November 11, 2013

The Fun Side Of Social Learning – A Case Study

Social learning has been much discussed over the last few years. There seems to be a wide consensus that social media can contribute substantially to organizational learning efforts. The acceptance of informal learning as a major contributor to employees' competencies has brought about several fascinating methods and tools that facilitate and encourage the internal conversation and collaboration, which are the essence of social learning.

by Eran Gal

January 21, 2013

Traditional eLearning Versus Online Game-based eLearning -- The Dialogue Continues

How fast our industry moves. It seems like just yesterday that we were debating the merits of traditional classroom-based learning versus eLearning – then the upstart in the training industry! It is exciting to see how far we have come. With new innovations like online game-based eLearning comes the persistent challenge of measuring the ROI.

by Bryan Austin

December 4, 2012

7 Tips For A Game-Based Learning Success

Are you thinking of using games as a new way to develop eLearning content? Are you thinking of applying the theory of gaming in eLearning but you do not know how to? In the following post I will give you 7 tips to succeed with your Game-Based Learning.

by Rosalie Ledda

October 18, 2012

Learning Intensity: Are We Setting The Bar Too Low?

What I like most over the many years I’ve followed Elliott Masie is how he thinks.  I’m hard-pressed to think of anyone in our industry who spends more time thinking, speaking and writing about how to make organizational training more effective.

by Bryan Austin