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 […]
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 […]
Self-Gamification and the Swiss Army Knives Self-Gamification is the art of turning our own lives into fun games, of which we are both the designers and the players. It is the application of game design […]
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. […]
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 […]
Personal behaviour change is arguably one of the most powerful tools that we have in the fight against environmental challenges, such as Climate Change, ecosystem degradation and overuse of natural resources. Although the contribution of […]
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 […]
A Motivational Board Game for Team Development Sometimes the best ideas are born when people start to think outside the box and conventional patterns swop places with extraordinary ways of thinking. Unsurprisingly, companies try to […]
Educators (and indeed most other people) seem to be quite happy with the idea that children, and other young animals, learn from play. Felines learn hunting skills by being given food to play with by […]
This (I hope) will be a somewhat basic introduction to what motivational design is within the context of gamification whilst having a quick look into a design methodology that may prove useful for anyone looking […]
Play, games and gamification have been used by countless organisations to increase employee engagement. This shouldn’t come as a surprise of course as employee engagement has been proven to improve employee productivity and efficiency, reduce […]
Nearly all the business learning games I have come across have involved teams competing by doing exactly the same thing as each other. By that I mean that they start in the same position and […]
“Your game should be a journey full of thinking of solutions and keeping the player smart.” -Tim Eckert, How Games Motivate Players ‘Keeping the player smart’ is a great way to think about learning as […]
Gamification – there’s a lot of it about. Everywhere you look, marketeers, contact centres and HR types are publicising their latest gamification projects and talking numbers about engagement conversions, brand loyalty and so on. But […]
What gets you out of bed in the morning? Screaming toddlers don’t count, I’m talking about the essential you. What’s the intrinsic need, the raison d’etre, that moves you to get up, get out and […]
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