“All of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room.” – Pascal, Pensées (1670) “The only good thing for man is to be diverted so that […]
[Editor’s note -The Speculative Optimism project was launched in February. The first phase of the project is to produce a book of optimistic speculative fiction – and later there will be a collaborative community space […]
One of Ludogogy’s (very) regular contributors, Thomas Ackland wrote an article for this issue, way back in March, before it was postponed. He then developed his thoughts over the intervening months, and sent us another […]
I run a certification program in which I help trainers and facilitators learn how to use a multiplayer game to facilitate their own virtual learning experiences. Because of the multiplayer and virtual nature of my […]
One of Ludogogy’s (very) regular contributors, Thomas Ackland wrote an article for this issue, way back in March, before it was postponed. He then developed his thoughts over the intervening months, and sent us another […]
This article was originally published on the Octalysis Group website in March, 2019. The original article can be accessed here. Chris hopes to follow up soon with analysis of the new Kimmy Schmidt interactive special. […]
Once upon a time, an engineer ‘Nour’ from the future was faced by a huge challenge where the air pollution forced humans to stay home as the air became no more breathable. As an engineer […]
As we believe in the power of play, one of our approaches in order to develop teams is to set learning arenas built by our Serious Games. The last month’s “Lord McGroundwork’s Shipyard”, our new […]
The coronavirus pandemic has changed our meeting culture overnight: organisations and groups are frantically moving their meetings under quarantine measures to Zoom, Microsoft Teams etc. While online meetings are a great opportunity, especially for companies, […]
Humans are social by nature! Our ability to communicate and collaborate is one of the key parts of our success as a species. Throughout the ages we have lived and worked in communities to achieve […]
When I tweeted about how to fully involve and engage 100 people in a full day Zoom workshop, the first response was “a full day – on Zoom?” We are all online on Zoom now. […]
Sustainability is an aspect of business that is perceived by employees as complex, confusing and time consuming. A topic that is still too often ‘siloed’, leaving employees disengaged and lacking interest to understand the full […]
When I first discovered Yu-kai Chou’s Octalysis framework, shortly after he published ‘Actionable Gamification’, I knew straight away that I would find it an invaluable tool, not just to help me design learning with learner […]
Lately, games have been used as inspiration for myriads of innovations, implementations, and beneficial missions in all areas of our lives, as never before. Gamification, for example, taps into games with the purpose of positively […]
Motivating non-gamers through playful, gamelike experiences and games People who are into games and gamification often get excited about it. Yu-Kai Chou, Andrzej Marczewski and Jane McGonigal have all spoken about their passion for games […]
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