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The Transform Deck is a deck of cards: 45 in five suits of nine cards each. Each card represents a way to take learning content and make it more interactive and engaging. For example, the […]
John Brieger, very generously, gave Ludogogy permission to republish this article about playtesting boardgames. It was first published by John, in his blog at http://johnbrieger.com/blog/?p=285 In boardgames, there isn’t a formal term to cover the […]
Building a multi-player training simulation game for Change Management – from scratch and against many odds 0: Here we go Day Number Zero It all started one day with one of our corporate clients asking […]
The aim of this article is to help the reader reflect on the value playtesting activities can add to the process of designing learning games or any type of playful learning activity. A general conceptualisation […]
Technological change has had a deep impact on both education and training (sharing knowledge, skills development, learning assessment). Since 1997, I have gradually introduced games in the classroom. First inspired by commercial games, I designed […]
“Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes”, David Bowie has been singing since 1972, probably never thinking this could start an article on serious game magazine ( 🙂 ). But, in my opinion, this verse is a perfect synthesis on what […]
Who was it that said “The only constant is change”? In fact, it doesn’t matter now who said it. The phrase is so widely used that either you probably have at some point used it […]
How a transformational game could foster more impactful results in a large-scale cultural change rollout. The simple definition of culture is the way companies do things -it is the feel, the smell and the vibe […]
Games-based learning and gamification of learning can have many aims. One of the biggest and most challenging is surely behavioural change. How can a game-based experience affect the long-term behaviour of the player? Focus on […]
Player agency is about giving our players the time, space, and resources needed in order to make decisions in games. But is that is the only thing that agency provides to players? Is agency even […]
“The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.” – Half-Life 2 Change through worlds Ever had one of those teachers that just loved to assign essays? I had one […]
This article looks at how science fiction storytelling can be used as a technique in gaming. Specifically, we look at how plot prompts can be used alongside characters and situations to help players intuitively craft […]
As a futurist, I rely heavily on a skill called Scanning. Scanning is how we start to know the future and begin to expand our time horizon. It gives us a feel for the patterns […]
One of the main aspects of games that tends to be overlooked by most people when you approach them with the idea of utilising games as a teaching or training tool is the freedom to […]
The following is a chapter from an upcoming book by David Chandross, whom many of you will know from his fascinating posts on LinkedIn, and others from his academic publications. David is a big-hitter in […]
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