Change: a Game of Probabilities and Behaviours
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 […]
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Games and Gamification as a tool for Social Change
Games make a difference, today more than ever. When people play, they get inspired and open to learn new things while interacting with each other. In fact, if one looks at the developments in the […]
Four Reasons Why Game-Based Learning Will Change Corporate Training For The Better
Game-based learning bridges that gap by giving participants the opportunity to apply their learning in real-time. In today’s fast-paced environment, learning is the need of the hour. Yes, you may get hired because you’re a […]
Digital Games as roadmaps to meaningful and powerful change
“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 […]
Will gamification improve pro-social behaviours, motivation, academic and vocational orientation?
The perspective of a French Economics, Social Sciences and Management teacher Expressing a vision of the future is taking a risk. Nevertheless, it’s useful to imagine what where the underlying and powerful trends of today […]
Observing how games teach players to think and plan ahead
I have always subscribed to the idea that almost every game has something to teach you as you play it. Whether it is sharing a philosophical world view with games like ‘Spec Ops: The Line’(YAGER […]
Learning about systems using games.
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 […]
Beyond Engagement: Competition and Exploration in Serious Games Using Digital Narrative
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 […]
What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning
Computer games, good computer games, well-designed computer games, are learning games. These games constantly collect data about the game session and the player. Based on these data the difficulty of the challenges is adjusted and […]
What’s your System?
Big systems, small systems, fast systems, slow systems. Pretty much everything, everyone, and everybody that we work with is part of system: large or small. But how do those systems work and how do they […]
Bananagrams vs Scrabble – in the Covid age
The following is a transcript of a conversation between Sarah Le-Fevre (Ludogogy) and Jeremy Dick. Jeremy contacted Ludogogy with an insight he had gained comparing the play of Bananagrams and Scrabble whilst in lockdown. To […]
Glass Cliffs and Brick Walls
The Privilege of Learning from Failure I had a simple premise for a book: People learn the most when they fail People fail the most when they play games Therefore, games are the best way […]
Things to keep in mind when developing Educational Games
There are many things that need to be taken into account when developing games that are intended for educational purposes. Whilst every product requires different approach depending on things such as your team size, the […]
Climate Change-Catalyzed Simulations in the Anthropocene – Going Back to the Future with Jurassic Park?
Water stress, searing heat, refugees, displacement, geopolitical uncertainty. In talking to innovative colleagues in the serious games space in The Hague this past week, the wargaming of the future is complex, and multidimensional—and climate change […]
Duolingo review – how to apply Gamification smarter
Have you ever thought: “I want to learn to speak _____”? That same energising thought got 300 million people to try out Duolingo, a freemium tool to learn any of 36 (and rising) languages. These include little-spoken […]